Install Drivers in Windows

Have you been letting windows manage your drivers? DO NOT leave this as default! Here is how I manage my drivers and install them.
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[@noelgillett346]

Always enjoy your advice, your recommendations invariably uplifting the capabilities of those like myself who otherwise would struggle. The Archer installer being of particular interest, I'm all ears as to your insights as to how best to manage this delightful accessory.

[@aldozampatti]

Love seeing Microcenter supporting you! :) Keep up the good work!

[@transparent1054]

Mr. Titus, thank you in reviewing Snappy Driver. I recently restored an old Asus Transformer and was missing some key drivers. Snappy Driver resolved the missing culprits and I was able to trace an unknown driver by it's hardware number to finish off the renegades in device manager. I wish I could like this video more than once.

[@DerekWitt]

I'm like a kid in a candy store at Microcenter. :) The one in Overland Park, Kansas is always great to go to. They are very helpful even when I get quite technical. Recently I had to exchange a bad power supply. No issues with their in-house parts when it comes to exchanges. :)

[@alanelston2330]

I remember you were quite impressed by the automatic windows 11 driver install done by Microsoft on a fresh installation. Thx for the update on your thoughts going forward, and this quality vid: There are an awful lot of very bad quality vids on Windows Drivers. They lack the practical detail and experience that you share.

[@TangoThis]

That is so funny I went to a Micro Center shop today and watched this video for the first time. Its a pretty cool place, with basically every PC component you need, and other accessories like mouses, headphones, console things, etc.

[@davidhays2913]

I have been looking like a tool like this for a very long time! Thank you so much for making this video. Downloading all 32 GB of drivers right now!

[@OrcaBrigade]

THANK YOU!!!!! I've been assembling a pc for my dad, using my older spare parts due to his not needing a ripper of a 'pooter. So this will hopefully make my life 100% better, thank you again!

[@JeffWF73]

I have been using Snappy for years. It's a great utility to have in your portable flash drive toolkit.

[@AndyDarkKnight]

Thanks Chris! This really helped with my missing drivers on device manager which was drivin' me nuts 😅

[@dudeduderinoduderino9689]

I have used SDI for a long time when it was only 6GB? Such a handy tool, I recommend this to everyone....Nice to see you recommend it also.

[@mstandish]

I like the maker stuff at Microcenter. I was able to get a raspberry pi 4 at a great price when they were sold out on Amazon. (Commenting for the algorithm and your sponsor)

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

Engagement 👍

[@Reverae]

Wow was looking for a tool to do this just recently and this popped up. Thankyou so much!

[@nighthawkvc25a]

0:56 - Micro Center truly is heaven and I'm glad they appear to be growing as far as getting the word out through many different tech KZbinrs, but it would be nice if there were more locations or if they had more items available for shipping. The latest $50 off promo for the 4 mentioned CPUs is awesome and I'm truly blessed to live less than 5 miles from the nearest location 😁

[@martinalzugaray]

As always, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. I'll be seeing you on twitch !!!

[@jstnwebb1997]

I love snappy driver installer, i use this alot with my clients when i fix pcs, One of the best tools out there and keeps local copies of the drivers for the tool (if you choose to download them)

[@M0nkman]

How do I run the program? It just keeps going to files

[@pierosho]

Wow I had no idea about this little and fantastic utility. Thank you!!

[@fcaniete]

thank you very much, I am a Tech guy from Argentina, I enjoy your videos and keep all your advices in mind!

[@BlacksoulsKappa]

All your videos help me a lot, Thanks!!!

[@pedrolantyer]

Wanted a tool to try an automatize my driver updates. Tried it, bricked my PC, recovery didn't work so I did a fresh install, tried the tool again (I was suspicious that the first time around was due to something else since I had just had a blue screen), bricked the system yet again, currently doing the second fresh install... Chris, we love you, but this thing shouldn't be recommended! Half the people in the comments either mention how Malwarebytes flagged it, and the other half (including me) had a bad experience with it.

[@hazhirsayyari4719]

Snappy drivers is pretty famous and is widely used. It's very reliable and I've never had any problems with it.

[@router5840]

Wow this program is great I have an Acer Aspire Laptop that has no windows 10 driver support on the Acer web site, but this program found everything for windows 10. N1 Chris you are the man.

