I installed the free version a while ago and it worked great. Having the PRO version for free is a really nice bonus. Well done Giveaway of the day.

well it found loads of drivers, installed them, then crashed the system big style lost every thing. So good Luck !!!!!!!

Nothing Free is any Good, My Opinion. There's always a catch.

Clean install as usual. First installs the Free Version. Activation code is in readme.txt file inside downloaded zip file. Copy the code then click on Activate and enter the code to get the Pro Version.

Ignore the weird comments and go past them. It uninstalled my old version and then installed the new version.

Setup failed -- "no path".

The free driver booster loaded but not the pro version, I couldn't find a way to get the pro to work.

As a computer professional can say that Driver Booster is the best overall driver finder and downloader out there, while others find some incorrect or out of date drivers, Driver Booster finds correct and later drivers for many things. And this giveaway is a good one ;)

With regards to my comment #9 and the response that I only buy "freebies" I had not mentioned that I actually purchased the full version of the main Iobit progran because I wanted to unlock more features, but I still got more nagging with regards to subsidiary programs. Then one day I ran Spybot and it brought up a long list of dodgy files... I deleted those, but the main program would no longer run. I said "enough is enough", so I had lost money, but at least no more nagware"

Nice!
Best driver update!

I have used it for years and on a Dell computer with so many missing drivers!
It's finds them all! I was going to buy it again, but today was a gift! Thank you
giveawayoftheday team!

Just because the driver is newer doesn't make it better...stick to the original software developers if possible and IOBIT are software pushers they bog you down with advertisements its a shame they don't realize the advertisements annoy people they dont encourage them to buy it...

I would never install anything from iObit any more because of the known problems with that company.

That does not mean that one should not be aware of outdated drivers causing problems, particularly applicable to Win10. (XP and Vista are simply hazards when online and certainly do not need new drivers)

However, not all driver detection software is completely useless. Speccy, for instance is portable, but gives enough information to be of use. Once you know the model and the maker of the most important components anybody can find the status of updates available from the manufacturer. Many reputable PC manufacturers provide for updates on their sites anyway. A wrongly chosen driver will normally be rejected when it comes to the installation. Drivers from obscure sources will install and wreck the machine.

In these days of vulnerabilities known as meltdown and spectre everybody should be concerned enough to put pressure onto Intel and AMD and Microsoft to get whatever patches they can provide asap. I fear that I may well be EOL on 2 machines.

I do not think most of you know how a driver operates and how it interacts with the other software installed.
I will not try to teach anything here, but I will tell you how I know which driver is good or bad.
I have two exact computers with same hardware and same software running one next to each other.
One of them is never updated with new drivers and is used as a reference point for benchmarking.
My experience is as following:
New drivers can work slightly faster or slightly slower then the benchmark, depending of who wrote the updates.
If the driver updates come from the hardware vendors or the software department of the motherboards, they work the best because when drivers are updated they must work with the other drivers in tandem and share CPU interrupts, registries, memory and so on.
If the timing is not correct, you may slow down other drivers or even make you computer crash do to overlap in timing. One driver can not take more CPU time than already allocated by the MB designer, therefore, updating constantly can create system crashes or even HD failures by installing drivers not specifically written for that hardware.
After all, you can not create more time slices from the CPU for the new drivers than already allocated by hardware manufacturer. If the new driver is not timely sync with the operating system, you will start to have software crashes and blame Microsoft or other software vendors, without realizing that the new drivers have interfered with the OS or other application software.
Be your own judge when updating drivers from unknown vendors, IObit does not write drivers, they may use unknown driver modifier's companies that do not comply with your hardware.

Driver software is how the Operating System talks to the hardware, so it's always a good idea to backup first, just in case -- if something goes wrong, & Windows can't talk to the hardware components it needs to start, it won't. Second, it can be helpful to open Device Mgr. [it's in Control Panel], and note some of the details about the device [or devices] you're updating a driver for... like cars, these components or devices come in different makes & models, & it's all too possible to install a driver for the wrong brand, model, or even type of device -- Windows itself can even install mismatched drivers via Windows Update or when you're installing Windows fresh. While you can often roll back a driver in Device Mgr., it's best not to have to -- spotting a mismatch beforehand prevents that.

