However, you must have a driver installed to begin with. After downloading and unsuccessfully trying the first five, DriverMax ID'd and installed the correct one first off. An example of this is a Compaq laptop for which the web site listed 14 different sound drivers. This program is brilliant for that hard to find driver that is the exact match for your hardware. A bit tricky to use at first but provides good help menu options.Includes a user review on every driver.Very useful save if ever doing a reload of OS. Downloaded drivers can be run, saved, imported or exported.Scans your whole operating system, and lists available driver updates for everything.It's similar to Everest but limited to drivers only, not operating system info. It removed a few I didn't want removed.Ģ. The only item I found I needed to untick when cleaning is: 'Shortcuts fixer'.Includes a heap of other ancillary functions.Allows you to preview items before deleting.Auto creates a back-up to any deleted registry items.Glary Utilities for registry & general cleaning. They both come highly rated in PC magazine reviews.ġ.

Have used them on XP Home, Pro & Vista Ultimate. I have found these totally free programs to be very safe and extremely effective.

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