@NeroGoth

I would like to point out that your suggested SlimDrivers (https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimdrivers.php) hosts their slimdriver setup file on download.com (a company that has been known to add their own wrapper to downloads), and worse yet, driverupdate.net, a website that has been blocked by many HOSTS file download sites, due to driverupdate.net's reputation for displaying pop-up ads for fake driver update software. They (driverupdate.net) encourage users to download a program that will update their drivers, by claiming that the user's computer has outdated drivers, even before they have the ability to know that to be the case. This is typically done by a pop-up ad on a website, which has no way of knowing the state of a computer's device driver versions at that point. This is a scam tactic directed at naive users. Slimdrivers may be one of the programs they suggest (I have not tested it on a testing computer at this time). If Slimdrivers is to be considered to be trustworthy, then they should first dis-associate themselves from driverupdate.net. A search for "driverupdate.net ads removal" will show how bad of a choice an association with this company can be.

I would much rather download the DUMo 2.0 offering. I think the marketing name "Drivers Update Monitor" is fine, only that the additional text implies it updates your device drivers itself, and of course it does not. It certainly is not in the same category as other device driver update software we have seen here on GOTD. The other offering we have seen are (to me) even more scary because they can/will do the update. I appreciate the information, but I had rather do some investigation myself to see if it a risk I am willing to take.

In spite of DUMo 2.0 not doing the download directly, not offering a backup of existing drivers, or even creating a restore point, I do believe it to have some value in the device driver research area. Quicker than I could do the same with a search engine, it does list versions of your device driver that have a later version; granted, the updated version may not be a better choice for your device, simply because it is a later version number. I see the value as having another quick driver checklist that a user can compare to other device driver tools, or checking on one manually. I believe it is in a vastly different arena than the device driver software associated with driverupate.net.

Thanks for this. I like the UI.. Everything is quite pleasant. All around a good luck and look and good figure. It reminds me that if I wanted I could update drivers more often. It brings me hope. Thanks for everything Kyle

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I like the inventory, it's a good troubleshooting tool, that is, if versions are close, updating may not address problems being looked at.

I wonder where the update list comes from, and would like to download updated drivers ONLY from the original chip maker or system maker, and be allowed to deselect those intermediate sites that add rider programs and make us jump through registration hoops.

For example, DUMo said I need Intel chip drivers for Toshiba, but could not direct me to Intel or Toshiba.

I'd also like an option to, with one click, download a full latest updated suite of drivers from chip maker or computer maker for my one machine so I can burn them to CD/DVD for complete re-installation of my computer from scratch if needed -- okay, 2 clicks -- [ Select OS Operating System ], then [ Go ].

Thanks Kyle.
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Installed but after having jumped through hoops trying to find a link to actually download the updated driver, I gave up and uninstalled.

Thanks, but this is not for me

I know this alternative method does not cover every app, software, etc, however it does cover much if not all the hardware, within the device.
Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Devices and Printers>Device Manager.
This opens a window showing all devices within the system and even those plugins such as keyboards or mice, (although most of us have gone wireless); however you still most likely use a wireless dongle that plugs into the usb port.
By going through each and every device, right clicking; or left if you prefer the mouse on the left side, you can easily check to see if drivers are up to date, are working properly, etc.
Those that are faded, or grayed out, as might be on some older Operating systems or computers, a user can simply disable that device, since it is no longer used. For example, you had once bought a webcam for your desktop; however the new monitor may have come with one built in, or a microphone. Thus the old webcam was never un-installed or some files and drivers were left behind.
As I said however not everything is covered under the manager. As for software, often clicking on the help button and sometimes the program itself when opened will alert you to upgrades or updated drivers or versions. Software like these driver checkers/monitors are not always accurate and most devices have a sort of assistant or service center app, that sends the user notifications.

