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Drivers (the IT type)

Can anyone tell me what to do when your computer (in this case one I haven't used for a couple of years) tells you your drivers are out of date.  It's to play a game, which I have been doing on my laptop which is now playing up.When I click on the 'driver update' button, it offers me some company that I don't know.  I'm sure I've done it before easily, but not sure what to do now and I'm very suspicious of involving some online company, been caught like that before.  Any advice gratefully accepted, thanks.

Bunny Payne ● 2692d2 Comments

First off, it sounds like you've installed a 3rd party driver updater program. Many of these are useless and can sometimes infect your machine with malware. Therefore the first thing I'd do is download, install and run Malwarebytes to ensure that your system is clean. After that, the next question is why do you neec updated drivers. Windows 10 is quite good at keeping drivers up to date by itself. Do you have something that isn't working, for example a printer or scanner? If so head to the manufacturer's web site to download the latest drivers. While I'm a great believer in keeping things up to date, in your case unless you are seeing a specific problem you probably don't neec to do anything. If you are a gamer (I'm guessing you are not!) then it's important to regularly update your graphics card drivers for optimum performance. (I offer a PC 'MOT' service to ensure everything is up to date should that be of interest!) Mark Phillips, Technology Consultant

Mark Phillips ● 2690d

Mark, I am an occasional gamer and that's why I got this computer, but it's been in the cupboard for a couple of years, hence out of date.  I have Norton security, will that update me, not very good at this updating malarkey.  Everything seems to be working OK.

Bunny Payne ● 2690d