[@georgemickel6608]

Awesome Chris! Thanks for the video and information. George

[@bantymech8242]

Loved Linux because of you, using Arch + gnome shell best decision in my life

[@amine250]

Thanks for sharing this tool with us!

[@okamiboi]

Ayo? A sponsor from Micro Center? LET'S GO!

[@AlucardRomero]

I've been using this tool for a while, even before you posted about it. And it's intentions were amazing. Nowadays though, Malwarebytes gets triggered by this particular tool. Events are labeled as RTP detections with details such as trojans, riskware, compromised websites, and even a straight up virus (Neshta.Virus.FileInfector.DDS) was detected. I think it would be safe to back away from this tool altogether (even the one linked specifically in the description) until we can find a tool that truly is not triggering anti-virus protections like crazy.

[@davidfalcon3857]

I need to update several drivers while I'm reading your comment I need some help. It's recommended or not? I'm using Avast by the way, but I'm gonna remove it to install Malwarebytes Thanks in advance

[@AlucardRomero]

@@davidfalcon3857 Have Malwarebytes or some other reputable anti-virus installed and running if you must use SDI for drivers. It seems to have blocked all of the nasties. Should be a last resort though. Otherwise, the safest method would be to look up the hardware IDs to your devices on Google (found on the Properties section of each device in Device Manager) to find the make/model of the device and then search the manufacturer websites for the actual driver. Hope this helps.

[@Ebalosus]

Thanks for the tool recommend, though I only really encounter driver issues when it comes to either older Acer laptops, or laptops with goofy trackpad manufacturers, where even the manufacturer’s website can’t decide whether it’s an ELAN trackpad or the other brand whose name escapes me.

[@johnpeter1999]

Sounds like great advice. I subscribed. Will this work with windows 8 on my ASUS? THANKS AGAIN

[@vanfly6731]

Thank you for the awesome info

[@joelarvidsson]

Amazing! Spent 1.5 days searching for a driver. Snappy driver installler. Two clicks. Bam

[@DistinguishedCF]

I love your content and would like to ask you a question. Is Driver Booster safe and can't cause any problems?

[@shawnstover917]

Micro Center in Michigan is AWESOME!

[@KN-592]

Windows 10 is such a pain, I want to manually install drivers through device manager but it won't allow it, it keeps saying your drivers are already the best, which is not the case

[@Z_o_r_r_o1267]

What kind of shenanigans were going on behind the scenes? I am hesitant to trust a tool that had a shady past.

[@sievetech]

please make a video about pros and cons of current version of windows 11 and tell us Whether we should switch to Windows 11 or not.

[@GiancarloCarccamo]

Great video Man

[@lexzbuddy]

double click, OK, OK ,OK, OK... job done. You are now a pro !

[@Redant751]

As usual you are the MAN thanks.

[@lonettehendrick9836]

I so love your videos. Have learned so much thank you so much, coming from a 61 year old lady!

[@sosthenchansa4584]

it has worked ,thank you

[@dennisjungbauer4467]

Thanks for the automatic driver installation setting tip. I've had the problem at least twice already that my graphics driver has been updated automatically without my consent, affecting performance when I wanted that to be consistent/replicatable and rendering the GUI broken. Somehow I didn't research that yet though, probably because the setting in DDU doesn't seem to work anymore. Will set that soon on my PC, so I am again more in control. Will also check out your mentioned debloat script. :)

[@duser]

Gotta try NVcleaninstall on my notebook soon. You were right! Geforce experience is so annoying!

[@juniorwizzard]

Thanks! Amazing video. Updated all the drivers. Wow! Too bad the Razer Engine stopped working and now, there is nothing that makes it be installed again on my PC. Any idea what went wrong??

[@reactivemouse]

Just a reminder - don't fix things if they are not broken! I gave it a go, despite not having problems, and the program succesfuly bricked my laptop keyboard. I had to use System Restore. Also, the automatic restore point created by the program didn't fix the missing keyboard. Always make MANUAL restore point before playing with drivers!

[@kyoko703]

for my personal rig, i only install the minimum set of drivers that i need. if there are devices that don't have drivers and aren't working, then so be it. if i'm not using it, why should hackers get to use it? one less attack vector. can't turn on a web cam if the os doesn't even know the device exist because the drivers aren't even in the system to begin with.

