Driver updater tools do just what you're probably thinking — they help you update some or all of the device drivers installed in Windows for your computer's hardware.
These free driver updater programs make it easy to keep your drivers updated. Use one, and you won't need to deal with Device Manager so much, nor will you need to go find the right driver from your hardware maker yourself.
You absolutely do not have to use free driver updater software to update drivers, and be sure to never, ever pay for one! These programs are for your convenience only. See How Do I Update Drivers in Windows? for steps on manually updating hardware drivers, a process you're more than capable of doing, trust me.
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Driver Booster
What We Like
- Downloads drivers from within the program
- Creates a restore point before updating drivers
- Scans for outdated drivers on a schedule
- No limit on driver downloads and updates
What We Don't Like
- An internet connection is needed to scan for driver updates
- Always shows an 'activate now' button to get the pro version
- Tries to install another program during setup
Driver Booster is the best free driver updater program. It's compatible with all versions of Windows and makes updating drivers simple.
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Driver Booster can be scheduled to automatically find outdated drivers. When new updates are found, you can easily start downloading them from inside the Driver Booster program so you don't need to go out to an internet browser to grab them.
Before you install a driver, you can see how the new driver version compares with the currently installed driver, which is helpful.
I like that Driver Booster creates a restore point before installing a driver in the event something goes wrong with the installation.
There's an option in the settings to install drivers in the background, which hides installation wizards and other popup messages. This is handy so you don't have to click through so many windows when installing new drivers.
Driver Booster works in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP.
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DriverPack Solution
What We Like
- Lets you install outdated drivers even when offline
- Downloads are performed quickly
- Drivers can be installed without any prompts or user input
What We Don't Like
- Doesn't support scheduled scans
- The program is often sluggish
- Drivers can't be hidden so as to avoid seeing them in scans
DriverPack Solution has a user interface that's easier to use than most of the others on this list. There are only a few buttons and definitely no confusing screens or options.
This program supports bulk downloads and automated installs so that you don't have to click through any installation wizards.
When you first open DriverPack Solution, you can choose to download and install all of the drivers automatically or to manually choose for yourself which ones you want to update.
There's also some basic system information included in DriverPack Solution, as well as a software downloader that can install some recommended programs to your computer.
DriverPack Solution supports Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP.
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Snappy Driver Installer
What We Like
- Has no advertisements
- Completely portable (no install necessary)
- Downloads drivers from within the software
- Supports offline driver installations
What We Don't Like
- Scan schedules are not supported
- The program isn't as easy to use as similar software
Snappy Driver Installer is another freeware driver updater tool that's a bit like DriverPack Solution, listed above.
You can download multiple drivers at once for many different types of devices. After they're downloaded, the program gives you immediate access to install the updates.. with or without an internet connection.
Snappy Driver Installer is super easy to use and doesn't even need to be installed. This means you can use something like an external hard drive to transport and install the downloaded drivers to any other computer.
Snapper Driver Installer also has zero advertisements, doesn't limit download speeds, and can install as many drivers as you need, without any limitations.
This program works with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
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Driver Talent
What We Like
- Installs really quickly
- You don't have to download drivers manually — they download from inside the software
- The program is easy to use
- Drivers get backed up before each installation or uninstallation
What We Don't Like
- Setup might try to install an unrelated program
- Bulk downloading is not supported (you have to download each driver one by one)
- The schedule for scanning for outdated drivers can't be customized
Driver Talent (previously called DriveTheLife) is a very easy to use driver updater program that lets you download device drivers through a program so you don't have to search the internet for official download links.
This application not only can update outdated and missing drivers but also fix corrupted ones and back up all your installed drivers for you.
The size of a driver as well as its release date and version number are displayed for you before you download it so you can be sure you're getting what you're after.
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An alternative version is available that includes network drivers and works offline, which is perfect if you need to install drivers but don't have the proper network driver installed.
There's also a feature within Driver Talent that lets you pre-download all the drivers necessary for the computer so that you can easily reinstall them should you reinstall the OS later.
While using Driver Talent, I noticed the program itself installed on my computer in less than five seconds, and most of the driver updates downloaded really quickly, which was nice.
Driver Talent can be installed in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP.
Please be aware that some antivirus engines identify Driver Talent as malicious. You can see the results here. However, the overwhelming results show that it's clean, so proceed with caution.
