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Device Doctor

Free by DeviceDoctor | Link to website

Device Doctor is a freeware Windows application that scans your computer hardware and checks to see if there are new driver updates available for your devices. It also locates drivers for "unidentified devices" in the Windows Device Manager. It is completely free with no adware or malware, and 100% Virus free. Portable-app: http://www.devicedoctor.com/device-doctor-portable.php More info »



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TBayAreaPat-image

Device Doctor is generally directing me to outdated drivers. It did seem to find 1 that I needed so far. Still trying it.

 
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pyronite-image

A few things:
• The installed and portable versions can both be used from a computer without an internet connection (like if Windows can't recognize your network driver). Device Doctor will save a .html file you can open on a computer that has a connection and you can save the drivers from there.

• The portable version is slightly different from the "installed bundle" version. The interface looks the exact same but the installed version enumerates the devices it finds with registry keys (ex: {4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}). Both of them found the same number of drivers for my system (25) and from what I can tell they're all the same drivers. This might be useful if you'd rather write down identifying information than transfer an HTML file on a USB stick.

Device Doctor isn't perfect but if you're having problems nailing down the right drivers it's always worth a shot. It's rare to see legitimate direct download driver scans -- many driver programs work like little more than advertisements.

 
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Aerialsky-image

This would be better with backup and restore function, too ^^

 
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