[@youvegottobefukin]

Yep, same here, not happy.

[@griffin1366]

Hey Chris, would you recommend Intel Chipset Drivers? (SM Bus Controller / Intel Management Engine) It's a 750mb download from my vendors website and just seems like added bloat.

[@patosuave]

I remember I tried to change some automatically installed drivers for some of the new drivers that were in the official web, and when you uninstall the one you want to delete, PC asks for a reboot, and when you reboot Windows already installed it again, such a pain in the ass

[@JohnJohn-nh2rl]

Wow great tool, I need friends like you

[@BrewMiester]

I've been shopping MicroCenter since when they were MEI Micro Center...

[@beulebeulentum7464]

1) Snappy Driver sometimes shows drivers with a more recent date but a lower version number. How is this to be understood? In such a case, should the more recent date or the higher version number be preferred? 2) Which is the correct startup file for Windows 11 64-bit? Of the files with "x64" in the name there are SDI_x64_R2201.exe SDI_x64_R2309.exe SDIO_x64_R749.exe SDIO_x64_R756.exe Maybe I overlooked something in your video.

[@mewzi]

Do you still not recommend getting Windows 11?

[@user-hq8kx4ke4n]

Hey man i watched your video about nvcleanstall, but every time i instaled those drivers the dynamic boost 2.0 would be disabled and the gpu would use 80W out of 130W maximum (im using a laptop with rtx 3060). Is there a way to fix this because it really has a big impact on performance?

[@damero9778]

I have an aging Dell E6440 that has an AMD 8600M series dedicated GPU. The problem is, when Windows (10 or 11) installs the driver for it, it BSOD and corrupts the system, If I use the Snappy Driver app, it also do the same thing. Apparently the latest driver for this old GPU has that "annoying" bug. The only way to fix it is using the penultimate driver released that has no bugs. Ive only found this issue on this particular laptop...

[@Fantic156]

What a great utility. For a long time I've had minor, niggly issues, all drivers are latest. SDIO actually installed some older ones and/or different ones and had no issues for an hour or so .. Way to go!

[@aaronnelson8441]

Niggly issues?

[@robbycooper6787]

I’m trying to get my computer to recognize an Xbox 360 hard drive so I can use fatxplorer to add music to it to experiment with the music mode in space invaders infinity gene but the Xbox 360 hard drive isn’t appearing in device manager on windows 10&11.

[@keithmonahan909]

Fantastic Chris !! I wanna see if it will find my elusive driver that Intel or anyone else, so far, supports for that matter. It’s the: Intel Centrino (R) Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 HardwareID: USB\VID_8087&PID_07D9&REV_0000. Love this video as well, I have heard of this application before SDI), that is before Glen made it open source. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@shqiptar03]

I hate when windows installs drivers for me. I always have to block the pending driver updates that comes up when i press search for updates. It always installs old display drivers.

[@hounddogs3048]

I hate even more when it uninstalls some drivers with no explanation

[@Malathier]

I recently "upgraded" to a clean install of windows 11, however using SDIO, it claims there is no updates for any of my drivers, even though I only let Windows install the initial drivers, including very old Display drivers that it upgraded from in Windows 10. Any idea why it doesn't seem to be working in Windows 11?

[@System51]

The thing is no matter what I disabled windows kept updating my GPU driver on my laptop. Well yeah, updating. Always downloaded a 1y/o version of it. Since I went to Linux no problems at all. Running mint on my laptop for basic office stuff and everything is fine. The problem with the windows driver was the colour output was so weird sometimes and it always installed the lite version so you could not change anything in the settings. When you installed the propper version it just went and removed it again.

[@nedludd7622]

I bought a second-hand computer with Windows 10 pro, actually it is new from a company off-load. One of the first things I did was look for driver updates. I stumbled upon a software called Bit Driver Updater and installed and used it. It seems to do a good job. Is it doing the job? Non-professionals like me really do not know what any of this stuff does.

[@josepiedra9581]

Thank you 🙏

[@justisstudding2101]

SDI(Snappy Driver Installer) best way to find drivers. Though it can be poroblematic with it's refferences.

[@judemcintyre7488]

Thank you.

