Yesterday we told you about Raxco’s new software called PerfectUpdater, that checks your installed drivers and tells you if they are out of date. Today we review it.
What is PerfectUpdater?
Enhance your PC’s performance with a simple scan, download and installation of the latest drivers for your system. PerfectUpdater detects and installs the appropriate drivers for unknown devices, minimizing hardware conflicts and improving system stability.
PerfectUpdater helps you avoid errors such as the BSOD (blue screen of death) by installing the latest device drivers. Are you a gamer? Optimize the functionality of your graphics card with PerfectUpdater for the best gaming experience.
● Scans system for out-of-date drivers
● Provides out-of-date driver summary
● Checks extensive database for driver updates
● Backs up existing drivers before updating
● Installs updated drivers in a click
● Automatically checks for updates on a regular basis
PerfectUpdater is fully compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
Who are Raxco?
From their website:
For over 30 years Raxco Software has developed award-winning defragmentation solutions and performance utilities that improve hard drive and server performance, simplify system administration and help our customers work more efficiently –at home and at the office.
Raxco has consistently been the first to support and receive certification on the latest Windows versions, including Windows 7, Vista, Windows Server 2008, and more. PerfectDisk’s innovations, such as the patented OptiWrite fragmentation prevention, patented SMARTPlacement optimization, Virtual Aware defragmentation for VMware’s vSphere/ESX Server and Microsoft’s Hyper-V, total free space consolidation, large drive support, Active Directory integration, single-pass defrag, and proactive enterprise console alerting and warning, continue to set the bar for the defrag market.
Installing PerfectUpdater
Once you have downloaded the software, double-click it to start the installation.
Follow the few steps to install.
And that’s it!
Dang. Bought this a couple of days ago, but got the single license option and not the household option. Don’t know how I missed that. Gonna have to send an email to see if there is an option to upgrade.
Came up with 29 driver updates for my XPSOne which aren’t even tracked on the Dell website. Worked well for me.
Also like the driver backup/restore in case something goes wrong.
I have found that new drivers don’t necessarily mean better performance. If I am not experiencing any problems, I have a tendency to leave them alone. Just my way of doing things, same for my BIOS.
I do agree Tony, but sometimes when you have drivers showing as a few years old it is time to update – and there is the driver backup feature here which made me feel safe to update.