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DriversCloud
What We Like
- Lets you install beta driver updates
- Has the option to show only WHQL certified driver updates
- Shows lots of detail on the drivers
What We Don't Like
- Drivers have to be downloaded manually
- Doesn't support bulk downloads or updates
DriversCloud (previously called Ma-Config) is a free web service that finds detailed information about your hardware and software, including outdated drivers.
This works by downloading a program that allows a web browser to gather information from your computer.
From the website, you can find categories such as BSOD Analysis, My Drivers, Autorun, Network Configuration, and other areas you can browse through.
When you need to update a driver, you can see the full information on what the new driver details are versus the currently installed driver. You can see the version number, manufacturer, INF file name and date, and hardware ID.
Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, and Windows 2000 users can install DriversCloud.
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DriverIdentifier
What We Like
- Works offline without a connection to the internet
- You can use it as a portable program
- It's really easy to understand and use
- Includes helpful information about the drivers
What We Don't Like
- Drivers have to be downloaded manually from your web browser
- Won't check for outdated drivers on a schedule
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DriverIdentifier is an extremely simple, yet very useful free driver updater program.
You can scan for drivers if you don't have an internet connection, which is super nice if your network card driver isn't working. When the scan is complete, DriverIdentifier will have you save the list of drivers to an HTML file.
Just open the file on a computer that does have an internet connection so the DriverIdentifier website can cross-reference the results with their databases. Drivers that need updating will have an Update link next to them.
There's also a portable version of DriverIdentifier available.
DriverIdentifier finds Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP drivers.
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Free Driver Scout
What We Like
- Can be configured to update drivers automatically
- Multiple drivers can be downloaded in bulk
- Supports scheduled outdated driver scans
What We Don't Like
- Other driver updaters find more outdated drivers
- Setup might try to install other programs
- An update hasn't been released for the software in a long time
Free Driver Scout is an amazing driver updater because it provides true automatic updating.
This means the program will automatically scan for any required updates, automatically download the updates, and then automatically install them, without requiring any input from you, which can't be said for any other program in this list.
Device drivers can be excluded from a scan with Free Driver Scout so they don’t show up as needing an update in the future.
Another great feature in Free Driver Scout is the ability to back up and restore drivers. The program lets you back up some or all of your drivers and then easily restore them again if you need to.
Also included in Free Driver Scout is an extremely helpful tool called the OS Migration Tool. You would run this tool if you’re going to install a different Windows operating system to your computer. It will find the device drivers for the new OS and save them to a custom location, like a flash drive. Then, when you have the other Windows operating system installed, you can use the same tool to restore those OS-specific drivers so you don’t have to worry about finding the device drivers again.
I tested Driver Scout v1.0 in Windows 10 but it also works with Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP.
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Driver Easy
What We Like
- Scheduling is supported to check for driver updates automatically
- Can be used at home and at work
- Driver scans are quick
- Downloads driver updates directly from within the software
What We Don't Like
- Drivers download slowly
- Updates have to be installed manually
- Doesn't support bulk downloads
- Some features are available only after payment
Driver Easy is another program used to find updates for drivers in Windows, and it's free for both personal and commercial use.
Schedule a scan with Driver Easy to check for outdated drivers and prompt you to download an update. A scan can be scheduled daily, weekly, monthly, when your PC is idle, or even every time you log on to Windows.
I like that Driver Easy can download drivers from inside the program without the need to open an external web browser.
There are additional features included in Driver Easy as well, like viewing hardware information and scanning for driver updates when you don't have an internet connection.
Driver Easy can be used in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP.
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Device Doctor
What We Like
- Drivers get downloaded from inside the application
- Outdated drivers are checked when the computer goes idle
- The program is simple to understand
- Can be used as a portable program
What We Don't Like
- Limits driver downloads to one per day
- A driver's version number and date isn't shown to verify that the update is newer than the current one
- Won't automatically update the driver after the download
- Doesn't make restore points before updating drivers
- Shows ads
Device Doctor is a really simple and easy to use driver update program. It can be downloaded as a regular program or as a portable one that doesn't need to be installed.
You can schedule scans to check for outdated drivers and then when an update is found, you'll be taken to a website to manually download it.