[@alejandrocrinejo2711]

Thanks for the info...Im trying to install a MAYA 1010 PCI Audio card in windows 10: Its very frustrating, even formatted the disk ,downgrading to an older version of win 10 x64 that supposedly has compatible drivers....no luck.

[@marcobarboza1291]

Hello Chris, when using your Script, in the Edge browser it appears (THE BROWSER IS ADMINISTERED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION). How can I get it out?

[@wildfox47uk]

I really truely find your tips so helpful, i have actaully downloaded this and had a go, the reason for downloading this is because i have a very old laptop it's a Acer Aspire 8735G & hoping to sort an issue out which is a driver called.... nuvoton ec generic hid. No sadly it did not sort the issue out :-( Another thing with what it keeps on doing is resetting, even when the laptop working on updates etc. Shame it can't be solved :-( Yes it's old but just loved doing my personall bits on the laptop, but unfortunately the laptop as died from Old Age. Anyway my friend i just love hearing the tips you give, really usefull. Thank you

[@inthedark334]

I would love to run the program you have here to update drivers I usually use driver easy but it's the free version and it's going to run out soon. I would love to use this software but the problem I'm having is whenever I download the packet I can't run the software I don't have the application necessary to run it. So I noticed that you brought up a software to run the packet in I don't know what this is and it's so blurry in the background it's hard for me to see so if you could tell me how you're running. The sdio software the way you are that would be great choose software to open with.

[@julibeanXD]

Thankyou!

[@bigpapsog5611]

so you let windows download your drivers initially upon resetting a new windows install, then disable it before installing anything else?

[@mauriciob8260]

MICROCENTER should become the Next Newegg , a lot of people doesn't have a Microcenter store near town

[@sambiscits6711]

With my Windows 11, I've lost some functions now, the clipboard only holds one item, and if I go down to the windows and right-click, I don't get the menu that comes up. It starts flickering.

[@charleskay1663]

i have four pcs in my home two amd two intel running this driver update tool took out the keyboards and all usb ports on the intel systems i tried it on the second intel one after it bricked the first one just for curiosity and it did bricked that one too forcing me to use remote desktop to get keyboard and mouse back to be able to system restore which thankfully worked

[@sneh269]

i have this setting set to NO and it still keeps reverting my IGPU driver to an older one whenever i try to perform basic windows update

[@aaronphilley2203]

Quick question what to do if you accidentally delete some internet drivers and can’t acces no network drivers

[@808chadda]

Which Torrent do you recommend?

[@TechnnoTrucker]

Stumbled across your video. I just built a computer that wont connect to the internet because its missing drivers. So with Snappy Drivers, can I download a driver in put it on a different computer via usb?

[@darkknight4901]

i tried snappy driver installer out, but then on a driver it said "device requires a driver but it wasn't found in driver packs"

[@absoluteghost9628]

have saw many videos about windows optimization for gaming but none of them I cant trust.If you can made a new video about this topic would very helpful for gamers like us who does not have powerful PC for gaming.BTW appreciate your optimization guids

[@DerekWitt]

Speaking of faulty drivers, lately on my HP dy2037nr notebook (running Windows 11), a driver named "Intel Software Component" kept failing to install by Windows Update. Oddly enough, Intel's driver assistant had no issues (and reported no driver updates). Something shady if you ask me.

[@tonyrawlings3851]

I don't know if you read the comments but this is really strange. I lost sound on my laptop. It still worked with earphones and connect to wireless display. I run Fedora from the USB and sound OK. Rebooted into Windows and now the sound is OK. Really weird, right.

[@Vishal_.]

Hey 👋 can you show us how to install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 20.04 with ssl .. I tried everyone’s installation videos but they all sucked. Thanks 🙏🏻

[@chell6022]

So it is better to download the driver from the manufacturing of my laptop?

[@RobsonLuizRL]

Nice video, Chris! It's safe already to install Windows 11?

[@vortensis]

I say no, but its down to your choice really...

[@MrJueKa]

IMO no especially if you`re running an AMD powered system because of the second huge performance issue caused by the Win11 TPM 2.0 in combination with AMD`s TPM version from the end of January

[@ErickHernandezOficial]

I haven't had problems with W11, it has a bug that annoys me but it was already on W10 and I think is more an Nvidia bug. Outside of that is pretty good.

