dustin_ds3000
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Is Driver Sweeper still recommend to be used when updating video card drives. i have never used it and i haven't have any problems ether. Oh and Nvidia 196.75 WHQL drver is out today
lol:approve:I have used it on two occasions, both times i ended up with a failed install and an error. but i only build these things for a living so what the **** do i know.
doesn't matter if you build PCs for a living... and you can't use "it doesn't work" as a generalization either because there are infinite system configurations
there are infinite system configurations
just my opinion Dustin, but I would stay far away from driver sweeper, has a habit of replacing things you don't want replaced. Take the time and update manually. just my 2 cents
if it misfires on some of them there is a chance it will misfire on yours.
graphics drivers throw errors all the time, thousands of different problems, so you can't justify DS as bad software when you only used it twice and didn't pin-point the problem.
DS is not intended to replace regular uninstall procedures. You're supposed to only run the application when the normal process fails, or if you experience other problems and need to remove all associated files. So saying "manually updating is better than driver sweeper" doesn't make any sense. It's not an alternative for uninstalling video drivers in Windows. In fact, the software is defined as "a fast tool to remove driver leftovers from your system." So with that anyone who has problems with the software because they are using it to uninstall drivers as opposed to the Add/Remove Programs panel is using it improperly.
I respect you have an opinion and I'm not ignoring what you're saying, but if you don't even use the software correctly you're not helping the OP at all...
Driver Sweeper allows you to remove driver leftovers from your system. It's very important to remove your drivers on a proper way, because driver leftovers can cause problems like stability and startup problems. You can use it if you want to update/remove drivers from your system.
also i have found that most of the time if it does mess up it is the cause of some antivirus software