No backup and restore of ALL current drivers?
That is a definite No-No. It shows software author did not sit down and think through the features an end user would want.
No auto restore point before update?
"new" drivers not from original hardware manufacturers?
Even if new drivers (for their latest hardware) are from original hardware manufacturers, that does not mean that the latest new drivers are perfect for your old & obsolete hardware installed in your PC 10 years ago.

While I like this utility as well as Sumo from the same vendor, I'm not really impressed with the update implementation. Seriously...a Google search?!?! Not cool. But at the same time, I do prefer to locate/download/install these myself. So it's just a good tool to occasionally run to see if there are, in fact, new drivers available. As others have said, be aware that updating drivers can actually cause performance issues or introduce new bugs. On the other hand, updating to the latest drivers may actually resolve issues that you didn't even know you were experiencing. So take that for what it is worth. With regard to today's GOTD offering, as small and useful as this utility is, I definitely recommend it in your IT toolbox.

For those looking for an alternative and have a LOT of spare bandwidth, I discovered a utility called Snappy Driver Installer (http://sourceforge.net/projects/snappy-driver-installer/) last week that worked very well. It detected and installed several newer drivers on a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro....many of which were still just a few days old. Be warned that this is a 10GB torrent download, but includes a LOT of functionality with regard to driver management.

The latest drivers are not always the best. I had to go back to the old drivers because my computer slowed down to a crawl from the latest drivers.
If a driver is written for a specific type of a computer it does not means will work on yours too.
Every few months a new hardware is introduced in new computers and the drivers are specifically built into the install disk, if you change them, it may destroy your computer.
Do not fall for the "latest are the best" it is a falls misconception.

I have used approaching a dozen or so driver updaters and it is quite interesting to compare their often very different offerings! And that's immediately after doing a Windows Update! I have also done a Windows Update and then manually gone through the entire Devices and checked each for updates (very time consuming!) and then the Windows search for that driver indeed found an updates! Ones that one click Windows Update had just missed!

I know of NO way to assure having the ALL latest drivers!

This looks good, BUT ...

I use IObits's free Driver Booster for my Samsung Laptop (upgraded from Win 8.1 - 10) & the current version 2.4 found 4 the other day to supplement Samsung's on-board Software Update.

This has however just found 10!

AS some folks have noted, there is no option to first back-up current drivers or set up a restoration point!

I may be mistaken, but I also do not see an option to select which of the outdated drivers it has identified to update, like Drive Booster & co provide. You either update all or none? I think that is not so good.

I would probably install the AMD graphic card driver, because since updating to Win 10, I get some error message now & then, which however seems harmless, etc

I am quite confused ... not sure whether to go on, ... just in case something goes wrong. I otherwise have no real bad experience with Driver Booster's function (just that if u do not watch out, it installs lots of other IObit programs)... & Slim drivers, earlier on.

Number 12 Try I Obit Driver booster. Totally free, simple and easy to use

Thought I try this out on a new windows install on my laptop only installed the network drivers and thought I'd let DUMo do it's thing. It found only one missing driver and redirected me to a webpage advertising another product with no mention of downloading drivers on it, just as well I had previously backed up all my drivers. Verdict certainly not worth the $14.99 being asked as it is totally useless. I could have found all the drivers easily by myself using Google. Complete waste of time and effort. Uninstalled.

OK, I happen to have been looking at driver updaters so I tried this, I like the simple interface, it has shown me some outdated drivers, so I select one and hit 'Download' but it takes me to a web page with a link to google search the product, a 'download' button that takes me to a lower part of the page that lists the different driver versions, none of which can be clicked on to download the driver. Either I am a complete idiot or this software doesn't help me download anything, just informs me of what is out of date without any way of downloading an update...

I keep hearing that people leave the driver updates to windows. I can tell you by what I'm going through NOW, Windows is not perfect for updates. I'm having issues with "no driver for my AMD graphics driver, started with upgrade to Windows 8, then Windows 8.1 and now again with upgrade to Windows 10. Windows doesn't seem to be able to find or fix the driver issue without a grueling battle. So Windows Update is not perfect.

