Thread: usb do not work
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Old 09-10-2007, 06:44 PM   #17 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36
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Re: usb do not work

What I would tell you might not be what you want to hear. However, I feel that we have an obligation to give you this information. Here is my opinion.

Most of the programs like the one you have listed do give outdated drivers (we all have some drivers that are outdated on our rigs and they work fine) where one has been updated, but that does not necessarilly mean that you will notice a difference in the operation or performance of your machine.

The purpose of those programs is to find those and get you to BUY the program to get the updates. You can't update until you purchase with most of these programs. Then, you download the updates and have updated drivers but it may make no difference in your performance of those items. Therefore, I put no stock in that information one of those programs give you.

That being said, if you know what drivers need updated, go the website of the product vendor and download those drivers that you know need updated for FREE. That is what most of us techs do. So, if it told you what drivers need updated, then use that information to go to the websites and do the updates. For me, FREE is where it is at.
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