Because you have to download updates outside of Device Doctor, you may sometimes need to unzip driver files before using them. You can do that with a file unzip tool like the one included in Windows or a third-party tool like 7-Zip.
Device Doctor is limited to downloading just one driver per day. It's designed to find drivers for Windows XP up through Windows 10.
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DriverHub
What We Like
- Really clean, easy-to-understand interface
- Downloads drivers automatically after you click the install button
- Bulk downloading is supported
- Supports an easy and an advanced mode depending on how you want to use the program
What We Don't Like
- You might be asked to install another program during setup
The DriverHub driver updater is really easy to use because it download and installs the drivers for you and has a whole section of the program dedicated to recovery should something go wrong.
The program itself has a clean interface with only a few menu buttons. In the settings are some options for changing the download folder and disabling program update checks.
You can keep things simple and install whatever DriverHub recommends, or you can go into Advanced Mode to pick which drivers to get, to see version numbers, and to install alternate drivers (i.e., a newer driver but not the current version).
The Useful programs section of DriverHub isn't driver related but does include some helpful links to Windows utilities, like Disk Management, Task Manager, power supply settings, display settings, and more.
The DriverHub website says it will work in Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7.
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DriverMax
What We Like
- No prompts when updating drivers (they install automatically)
- Can optionally install only signed drivers
- Drivers are downloaded from inside the program
- Also lets you back up all your device drivers
What We Don't Like
- Identified as a potentially unwanted program (PuP) by some antivirus tools
- Doesn't always find the right driver
- Limits driver downloads to two per day and 10 per month
- Only one driver can be downloaded at one time (no bulk download option)
DriverMax is a free Windows program that can update outdated drivers. Unfortunately, it's limited in a few areas.
In addition to updating old drivers, DriverMax can back up some or all of the currently installed drivers, restore backed up drivers, roll back drivers, and identify unknown hardware.
I found that DriverMax discovered a significantly higher number of outdated drivers than every other program from this list did. I checked the version numbers against the currently installed drivers and they all seemed to be valid updates.
DriverMax finds drivers for Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP.
Although DriverMax limits the number of downloads you can perform per day and per month, you can still check for outdated drivers; you're just limited when it comes to downloading the drivers. We talk more in the review about why this isn't as bad of a limit as it might sound.
Apr. 28, 2019 / Updated by Bessie Shaw to Windows Driver Solutions
Do You Need to Download New Drivers after Installing Windows 10 on Your Computer?
If you have upgraded your Windows 7 or Windows 8, you may get the errors like “a required CD/DVD driver is missing”, “video drivers are outdated”, or “wireless network driver is not working”. They are common issues when you reinstall the Windows OS or install a new one. You surely need to install drivers after updating to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista. And below are the main reasons why you need to download Windows 10 drivers:
- Reinstalling Windows 10 or updating to Windows 10 will remove all the drivers of the previous system which are located in the C drive (answer to 'does upgrading to Windows 10 remove drivers').
- To make the hardware devices recognized and work properly on the new Windows 10, you need to download newer drivers that best match the system.
- You have to download drivers on your new Windows 10 when a hardware device does not install automatically.
- Updating or installing drivers is a great troubleshooting step when the device is having some kinds of problems or is generating an error. It can fix bugs.
- Latest drivers download and update will enable new features for your hardware.
In fact, it's a regular and also the necessary step to have a scan of your computer to identity which drivers are missing, incompatible, or corrupted after upgrading to Windows 10, and then automatically download Windows 10 drivers.
Important Note: Different Windows OS requires the specific drivers compatible with it, such as Windows 10 64-bit needs Windows 10 drivers for 64 bit, 32-bit OS needs 32-bit drivers, Windows 10 graphics driver for HP notebook 2000 PC, and other requirements of laptop drivers in Windows 10.
How to Free Download/Install Drivers after Windows 10 Update on Laptop, Desktop or Notebook
You can use professional Windows 10 drivers update tools, lile Driver Talent (formerly called DriveTheLife), to help you quickly scan your computer, check drivers, and then automatically download & install new drivers for Windows 10.