This kind of program is only slightly less risky than the "fix/speed up your computer" programs which almost all frequently corrupt your computer. For example, one well-known heavily advertised one reports that it can't find program X so it wants to delete references to it from your registry. But I either know where that file is or I can find it, manually fix the registry link, and that PC problem is fixed not made worse. At least this program doesn't automatically make changes like the "fix/speed up" programs default to doing. Windows will know when you need to update a driver etc. But if you want to see if there is anything that might be applicable to you, there are numerous paid shareware update programs that should give you greater confidence that the author is better informed and has put more effort into making a safe program.

Not impressed and actually kind of confused, offered here is DuMo 2.0. On the website DuMo is free, the pro version adds enhanced performances (whatever that might be) and priority support (which GOTD rule #1 says we don't get) So....what exactly is offered here? The price is Pro but that is not what the offer says. Besides that there is the fact the dev didn't think about adding a back up possibility (which seems to me like a critical component. Given with that is the fact that the list on the page mentioning to be "reviews & Awards" does not show any award and reviews ranging from 2 stars to 4 stars (nowhere it get's 10/10) AND the fact it is just a shell for a driver targeted search app makes me not wanna touch this

My small and short test:
The soft suggest you some update to do.
If you decide to download it open there web page where you can view info about the download ask and the version you have installed and a link to search Google to find a link to download an update [linking around !].
They don't "give" you a link to directly download an update, there is a reason for that, it's risky !
Be very careful to where and what you will download, some download site like to include other software in the installation process.
Always create a restore point before updating drivers, and sometime the update is only a new way to give you publicity, not much else.
And remember ; nothing is free on the internet, there is always a way to make money, otherwise why would they do-it ?
Sometime its honest, sometime not.
You can always do this search yourself, you don't need a soft to do so, but if you don't know how to do so maybe you should not do so :)
As long you have the choice to install or not, and, you know what you are doing, everything is alright, if not don't touch-it !
Like someone said before"If it's not broken why fix-it ?" Even more if you don't know how to do so.
Fast and easy way to screw or fix your computer, depend on you, not the soft, it can't help you on that, merely suggest you how-to.
Take care...

This program should show the correct driver downloads and an option to download and option to install. then it would be a useful program

Never update drivers for the sake of having the 'latest' of everything, sometimes this can have a bad effect on the computer. Especially on notebooks, it's best to stick with what the OEM provides.

And if there's a chance there is a bad driver, only install the one needed & ignore the rest. If that's not possible with this software, don't use it. Generally speaking, these 'driver updaters' will often offer generic updates & may or may not pertain to your computer. Plus in exchange for you getting drivers, your installed ones are uploaded to their database. That's how in part they get these drivers.

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I wouldn't recommend third party driver update managers. Windows always will inform you if there is a real crucial problem with your installed hardware. If Windows can't find a driver, most likely there is a reason for it (say, unstable, incompatible etc.) and no third party "driver manager" will get a proper solution. On old systems it might work with a low chance of success, think OEM Windows 98 or XP with strange GPU drivers that you never have heard about, likewise some odd audio boards from Taiwan. Also, for the latest systems running Windows 7/8/10 all hardware that can run Windows 10 there will be drivers on Windows update - that is, all hardware vendors register their drivers with Microsoft to avoid exactly the problem which today's giveaway is trying to "fix" for you where nothing is to fix. Anything else, follow the golden rule "if it aint broken don't try to fix it".

Alway's create a restore point before updating drivers (just in case it all goes pear-shaped) ;) and remember, new is not always better.

I try to understand - after apps check my components and display drivers updated or not, i have option to download updated drivers from kcsoftwares webpage. Here, between many adds, i have found a blue button with Download text on him. Unfortunately not functional. I try this program before to buy, good intention, bad implementation...