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A discussion about updating drivers
I want to initiate a serious talk about updating drivers on Windows 10. Some of you use tools for updating, some of you don't recommend tools. Some of you recommend the WU version of the drivers, some of you recommend the OEM drivers and some of you recommend the ones provided by the Laptop provider. Most of you recommend not touching the drivers at all.
From my personal experience, I'm really confused about this matter. I don't know what to think. I also don't really understand how to not touch the drivers at all.
I'll post you my experience with all this. There was a time (long time ago) when I started using driver updater utilities and I screwed up my PC a couple of times. Since then I thought: OK, I will just update GPU drivers from the OEM. Said and done. Time has passed, laptop got old and new updates more or less affect the performance of my laptop (GT 840M/Intel HD Graphics 4400 Family GPUs).
In regards to the Windows Update database it seems that it's a bit outdated, since it's overwriting my current Intel GPU driver with an older version. So how and why should I use the WU version of the drivers if in some cases they are wrongly labeled or outdated versions?
Another "utility" that I have used is the Windows Update MiniTool (WUMT), which supposedly has the same database as WU, and yet it finds some drivers that WU doesn't detect and not even my laptop providers don't? How does this even work?
Anyway, as you can see, I find every version to have some issues.
Drivers Utilities - break stuff.
Provider updates - get outdated.
OEM updates - get overwritten and it's hard to track all the device drivers.
WU - not always accurate.
Someone in the Insider Build thread recommended me something called "Snappy Driver Installer" and seems to be a nice, open-sourced program. Might give it a try and come back with feedback.
What's your opinion about it and how do you think it should be done?