{"id":326,"date":"2009-08-24T13:42:54","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T08:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/?page_id=326"},"modified":"2010-04-22T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T13:04:46","slug":"drivercurereview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/drivercurereview","title":{"rendered":"DriverCureReview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"reviewpage\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"720\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding-bottom: 20px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   google_ad_client = \"pub-1883202158655235\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/26\/08 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1047235253\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2>DriverCure Review<\/h2>\n<div class=\"review\"><a title=\"Download DriverCure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/download-drivercure.php\">DriverCure<\/a> is one of the latest programs from ParetoLogic, who are probably best known for their RegCure registry cleaner software. DriverCure is at version 1.5 at the moment of our review and the product has not been around as some of the more known products <a title=\"Download Driver Detective\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/download-driverdetective.php\">Driver Detective<\/a> and <a title=\"Download DriverAgent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/download-driveragent.php\">DriverAgent<\/a>, but considering the history of the company it is good to have a look how DriverCure performs.<\/div>\n<h3>DriverCure Installation<\/h3>\n<div class=\"review\">Downloading (3.4 MB) and installing DriverCure is fast and simple. A commonly used installation wizard will guide you through the installation process.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">One thing to pay attention to is that the installation process immediately adds a scheduled task to your Windows tasks scheduler, which will run DriverCure twice a week! If you uninstall DriverCure it is removed, and you can change or delete it within the DriverCure program.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/windows-task-scheduler.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Task Scheduler\" width=\"500\" height=\"237\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>DriverCure Program Review<\/h3>\n<div class=\"review\">Once DriverCure is started, the application screen is similar to most other driver tools. In this new version, ParetoLogic has added the same feature that Driver Checker is using to show the computer model and system details.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-main-screen.jpg\" alt=\"DriverCure Main Window\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">All we need to do is to click the <strong>Start Scan<\/strong> button to start the driver update scan.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">When the scanning starts, you will see the <strong>Scan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c In Progress<\/strong> window. DriverCure scans both the computer hardware and installed software. Scanning is relatively fast on our test system.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-scanning.jpg\" alt=\"DriverCure Scan\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The scan shows the devices and software being found on your computer. Once the scan is complete, we are presented with the scan results:<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-scan-results.jpg\" alt=\"DriverCure Scan Results\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The number of outdated drivers is shown in the top of the window. But apart from drivers, the program also checks your installed software. This is an interesting choice from ParetoLogic, to include a software update check in their driver update program. Unexpected, and I am not sure if this ads to the value of the product. The marketing reasons seem obvious, but both Microsoft and most software vendors provide excellent software update features in their products.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">In the list, you will first see all devices with outdated drivers, followed by outdated software and then devices with up-to-date drivers, and up-to-date software. All-in-all this is a long list, which unfortunately cannot be collapsed anymore as it could in earlier versions. But items in the list can be ignored, so they won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be checked and shown anymore.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">In the earlier versions, you could see the details of a device by clicking on a device in the list. In the current version this is not possible anymore. Instead you are presented with a message box that suggests you register the product.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-register.jpg\" alt=\"Driver Details\" width=\"481\" height=\"315\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">It seems that ParetoLogic has listened more to its affiliates than consider program users. In the unregistered version everything is targeted to make you buy the program first.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">In the registered version, clicking a driver will select it. Unlike the earlier versions, where all outdated drivers were selected by default, all devices are now unselected.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">Clicking the <strong>Next<\/strong> button with a device selected will start the download process:<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-download.jpg\" alt=\"Driver Download\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">A confirmation message is shown before the installation begins.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/driver-install.jpg\" alt=\"Driver Install Confirm\" width=\"392\" height=\"126\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">Installing device drivers can be tricky, so it is good to see that DriverCure uses the manufacturer&#8217;s installation process. Installation results in extracting the downloaded driver file and executing the setup in the driver package. In this case we get the Intel installation program.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/intel-driver-install.jpg\" alt=\"Driver Install Options\" width=\"500\" height=\"395\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">Once the installation completed, we ran the program again and indeed, the Intel Sata AHCI controller is no longer listed as being outdated.