Comments on: DriverUpdateToolReview

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:55:03 +0000

@shane – I think none of the products are life time. DriverFinder is also a 1 year license, with an option to extend a year during the initial sale for a lower amount.
I doubt they will give you a life time version, as there is a cost involved to keep the driver database up to date all the time.
But you can always try and contact them and ask. The main website, http://www.driverfinderpro.com has a support link that you can try.

By: shane

shane — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:46:54 +0000

Is driverFinder a life time product, well as least as long as the specific pc is in opperation? Would like to use this for clients pc’s. is there anyway i could get a unlimited version?

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:37:46 +0000

@George – New PC’s indeed often come with older drivers since they were installed during manufacturing. Regarding the installation problem with the Wireless LAN driver, I suggest you contact their support, because they are really fast and good.
Unless I see the driver file I cannot comment on the installation details.
Recurring driver updates can only happen if new versions are available, or if the install failed the previous time. The bluetooth stack error does not need to be the driver, that can also be the bluetooth stack itself, which is separate software.
Again, please contact their support as that will help you best.

By: George

George — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:02:51 +0000

Based upon your recommendation I purchased DriverFinder over the weekend and used it to scan my 6 days old HP 610 all in one desktop PC. The scan said I had 14 drivers out of date, so I downloaded all the new drivers and managed to install all except the driver for my Broadcom WLAN Adapter that had an OPEN button. When I clicked that button a large Windows Explorer page opened with 49 component items including 2 setup items and 2 install items. However, DriverFinder did not indicate which of the 49 items I should double click so I don’t know what I should do.

However, what disturbed me more today was that when I ran DriverFinder again today, it said 9 drivers were out of date, ones that I had installed the previous evening – what gives with this software and why is it acting like this. Furthermore I now have the Bluetooth stack error back again after the driver was supposedly updated, but, I just get the error message DriverFinder does not list the Bluetooth driver as being out of date!!

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:55:39 +0000

@Amy – I have actually run DriverFinder on many systems, including XP, Vista and Windows 7. In no case did I experience the error you got, but I do know that the VC++ runtime distributable is included with the program to prevent missing dependencies.
Try running SFC /SCANNOW at the command prompt to check your Windows system files, and try manually installing the VC++ runtime distribution to see if that causes any problems.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:04:47 +0000

I definitely need to update drivers, however, three programs have failed to install on my computer. DriverMax, DriverWhiz, and DriverFinder all had various issues, either failed to install, or crashed, as DriverFinder did, upon attempting to open with virtual C++ runtime errors. Is there a preliminary fix for this? Or do I need a new computer? I have XP Home and do not have an installation disc.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:01:41 +0000

@Louis – All Pareto products, including driver cure, install a scheduled task to check and trigger notifications. Run the Windows task scheduler and see if there are any Pareto/driver cure entries. Just delete them.
You can also manually delete the DriverCure folder in the Program Files folder to make sure everything is gone.

By: Louis

Louis — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:14:12 +0000

I recently uninstalled driver cure and when I turned my computer on the next day I got a yellow caution and it said that my application had a problem and that I should reinstall my application of driver cure. What should I do?

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:14:18 +0000

@Jesse Tepper – A lot of the drivers are installed automatically by Driver Finder, but some do need manually installation. In most cases even that is a simple extraction of files using WinZip or 7-Zip and then running a setup program.
In rare cases drivers can be more difficult to install, but I personally have found there tech support to be quite responsive and helpful in those cases.

By: Jesse Tepper

Jesse Tepper — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:55:54 +0000

Thank you very much for the work you have done to provide us with objective data. It certainly facilitates decision making. Regarding Driver Finder, will it automatically install the drivers it finds or need that be done manually? If the latter, is it a simple matter of hitting a couple of keys, i.e. going along with the program’s recommendation or must one know something other than the basics to assign the drivers to optimal/correct locations?