The drivers are the software that you install in your computer just after you install your new version of Windows, and then you just forget about. Updating your drivers is a thing that you need to do from time to time because having out of date drives can lead to system slow downs or even crashes in the baddest of the situations. Also, you might have problem when you try to connect your peripherals.
Most people do not update their drivers because they don’t want to, it’s just because they forget as the drivers are not quite the most important things on ones PC. Uniblue DriverScanner is an application that will take care of that for you as it has the power to scan your computer for drives and detect the ones that are out of date, incompatible with certain hardware, or broken.
From the moment you install Uniblue DriverScanner into your system you won’t wave to worry about forgetting to update your drives because the program is capable of automatically scanning on start-up, thus your drives will always be up to date. If you want to, you can disable the automatic scanning and to it yourself as the interface of the application is very intuitive and won’t cause you any problems.
To scan the computer you just have to hit a single button and Uniblue DriverScanner will do the rest. After, the search is finished the program it will show you a list containing all the detected problems. It will tell you exactly where the problem is located, it displays the date when the driver was last updated and offers you the option to download the appropriate software. In case something unexpected happens and your drivers get damaged, Uniblue DriverScanner includes a restore feature.
Besides scanning and repairing your drives, the program doesn’t include many additional functions. You can configure the settings, but the configuration options are rather basic so there is nothing much to do there. In case you don’t understand how Uniblue DriverScanner works, a Help file is available in which you will find all the answers to your questions. The thing is that the Help file is not integrated in the application, instead you have to download it from the internet (the Help file comes as a PDF).
Overall, is a pretty solid application that gets the job done fast and easy although, it can’t be really be compared to more advanced tools like the driver managers. So, if you want an easy to use and simple to configure tool that is able to keep all your drivers up to date, Uniblue DriverScanner could be a good solution.
