Driver Talent v7.0.1.6 A Full Review of Driver Talent, a Free Driver Updater Tool ~ TECH FNF

Driver Talent v7.0.1.6 A Full Review of Driver Talent, a Free Driver Updater Tool

Driver Talent (previously called DriveTheLife) is a free driver updater tool that finds outdated,
corrupted, and missing device drivers on your computer so you don't have to manually search for them online.

The program itself is clutter free and supports a number of features, all of which you'd expect from a program like this.

Driver Talent Pros & Cons
Lots to love with Driver Talent:

Pros:

Very easy to use

Installs quickly (less than 5 seconds)

Downloads drivers directly through the program

Fast download speeds

Backs up drivers automatically before updates and uninstallations

Cons:

Can't modify the automatic scanning schedule

Must download each driver one at a time (no bulk downloads)

Setup tries to install an unrelated program

More Driver Talent About

Driver Talent is a feature-rich driver updater that even lets you reinstall drivers that don't have an update, something that can really be helpful if you're trying to solve a driver issue:

Finds drivers for Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
Drivers can be backed up using the Driver Talent program
You can see an updated driver's version number, file size, and release date so you can compare it with the installed driver's version number to make sure you're actually getting a genuine update
Driver Talent can automatically shutdown the computer after it's finished installing drivers, which is helpful if you know a reboot will be pending after the updates anyway
Before updating a driver, you can choose a different version than the most recent one if you'd like to install a specific version of that driver instead of the most recently released one

If you'll be reinstalling Windows later on, you can use Driver Talent to pre-download all the necessary drivers and then use the same program to reinstall them once you're ready to.
Driver Talent can reinstall any installed driver even if it doesn't require an update
Printers, mice, Bluetooth devices, and other peripherals are updated through the dedicated Peripheral Drivers tab

Use the link called Drive Talent for Network Card on the download page to install an offline version of Driver Talent that includes network drivers, which is useful if you don't have the network driver needed to install updates

You can adjust the maximum download speed for downloads to save bandwidth

Note: During the installation of Driver Talent, you might be asked to install something else that you don't need, like a browser toolbar. You can decline that if you want so that it doesn't get added to your computer. You don't need it in order to use Driver Talent.

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