How To Automatically Update Device Drivers In Windows 10

Drivers are an essential part of your computeras they tell your software how to work with a piece of hardware. Being an important part of your machine, you need to make sure your drivers are always up to date. There are apps for how to automatically update drivers if you don’t want to get your hands dirty.

These apps find out what machine you have and what drivers it needs. Then they fetch the required drivers and install them for you on your machine. Also, they create a backup of your existing drivers first in case things go wrong and you need to roll back your drivers.

DriverPack Solution(Free)

DriverPack Solution is a small utility that helps you find and install required drivers automatically on your computer. It has a huge database of drivers from around the world and covers almost all computer types.

Whether you’re running a Lenovo desktop or an Asus laptop, you can use the app to find outdated drivers, back up drivers, and then download and install the latest drivers for your various pieces of hardware.

It comes in two versions:

The first one requires you to have an Internet connection as it downloads drivers from the Internet as and when required.

The second version brings with it all the drivers you need so that you don’t need to have an Internet connection while installing the drivers. The latter one is, of course, a large file as it consists of many driver files.

SlimDrivers(Free)

SlimDrivers is another free option to help you find and update obsolete drivers on your Windows computer. On the main interface, you’ll find a large button letting you run a driver update check. It also helps find incorrect drivers in case you’ve mistakenly ever installed them on your computer.

The app allows you to backup your drivers before updating them so you have something to fall back on if things go wrong. You can specify where your driver backups are to be restored, and then you can restore them if and when needed.

An interesting feature of the app is it lets you create scan schedules. This way the app automatically scans your computer for outdated drivers at the specified interval and lets you automatically update drivers.

Driver Booster(Paid)

Driver Booster is a feature-packed app to find driver updates and install them on your computer. It comes with dozens of customizable options, such as connecting to the driver servers via proxy and setting up scan schedules.

If you’re looking for a quick way to get your drivers updated, all you need to do is click on the largeScanbutton on the main interface. It’ll get the drivers updated for you.

You can customize some of its features as follows.

DriverHub(Free)

DriverHub is a neat and clean app that helps you find the latest official drivers for your devices and install them on your machine. It comes with a neatly organized interface that makes using the app easier and enjoyable. All you need to do is click on theFind nowbutton and it’ll start looking for your driver updates.

It keeps a history of all of your downloaded drivers so you know exactly what’s been downloaded to your machine. It comes with the driver backup feature, too, so you don’t need to worry about the newer drivers not working on your computer.

It comes with few customizable options such as letting you specify where to download files and if you’d like to use the program in another language.

Snail Driver(Free)

Snail Driver is a really compact and tiny tool that sits in one of the corners of your screen and helps you find and install new drivers on your computer. You can have it automatically launch at your PC’s boot-up so it starts looking for driver updates when you turn on your computer.

Although it’s a really tiny tool, it comes with all the essential features you need while updating drivers. It has a bug reporting option, driver backup feature, and a system restore point creation option.

It lets you modify the driver download location as well in case you want to download driver updates to a folder other than the default one.

In Windows 10 you can automatically update drivers without even knowing what devices you have using the above-mentioned apps. In case your devices start behaving abnormally after the updates, you can always revert the drivers using the same apps.

How do you update drivers on your Windows computer? Have you ever used an app to automatically update your drivers? Let us know in the comments below.

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How To Automatically Update Device Drivers In Windows 10#

DriverPack Solution(Free)#

SlimDrivers(Free)#

Driver Booster(Paid)#

DriverHub(Free)#

Snail Driver(Free)#