Driver Booster
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| Developer(s) | IObit |
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| Initial release | 8 June 2013 |
| Stable release | 2.2.0.155 / 8 February 2015 |
| Operating system | Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 |
| Platform | IA-32 |
| Available in | Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, ChineseSimp, ChineseTrad, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Malayalam, Maltese, Mongolian, Polish, Portuguese (PT-BR), Portuguese (PT-PT), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese |
| Type | Utility software |
| License | Freemium |
| Website |
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Developed and published by IObit, Driver Booster is a tool for updating outdated device drivers for Microsoft Windows. It can identify outdated device drivers and download the latest version from a cloud library. Driver Booster creates a system restore point before installing the new driver.
Softpedia editors gave the program a rating of 5/5 stars.[1] The program has also received high ratings from German CHIP.de [2] and Baixaki.com.br[3]
Features
Detect outdated drivers
According to the default setting, the software automatically runs a scan to detect outdated drivers each time the user launches it. Users are allowed to customize this setting by scheduling a daily, weekly or monthly scan too. (http://driver-booster-free.en.softonic.com/)
Retrieve & update drivers
Based on cloud library as claimed by the developer, the software is able to automatically retrieve the driver installation files. After downloading the files, once the user selects the outdated driver items and clicks update, the software will batch update the selected drivers.
Create system restore point
Due to possible risks of updating hardware drivers, “System Restore” feature was designed as a remedy solution for PC problems if the user installs a wrong driver. The system restore point will be created automatically by the software for safe restore when user updates a driver.
Improvements and Upgrades
Driver Booster is relatively new software developed by IObit with a short history dating from 2013. [4] The initial version includes basic features of detecting and updating drivers. In the latest Version 2 in 2014, improvements include expanded driver database, driver roll-back, plugged/unplugged devices, enhanced rescue center and more language packages. [5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Update Drivers Automatically in the Background". Softpedia.com. Softpedia. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ↑ "Der kostenlose "Driver Booster" von IObit überprüft Ihre Treiber auf Aktualität und bringt diese bei Bedarf per Mausklick auf den neuesten Stand.". CHIP (magazine). CHIP Xonio Online GmbH. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ "Ferramenta para atualizar todos os drivers do PC, e ela faz tudo sozinha!". Baixaki.com.br. NZN - No Zebra Network. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "Driver Booster Unleashed: IObit’s Driver Updating Solution Enables PC Users to Refresh Their PCs Easily". IObit. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
- ↑ "Driver Booster 2.1.0 .161". MajorGeeks. 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-24.