Doesn't windows do this already for free?

Gary  –  9 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (-9)

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@ Rick Martin. For future reference, you can easily avoid the extras offered by Download.com by selecting the "secure download" link instead of the "DOWNLOAD NOW" link. The "secure download" gives you the straight installer without the extras.

@ Rick Martin. For future reference, you can easily avoid the extras offered by Download.com by selecting the "secure download" link instead of the "DOWNLOAD NOW" link. The "secure download" gives you the straight installer without the extras.
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gpc111  –  9 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+118)

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No Windows doesn't do this at all! Not even close! There are several so called MS Partners that make many claims and then fill your machines with added bloatware and viruses! Iobit is not loved by MS but their free edition will do a great job if you are careful to reject the many addons that Download.com tries to infect your machine with.

Rick Martin

No Windows doesn't do this at all! Not even close! There are several so called MS Partners that make many claims and then fill your machines with added bloatware and viruses! Iobit is not loved by MS but their free edition will do a great job if you are careful to reject the many addons that Download.com tries to infect your machine with. Rick Martin
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Rick Martin  –  9 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+40)

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On first reading this, I thought iObit was seeking to charge an astonishing $75 for a mere 6 month license to use -- not own -- this software. I now realise that actually, $75 is what it expects you to pay for an annual license. Ah.

Nothing about this developer's behaviour inspires, and certainly not its ploy of seeking to milk consumers year on year for software which is more rented than owned. Worse: iObit has no demonstrable provenance in the field of driver updating, a field of critical importance to a user because if iObit ever gets its updating analysis wrong, the consequences to the user's computer may well be serious. Microsoft already works with hardware / software providers to facilitate driver updating:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/automatically-get-recommended-drivers-and-updates-for-your-hardware

but as Glen writes at post #5, that still doesn't mean Microsoft should be trusted to manage the task properly.

In truth, "driver updating" has become the new "registry optimizer" cash cow for several software publishers, because now that it's finally sunk into the collective mind of computer users worldwide that optimizing your registry is pretty much pointless on modern OS systems, then heigh-ho, time to come up with some other problem for which an expensive cure is now necessary: the updating of allegedly obsolete drivers.

To echo Glen's point: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. If your computer is working fine, don't mess with it. If it isn't, then check with the component vendor concerned, be it for your printer, your graphics card, whatever -- after all, it's easy enough to identify those components, a host of freeware"what's-in-my-computer?" programs have long existed and can be found on any Internet search.

Thanks, then, GOTD, but no thanks. Though we haven't yet reached the stage that occurred when laments were commonplace about "optimized" computers being bricked by absurdly aggressive "registry cleaning", the way this current vogue for driver update software is going, we might soon be.

MikeR  –  9 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+63)

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If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The best place to get drivers is from the computer vendor site like asusdotcom for Asus laptops,etc... The vendor knows the hardware in your computer. The so called latest and greatest drivers don't always work in computers that are older or that have been modified by the vendor. Would you rather install a driver on the official support site for your computer or use a driver update program? I trust the people that built my system to know what is best for it. IMO, driver update software and Microsoft don't know more than the vendor/builder of my system.

Glen C  –  9 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+55)

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This is a good deal for all. We have several PC's that have been kept in Driver Heaven for a long time. The pro edition normally is the purchased product and comes straight from Iobit without all of the BS extra junkware you would get if you opted for the free edition and connects you to their highspeed server rather than a slow server. I have also found that it is a great idea to make sure you have the latest cmos bios as well. We are also Beta testing Driver Booster Beta 3.0 which is even better. It's a no brainer and we can see the diferences!

Thanks Iobit and GOTD!

Rick Martin

Rick Martin  –  9 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (-22)

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You obviously like to live dangerously. If you don´t have any serious problems that could be solved by a bios update (read the firmware history) don´t update the bios. There are no advantages, just risks.

You obviously like to live dangerously. If you don´t have any serious problems that could be solved by a bios update (read the firmware history) <b>don´t update the bios</b>. There are no advantages, just risks.
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Lucky Luke  –  9 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+44)

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