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BluePeter

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Hi forum,

Is there any professional site out there that will scan my OS for new drivers ?
Most of the ones I have "googled" are not really free and when you proceed with an installation try to scam money out of you before they will tell you anything. They are no different to those irritating so called free Registry checkers that inform you that you have hundreds of errors to extract money from you. Help appreciated.
 

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Peter
Stay away from those sites that scan for drivers; mostly just money making schemes. Go to search, type cmd
in cmd type driverquery. See many that are dated prior to 08?
 

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richc46 said:
Peter
Stay away from those sites that scan for drivers; mostly just money making schemes. Go to search, type cmd
in cmd type driverquery. See many that are dated prior to 08?
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Hi Richard,
Yes, quite a number (around 60%) would fall into this category. What do I do about it ?
 

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Several things Peter.
First set windows update to include drivers and then
Go to search and type device manager, update all that you can for there

Second, wait several weeks all that are not updated, do this:
How to Find Drivers

search Google for the name of the driver

- compare the Google results withwhat's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongsto

- visit the web site of themanufacturer of the hardware/program to get the latest drivers
-

Yes, it takes time, but well worth it.
Incidentally, if you are not having problems, you can do this slowly a few a week. There is no rush.
 

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richc46 said:
Several things Peter.
First set windows update to include drivers and then
Go to search and type device manager, update all that you can for there

Second, wait several weeks all that are not updated, do this:
How to Find Drivers

search Google for the name of the driver

- compare the Google results withwhat's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongsto

- visit the web site of themanufacturer of the hardware/program to get the latest drivers
-

Yes, it takes time, but well worth it.
Incidentally, if you are not having problems, you can do this slowly a few a week. There is no rush.
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Thanks,Richard, I'll follow instructions and take my time. I am changing to Windows 7 this week so that might assist me in a lot of my problems. I am doing the Full Clean Install and wiping that wretched Vista off once and for all. Peter. One point,however, when I try to update drivers in Device Manager,even troublesome ones, it states that they are up to date. Puzzling.
 

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    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
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I don't think its possble to get full updated drivers... I have drivers from '05 in my system.... damn found one from '04.

I'd be less concerned if its old than if youre having issues.
 

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everytime I try to update my NVIDIA nforce networking controller, it always has the yellow flag beside it in the device manager and gives a cod 10 error. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it doesn't seem to work
 

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keoughla said:
everytime I try to update my NVIDIA nforce networking controller, it always has the yellow flag beside it in the device manager and gives a cod 10 error. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it doesn't seem to work
Click to expand...

Do you go to the Nvidia site or try to do it from the Device Manager? You should always go to the site.
 

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I have been using the device manager. I think I will go to the NVIDIA site to do this. Thanks
 

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Try Brinks post in the next section
 

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    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
I went to the site but couldn't find the driver I needed for nvidia nforce network controller. what do I do now
 

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I don't think youre going to find it.

It's pretty old... The hp driver is versiuon (65.65) WHQL, from '07.

You might want to go and ask on the nvidia site, which drivers will work... if any.
 

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    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
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