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Difficulty: Very easy
Time Required: Only several minutes
Applied to: This method works for all driver downloads after you update to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Driver Talent can download the official or WHQL drivers for wireless network adapter, graphics cards, Bluetooth, USB devices, monitor, motherboard and any other hardware devices. Get Windows 10 drivers for Acer, Asus, Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, Sony, Toshiba, Fuji, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Intel, Kingston, Kodak, Lenovo, Lexmark, Logitech, Microsoft, OKI, Packard Bell, Realtek, Samsung, and Sharp. Here is how:
Steps to Free Download and Install Drivers for Windows 10
Take the following easy steps to download and install Windows 10 drivers for your device.
Step 1. Launch Driver Talent after your install it on your computer. Click on “Scan” to detect all the driver problems for hardware devices.
After the scanning, you will be showed all the drivers that have problems and the solutions. Click on “Update” to update to the latest drivers, “Repair” to download and installing the missing, or broken drivers, or “Reinstall” to reinstall new drivers.
Step 2. To install Windows 10 drivers for computer peripherals, select the 'Peripheral Drivers' menu and install all the neccessary USB drivers in your Windows 10 computer.
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Install Drivers Using Windows Updates
If you have enabled the automatic update in Windows Updates, it will help to automatically install the Windows 10 drivers after you've updated to the new Windows 10 through Internet connection, like Nvidia Windows 10 drivers, AMD Windows 10 drivers, Asus Windows 10 drivers, etc. If you have no Internet connection or have no Wi-Fi on your computer after Windows 10 installation, try Driver Talent for Network Card to install the network driver without Internet access to fix this Internet issue. Remenber to install Driver Talent for Network Card on your computer before you update to Windows 10.
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Nov. 06, 2018 / Updated by Bessie Shaw to Windows Driver Solutions
HP Driver Problems on Windows 10
Update to Windows 10 but your HP computer or other HP devices not working properly? We’ve seen so many reports about the HP driver-related problems on Windows 10 on the forums, like “I just installed Windows 10 on an HP Envy but got an error with the Broadcom 802.11ABGN Wireless SDIO Adapter. Windows cannot load the drivers”, “I can’t connect the Internet on my HP after Windows 10 upgrade, no WiFi”, “my HP video card has issues”, “the HP printer not working, not detected”, etc. In fact, Hewlett Packard or HP devices need updated drivers to work on your new Windows 10. You should update HP drivers in order to fix the Windows 10 issues related to your HP hardware and devices.
Windows 10 requires the specific drivers compatible with it. Therefore, you need to make sure the drivers for the HP devices, such as laptops, desktop PCs, tablets, smartphones, printers, monitors, scanners, video cards, or other hardware, well match the new OS. For example, you need HP network drivers for Windows 10, HP audio drivers for Windows 10, HP Pavilion drivers for Windows 10, Windows 10 grapics driver for HP notebook 2000 PC, etc.
If the HP drivers are out-of-date, corrupted, missing, broken or incompatible, the related HP hardware and devices will have errors, which ruin your computer performance and work. You should fix the HP driver issues for Windows 10.
Fix HP Driver Issues on Windows 10: Download, Install, Reinstall, Repair or Update HP Drivers
A professional HP driver fix tool (HP drivers download and update utility) is necessary to fix the driver errors. It can save you much time and energy. It can do all the things for you. For all the outdated HP drivers, it can update to the latest HP drivers for Windows 10; for the corrupted ones, it can repair them; for the missing or broken ones, it can download and install them. Driver Talent is such a kind of tools. It is formerly called DriveTheLife. This utility is easy to use. No ads, no pop-ups and no spyware.
Note: All the official HP drivers will be downloaded immediately from Driver Talent.
If you’ve upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista, download and install Driver Talent on your laptop, desktop PC or notebook computer for free.
Here are the steps to use Driver Talent to fix Windows 10 HP drivers.
Step 1. Scan HP Drivers on Windows 10
Launch Driver Talent on your computer. It will have a safe scan to find out the driver problems.
Step 2. Update, Repair, Reboot or Reinstall HP Hardware Drivers for Windows 10
In the scan result, you can see all hardware drivers, including the ones need repairing, updating, rebooting, reinstalling, etc. Select the drivers and click on “Start” to free download and install the latest or the best-macthed HP drivers.
Step 3. Install HP Drivers for Peripheral Devices for Windows 10
Click on the “Peripheral Drivers” menu. You can install all drivers for HP peripheral devices (the USB-connected devices), such as the printer drivers, keyboard drivers, mouse drivers, etc.
