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Thanks so much for stopping in and watching!
Snappy driver installer is my favorite. It's free, accurate, portable and supports ALL Windows versions.
I've watched a lot of computer related channels and I honestly think the content in Scott's videos are well explained, most helpful (even for all levels), informative and generally far better in so many ways. Keep up the good work mate! 👏👏👍
Thank you, my friend! I appreciate that very much!
Since we are focused on backing up our data, we forget about backing up drivers, software licenses or installers
100%
CLONE !
Cloning is a great solution...but if a spare drive isn't in the budget, a free driver backup is a better choice.
Thanks for sharing! Super helpful!
Glad you found it useful!
Good to see you back and with relevant information, take care and keep up the great work 👍
Thanks, will do!
Problem comes when you update with the wrong driver. Then everything falls over . . . .
Just done that. Updated the Intel Chipset driver, restarted the computer and it wouldn't boot. Then it was stuck in the Windows Diagnostic/Repair for ages. In the end I restored to a previous date. Cures constipation if nothing else
Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome! Thanks for stopping in!!!
thanks for the advice
You bet!
Thank you once again!
👍👍👍😁
You bet 👍
Thank You Bud!! Wicked Good ta see Ya again.....👍👍 Jeremy B
Henry Jeremy! Long time, thanks for sticking around! ❤️
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
You're welcome! ❤️
Thank you for educating us again just liked
It's what I do! Thanks for stopping in!
Awesome video, of course, for me! Old laptop, I've been searching for old drivers for this 10 year old laptop, and this Drivermax just automatically found very old new updated drivers for my old Toshiba laptop. It's running even faster, and things i have on the computer i try and use to learn with, such as Visual Studio Code, don't look or ask me any more about how to open it with!! Thanks again for the amazing help!! You Rock this Again
thank you so much! Glad you got some benefit out of the video
@AskYourComputerGuy Absolutely. So much my wife just did the subscription for her business computers! Course my computer is not part of the business, so I get to wait to update the next day. But I'm Patient.
Excellent!
Nice video! Next I would like to see a video describing how to dispose of old devices without risking someone accessing any records that could put us at risk for identity theft, etc.
An unrelated topic I'd love for you to research and post a segment on is: AT&T Yahoo email issues that have been occurring. Rejected emails sent from Outlook 365, email deliveries delayed for hours. Issues logging into AT&T Yahoo accounts. Etc.
All my drivers, install files, etc. are backed up. Disc contents, if still needed, are extracted and backed up also - ya!
Awesome!
Well, that was a success.
And easier than the other methods I tried.
Thank you ,once again, for the assistance!
My laptop didn't exactly follow all the steps that yours did (I used a USB flash drive with a Windows Recovery ISO) but I achieved the same result!
Good enough!
Hi computer guy. Thank you for the content that you are creating. I am trying to download the driver max app, but my Anti-virus keeps telling me that it is malware. Should I disregard the warning and proceed? I am using Trend Micro if that helps. Thank you.
100% behind backing up your drivers. If they are working then keep them and don't mess with them. I have had way more issues with keeping "up to date" with drivers than I ever have keeping to drivers that work.
Fair 👍
Sure you might manage to find or keep the drivers for a device, but they can also come with their own proprietary software.
Unfortunately Canon no longer supply new software for my old scanner.. The driver installs just fine, but not the XP software.
I tried other scanning software too, but the results from it just can't achieve the photo realism its capable of.
I love and support Scott all the way! 💞😊
Thank you ❤️
Thx, I use Snappy Driver Installer too.
Cool 👍
Thank you for the video!! One quick question. Do you recommend that I update "ASUS Component Firmware", or those "Intel(R) SMBus - 51A3" drivers if the ones I have are working fine? Drivermax has got me backed up, but I don't want to risk getting into any hassle with the drivers I mentioned; my sound card driver has driven me to insanity when updating certain drivers, and don't want to touch what's not broken. Thank you once again!
If it isn't broken, don't fix it
Just take an image of your boot drive using HDD Raw Copy Tool, which is free, and all your future worries are stopped in their tracks
Great question! Back them all up. If you don't need them later, nothing lost.
Here’s a question worth a vid: what to do when your bios is corrupted? You can’t boot from usb or any other device and os won’t boot either. My other question is why removing the battery and restart resolve this issue? Thanks for this channel 👍
Great suggestion!
