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03-Nov-2006, 07:57 AM #1
Check To See If Your PC Needs Driver Updates
http://driveragent.com/

Driver Agent checks all you drivers and sees if there are newer ones available. It costs 29.95 a year to have 1-click driver downloads, otherwise you have to search the products own site. Great tool for checking on all your drivers.
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06-Nov-2006, 02:42 PM #2
It's not worth the money and it'll tell you that there's driver updates available for hardware that you already have the most current drivers for.

There are numerous sites out there that post driver updates on a daily basis. All you have to do is look for them and keep them in your favorites list and make use of them.

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06-Nov-2006, 03:46 PM #3
I was mainly commenting on the scan feature. I agree with you, I wouldn't pay $30/mo. for driver downloads.
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06-Nov-2006, 04:06 PM #4
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I was mainly commenting on the scan feature. I agree with you, I wouldn't pay $30/mo. for driver downloads.
Lets see. On my rig I need ATI drivers. Soundblaster drivers. Raid drivers never need to be updated and chipset drivers are not needed at all on my motherboard. CPU drivers are there if I want them. I do not use Q "n" C so I don't need those.

I have to go to creative.com and ati.com occasionally. I agree, I wouldn't pay them squat. I won't even run the scan for the two things I need to watch drivers for.

Call me a grump, go ahead. I don't care.
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07-Nov-2006, 12:20 PM #5
I tried one of these programs a few months ago and the drivers that it said I needed to download were already in use. Of course, they wanted me to pay for these "updated" drivers.
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