After all done, restart your computer to make the drivers take effect. They will work properly. Share Driver Talent with your friends if you find it useful. If you are looking for Asus sound card drivers Windows 10, refer to Windows 10 Asus Drivers
The Most Common HP Drivers for Windows 10
Keep Driver Talent on your computer so that it will help to update HP drivers when there are outdated ones. Here are the most common HP drivers and downloads on Windows 10. You can get more Windows 10 drivers.
HP network drivers Windows 10 | HP audio drivers Windows 10 | |
HP printer drivers Windows 10 | HP Pavilion dv6 drivers Windows 10 | |
HP Envy drivers Windows 10 | HP Stream 7 drivers Windows 10 | HP EliteBook drivers Windows 10 |
HP Pavilion g4 drivers Windows 10 | HP Probook 4530s drivers Windows 10 | HP 630 drivers Windows 10 |
HP LaserJet 1020 drivers Windows 10 | HP LaserJet 1022n drivers Windows 10 | HP LaserJet 1018 drivers Windows 10 |
HP drivers 1012 Windows 10 | HP DeskJet 3050 drivers Windows 10 | HP USB drivers Windows 10 |
HP monitor drivers Windows 10 | HP scanner drivers Windows 10 | HP officejet j4680 driver Windows 10 |
HP photosmart c7280 driver Windows 10 | HP photosmart c4780 driver Windows 10 | HP j4680 driver Windows 10 |
HP psc 1610 driver Windows 10 | HP j6480 driver Windows 10 | HP 8600 driver Windows 10 |
HP deskjet 2600 driver Windows 10 | HP laserjet m402dne driver Windows 10 | HP Accelerometer driver Windows 10 |
HP 1018 driver Windows 10 | HP laserjet p1005 driver Windows 10 | HP officejet 4500 driver Windows 10 |
HP deskjet 2050 driver Windows 10 | HP 250 G4 driver Windows 10 | HP laserjet p1006 driver Windows 10 |
HP laserjet 1200 driver Windows 10 | HP EliteBoot 8440p drivers for Windows OS | HP pavilion dv6000 driver Windows 10s |
HP 6500 driver Windows 10 | HP 8500 driver Windows 10 | HP Spectre X360 driver Windows 10 |
HP b210 driver Windows 10 | HP cp1525nw driver Windows 10 | HP c7280 driver Windows 10 |
HP Probook 4540s drivers Windows 10 | HP G62 drivers Windows 10 | HP 2000 drivers Windows 10 |
If you can't download the HP driver updates your need for your Windows desktop of laptop, please leave a comment below or click the LEFT MENU on this page for more technical support. If you have any other Windows driver-related issues, see Windows Driver Solutions section on this site.
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SlimDrivers scans for available updates for all of your drivers, and then manages the download and installation process for you. Rather than having to figure out which programs might be out of date and then checking for updates individually, you can use this program to significantly streamline the process and keep all programs running smoothly.
Pros
Quick scans: When you first open the app, you can quickly complete a scan with just the click of a button. The scan encompasses all drivers on your machine that could be out of date and identifies locations for available update downloads.
Intuitive interface: The controls for this program are straightforward, with a large button for initiating a scan. Once the scan is complete, you'll see a list of the programs with updates available, and you can opt to download that update straight through the app, or you can choose to ignore updates for certain programs. When you begin each download, you can also instruct the app to create a restore point, so that if anything goes wrong, you can recover your software intact up to that point.
Cons
Slow downloads: The downloads we attempted through this app took a very long time to complete, sometimes between five and ten minutes. There were also several instances in which they failed completely.
Self-promotion: This app features a lot of banner as well as pop-up ads promoting other programs by this developer or for their paid products, which offer automatic updates. The free program only makes it possible for you to download updates, manually.
Bottom Line
SlimDrivers is a good free option if you want a quick way to check for driver updates for various programs on your computer. It may be best to avoid downloading thorough the app, as that can be a bit of an arduous process, but getting the search results is a quick and straightforward process. Especially if you don't have a lot of drivers, it's worth checking out this app. It's possible that the paid programs this developer offers complete downloads more quickly, but unfortunately you'll have to pay to find out.
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