A new of piece of hardware came out and you were one of the first to own, without a proper driver, the new device will not work successfully. Driver Detective is not a driver, and what it offers us are identifing devices on our system without drivers, and giving us the right link to download the most relevant matches. Now, let's learn how to run a full scan for driver updates with Driver Detective.
Step1: Install and Run Driver Detective.
The installation is easy, while Microsoft .NET 2.0 is required. If needed, it will download it in the process of installation. If you don't have the setup file, click here to get the free trail version. when Driver Detective is running, the GUI shows as follows:
Step2: Start Scan.
Driver Detective provides two scanning options. You may choose to run either a "full" (default) driver scan or a "partial" driver scan. A full scan will detect all device drivers on your computer, this includes devices that are "Unplugged" from your computer.
To start scan, just click
.
The folling image shows the process of scanning:
Step3: The Result.
The result will show on the panel.
Whether your driver is out of date or there is no proper drive? This program will distinct them with different icons. See as follows:
Step4: Update or Download the Drivers.
For example, click the item which is out of date
,
there will pop up a dialog box to download the right driver for you.
Through this program, you will never need to pay atten to update your driver, all the work be done by it. However, there are some limitations with the free trail version, such as you are unable to tweak the settings.
Download this program, if you've experienced it, and you like it, you could order this program just by clicking
here.