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">For a different Intel device we also tried the update and since DriverCure waits to verify the installed driver, we ended up with the following screen:<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-hanging.jpg\" alt=\"Driver Install Options\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The program was completely unresponsive, basically because it was waiting for the driver installer to finish. The Intel installer however was finished already, so somehow DriverCure missed that. Using the Task Manager we were able to close DriverCure.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">DriverCure currently does not detect and check unplugged devices. So if you have portable devices that you connect to your computer and that need drivers, make sure to connect them if you want to check for updated drivers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">This brings us to the other features of the program.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The <strong>History<\/strong> button will show the scan history with the results.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-history.jpg\" alt=\"DriverCure History\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The blue arrows on the right side will open up the details, where you can see the scan results of each scan, together with the option to <strong>Install<\/strong> the update. This is a nice option to see all current and newer versions of the drivers. Also note that DriveCure uses the Windows <strong>System Restore<\/strong> feature to back up and restore drivers, there is no separate driver backup and restore. You can not back up your devices to an external USB stick or hard disk.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The <strong>Ignore<\/strong> button shows you the list of ignored items. In the screenshot you can see we chose to ignore the webcam device, which is listed in the ignore list.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-ignore.jpg\" alt=\"Driver Ignore\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">This screen will allow you to undo the ignoring by removing a device from the ignore list. Select the item and click the <strong>Remove<\/strong> button.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The <strong>Schedule<\/strong> button brings us to the schedule screen. Here it is possible to schedule the executions of DriverCure on a regular basis. As mentioned in the start of the review, the DriverCure installation process already adds a default schedule entry. This schedule process makes use of the standard Windows <strong>Task Scheduler<\/strong>, so you can access the scheduled tasks from within the DriverCure program as well as from the Windows Task Scheduler.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-schedule.jpg\" alt=\"DriverCure Schedule\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">If you choose to add a <strong>New<\/strong> or <strong>Edit<\/strong> an existing task, you will see the following window to select the task options:<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-schedule-options.jpg\" alt=\"DriverCure Schedule Options\" width=\"428\" height=\"276\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The days of the week and the start time allow you to specify when, and how often to run the program. The checkbox <strong>Automatically download all updates<\/strong> can be used to tell the program to download the driver and program updates when it executes, rather than to run only the update check.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The <strong>About<\/strong> button is the last button in the interface, and this shows the version information of DriverCure as well as the registration and update information.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The <strong>Check for Updates<\/strong> button will see if a new version of DriverCure is available. Odd enough we tried to update version 1.2 to version 1.5 using this option, but the Update told us we already had the latest version. So we manually downloaded the latest version of DriverCure from the website and reinstalled it. This is a good backup method, since licensing information is still maintained this way.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The <strong>Update Options<\/strong> button allows the user to specify a proxy, instruct the program to manually or automatically update, or even schedule the program update.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The other buttons will bring you to the ParetoLogic website, either to renew the license or to get program support. There is no local help file, everything is online.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">The DriverCure program makes use of a small terminate and stay resident program. You can see the icon in the TaskBar. A few program functions are accessible from the icon. But if you want to completely exit the DriverCure program, you will need to use the Exit option in the popup menu after you close the main window.<\/div>\n<div class=\"reviewimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/images\/reviews\/drivercure-tsr.jpg\" alt=\"DriverCure Taskbar Icon\" width=\"170\" height=\"142\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<div class=\"review\">Considering what is available in the market, <a title=\"Download DriverCure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/download-drivercure.php\">DriverCure<\/a> is a good program for updating drivers. Whether the software update adds to its value we leave up to you. ParetoLogic&#8217;s DriverCure is priced at $29.95 for a one year license.<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\">In the end it comes down to checking which program has the most complete and recent offering of driver updates, so you will need to run the program on your own computer. Of course there are other driver update programs, so:<\/div>\n<div class=\"review\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/driverupdatetoolreview\"><strong>Also check out our comparison of the 5 most popular driver update tools<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding-bottom: 20px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   google_ad_client = \"pub-1883202158655235\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/26\/08 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1047235253\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DriverCure Review DriverCure is one of the latest programs from ParetoLogic, who are probably best known for their RegCure registry cleaner software. DriverCure is at version 1.5 at the moment of our review and the product has not been around as some of the more known products Driver Detective and DriverAgent, but considering the history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-326","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/326\/revisions\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devicedriverfinder.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}