[@MrJueKa]

​@Watcher see "A key Windows 11 security feature is causing AMD performance issues" (27 Jan 2022) on the "Tech Advisor" website as only one example which explains that now for the second time (!!) in three months (!!) there are significant performance issues with devices powered by AMD ... this time the TPM module is to blame, because the issue seems to be caused by compatibility issues between AMD’s TPM (known as “fTPM”) and Windows TPM 2.0 , as opposed to a bug within the OS itself that`s what I found on the Internet, don`t kown whether it`s fixed already I`m running an AMD powered system (5600X + RX6700XT), but I`m definitely not in a hurry, neither with my modern gaming PC, nor with my elder normal Intel "office" PC, which isn`t compatible with Win11, because Win10 will be supported until Oktober 14th 2025 and since release my meanwhile "debloated" Win10 Home 21H2 works fine for me on my machines without any issues ... as we all should know: "Never change a running system unless you have to." ;-) Sorry, but for me, Win11 is absolutely not an option for a long time and as it looks so far I will keep my hands off it and hope for something much better from Microsoft, if they can still do it at all. Maybe a Windows 12 would help, because it seems to be common that certain new Windows versions are worth almost nothing and am best are skipped by most users. My hope is that "something with Linux" will be much better in the next few years, especially for the gaming genre and for passionate gamers like me, because my gaming passion is actually the only reason why I continue to use Windows especially on my “gaming” PC.

[@MrJueKa]

@Watcher Hello, Watcher, thank you very much for your very kind comment, I really appreciated that, especially because English isn`t my native language ... "you made my day" as they say ... Cheers !! ... and best wishes from Germany

[@ti4go]

On SDI you can download only the Index.. And then SDI will download what is missing/needed for you ;)

[@danbromberg]

You said that graphics drivers are not investigated. Are there any other driver types that SDIO ignores?

[@sambiscits6711]

I downloaded the tool when I go to install it wants to know what program to use?

[@cheesebucketman1606]

good god 16 drivers needing update yeah will recommend this software to less tech savvy individuals

[@laurentiudll]

What is the source from where SDIO is downloading the drivers ?

[@nicolaburgio-ferrara5584]

Used this app to try to restore a driver that disappeared. Not only did it not get me the missing driver, now I've lost all audio and I've been poking around my comp for 2 hours trying to get sound back. Some "upgrade" for my drivers.

[@YeetiusMaximusYT]

Couldn’t you use intel driver support assistant for the intel nuc

[@enricomaestrello2719]

hi everyone, I wonder how to show the logitech C910 webcam on windows 10. it worked perfectly in windows 7 but is not found in windows 10

[@bartuc88]

Why is it that other driver update programs find a lot of things missing, but snappy does not?

[@kevinmccrea1335]

What's the deal with snappy driver installer recommending optimal drivers from 1968? I have a z690 DDR4 Intel. There's like five of them they're recommending from the same time frame. Should I keep away considering they're that old?

[@chfilms1]

we need microcenter in the uk

[@brentsummers7377]

Yep, they look really good.

[@johnadams2313]

My PC is an older hp that runs good except when Windows 10 updates. The USB 3.0 driver gets replaced and consequently stops working , the next update will SOMETIMES change it so the usb works again. I tried the command to block driver updates but it still does it. I copied the good driver to a holding location but even trying to manually update it comes back and says the best driver it ALREADY LOADED. 😡😡 Any suggestions

[@KoreaRiceBox]

is it normal for bitdefender to flag snappy driver tool download as a virus?

[@husamaskhusam]

Thank you for your effort I tried downloading the tool but windows deemed it a malicious link and deleted it

[@vicooo4271]

thank you

[@ironreaper6496]

please make a video on extending battery life in laptops

[@PS_Tube]

Your debloat script is too much closed to to my tastes. It automatically installs the tools which I don't want. And could install when I needed. First few version which just debloated were great. Couldn't you separate the options for debloat and optional installs. Until then I'm sticking with Sycnex's debloat script. BTW, this video is good stuff.

[@alanelston2330]

I am also less keen on the automatic installs issue. The current tool I find not so bad though on that issue, as it only installs winget and some O&O stuff , I think, the rest is optional via a button click

[@eastwest1970]

Love microcenter