Third, know the source of any driver you're going to install. Since some drivers load before Windows [and before any security software], they're an ideal target for malware. Driver software should come from the manufacturer or Microsoft -- iObit advertises their own database, which should be safer than downloading from driver sites, which are known for sometimes being dodgy.

When it comes to driver software there are no ideal solutions, which is why software like Driver Booster Pro exists. Microsoft wants to host all drivers in the future, so fewer manufacturers let you download drivers that will install, e.g. Intel. At the same time, lots of manufacturers only give Microsoft a partial driver setup, e.g. AMD [ATI] graphics cards/GPUs, so you have to go to the manufacturer [e.g. AMD] for the full setup. And there are occasional driver hacks that can be worth the effort, e.g.: windowscentral[.]com/how-enable-precision-touchpad-drivers

IMHO where Driver Booster Pro [& similar software] can be worth it is with less common, but still often vital components, e.g. USB, I/O, audio, &/or network chips added to the main board by the manufacturer. Examples of other drivers that can be very hard to find are those for cameras, touchscreens, bluetooth etc. Microsoft is pushing out 2 new versions of Windows 10 per year, and the odds are greater that some things won't work after one of those updates unless newer drivers are installed. While today's GOTD is a 6 month license, the next 10 version upgrade is due around March, so you'd be covered. [I have a tablet that, after a win10 version upgrade, was literally dead for 4 months until an Insider preview version came out with a working network driver. Prior to that win10 would die at the log-in screen, & if I used the prior version of 10, it would immediately start the version upgrade process all over again.]

One of the lessons I've learned the hard way is to make a copy of the drivers used before upgrading versions or builds of Windows 10 -- I just copy C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore somewhere safe. Inside that folder you'll find the drivers for everything installed [along with a few that aren't]. They don't include the setup programs, but usually work if you have a problem by updating that component(s) through Device Mgr., telling the wizard to look for drivers in the copy of that folder you made. In stubborn cases you can find the folder with the driver you want, right click the .inf file & select install, or tell the update wizard in Device Mgr. to let you choose a driver, click have disk, then browse to that folder. None of it's pretty, but neither is a device that won't work after the win10 upgrade.

I have had to remove all Iobit products from my computer, because I am fed up with the constant nagging, trying to make me pay for newer or pro versions... Pure nagware. It is a shame, because the programs themselves are excellent.

Getting a 404 error on link to download
Thanks

Destroyed my PC!!! On Windows 7 Professional - DON'T USE IT, Dell have told me that they'll fix it but I have to pay! I emailed Author but, not surprisingly, no answer!!! I should have created a System Image and Restore Point beforehand, lesson learnt!

Even after the 6 months, it will break your nerves with advertisements!

I presently have Driver Booster (not Pro) installed. This has on occasion updated drivers. After installing the Pro version it is finding many drivers with updates that should have been taken care of already by the non-Pro version. Or does the non-Pro ignore some as an incentive to purchase Pro? Just curious as to why this is.

If this is the 'Pro' version, why is it that when I open the software I get 'Driver Booster 5.2 Free'? Disappointed. I downloaded the full 'Pro' version of Glary Utilities on Christmas Day and that's been brilliant so I'm not happy that this, masquerading as a 'Pro' version is actually the free edition which I already had installed!

Very good at getting drivers especially after a clean wipe and re-install of Windows

Ironic...I updated the free version last night!

Is this a one year licence or lifetime?

This is awesome, I have used the free version on my computer. Will download for sure!

Thank you!!! Works Great!!! :)

Do I really need (it)this ???

To update and manage my PC drivers I use DriverMax + Snappy Driver Installer (Portable app)
Both programs are more accurate than Driver Booster Pro and they are FREE.