[WOLFMAN1966]

Hey, don't even know if this is the right place to put this, but I have a Compaq Presario SR1803WM with a 3.2ghz Celeron processor. and I was wondering if there is either af website or a program that will check my drivers and make sure they are up to date for free. I have tried several programs and they find that some of my drivers are out of date, but to update them, I have to pay for the program and register it.

 

[koala]

If the programs you've tried give you the names of the outdated drivers, you should be able to download them for free from DriverGuide or Driver Files.

 

[WOLFMAN1966]

I don't think either of the programs I tried did give the names....one program was DriverDetective, and I cant remember the other one...let me try again and see

 

[WOLFMAN1966]

well, ran a program called ccleaner (crap cleaner ha ha ha ) , then ran Driver Detective, and it only detected 2 out of date drivers. One for ATI Radeon Express 200 series, and one for Realtek RTL8139/810X Family Fast Ethernet NIC....whatever those are. I will check out DriverGuide and DriverFiles to see if they have them

 

[koala]

You should be able to get those from the manufacturers' websites. I'll see what I can find. Back in a few minutes.



Catalyst 6.11 (XP) motherboard/IGP driver for Radeon Express 200
Remove all Catalyst, ATI and ATI Control Center entries using Add/Remove Programs, then reboot into VGA mode, disable antivirus and install the new driver.

Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC 6.35

 

[WOLFMAN1966]

OK, Well this is way too technical for me...I though you just downloaded the drivers and they went where they needed to go...since those are the only 2 drivers, i guess i will just use them as is...I dont understand how to install them.
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[WOLFMAN1966]

well, wasnt as hard as I thought, had to use IE and go to the Windows Update website, it redirected me to the HP website, where HP detected what my computer was, what hardware it has on it, and any possible driver updates, then I just clicked on the "download and install" button, it downloaded whichever driver I chose. The only bad side is that whenever the driver is downloaded and installed, I have to restart to finish the installation, so since I had to install 3 drivers, that meant restarting the computer for 2 of them. Oh well, its done now, and i know how to do it from now on