Thank you so much for providing the detailed transcript of the video! 🙌👏👍 This information about backing up drivers is super helpful! 🚀🔧💻 As someone who values the security and functionality of their computer, I really appreciate the insights shared in this video. 🛡💡🖥
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I often use this program on older computers as windows does not update all the drivers on them. Great program and I'm am glad this video out there to show others how great it is.
Thank you!
i need help, another kind video youtube not CC (subtitle) what can i do now :
I need help my Automatic Repair isn’t working and I need you help to fix that every time I try to get to it, it just turns black with the cursor and I can’t do anything but turn it off and turn it back on. By the way this happened on my pc.
Great commercial
Pop-up: "Only PRO users can download more than 2 drivers per day. Please upgrade."
I say exactly this in the video 👍
how man, i wanted to ask you a question on one of your older videos, and i wanted to comment on this one, because its more likely you respond to this one than the video 1 year ago, but i wanted to ask.. what malware wouldnt tronscript be able to remove?
Just answered the older. Ransomware
I also keep all my license keys for all my software as well. I also use acronis to take full images of my systems. Lets me back up and running with all my apps and so on.
Nice!
Great video sire. I've this issue with my WiFi & WiFi only that it my pc disconnects from it randomly & when I click to reconnect again it sometimes does or sometimes says, " Some information changed since the last time you connected" but then it connects automatically after a few minutes. This never happens on Mobile Data but only on my home WiFi. I'm so stressed because of it. Pls help dear sir. I'm on the latest version of Windows 10 in case you needed to know it & my pc doesn't support Windows 11.
Try this, it might help!
Six EASY ways to fix ANY wireless connection problem!
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perfectly what i am looking for. i was just fed up with outdating driver and checking all drivers manually for updating monthly
Glad I could help!
I submitted a comment a few weeks ago about an old HP Envy laptop (2006 I think) which kept shutting off on its own. You were kind enough to respond. However, I have another issue. I disconnected the laptop after your response and (stupidly on my part) forgot to note the sign in pin. I have been trying all day to recover or wipe out the PIN using Ubuntu, trying to access the command prompt using left shift key and "Restart" and most recently uploaded a clean Win 10 ISO. I can get to the list of user names but I can't get the command prompt to clear the user name (in this case the user and local account name is OFFICE LAPTOP). Any ideas or suggestions most appreciated.
Your only option is to create a new admin account, then login to the machine with it and you *might* be able to make changes to your Microsoft account from within Windows. Likely you'll have to reset your Microsoft password at some point as well. Either way, this is how you can gain access to the PC again:
Bypass a Microsoft Windows 10 account password quickly & easily
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I backed up my laptop drivers because Windows update driver gives me a black screen and the driver from NVIDIA works good.
I use Vuescan, to at least be able to use old scanners for the simpler scanning functions. Amazing piece of software 🤩
Good to know!
If you backed up ALL your drivers a long time ago and you had to reset windows, how do you know which of the old saved drivers to overwrite the ones that got installed with the windows reset? Many of the ones you saved a long time ago might be out of date now and with security vulnerabilities.
I think the bigger point is not which driver is "better or newer". It's having access to a working driver that you wouldn't normally have access to 👍
@@AskYourComputerGuy Yes but if you just overwrote all your drivers with the saved versions you might be substituting a working one for a non working one.
@linsqopiring6816 if the driver was working before, even if you overwrote the new one, the old (backed up) one will still work. The important piece here is that you have a working driver for something you might not be able to get down the road 👍
Downloaded drivermax and it would let me updat ONE driver and showed the the pro version to buy EVERYTIME I clicked on a 2nd. driver to update. The one time offer of 2.99 appeared and I clicked on it till I was blue in the face and it would not open .So either your info is incorrect(which I don't think is the case) or something went wrong when I started it up. In any case I uninstalled it immediately.
Must have been a fluke. I verified the free version rules just days before publishing. Hence the correction in the middle of the video 👍
So I downloaded this program, and scanned it with Malwarebytes before installing it, and got a detection...a PUP. Should I be concerned and just delete it or is it ok to install?
False warning. It's safe, I've used it for years
@@AskYourComputerGuy If it always shows a false warning then why doesn't Drivermax do something about fixing this problem and maybe people will use there program. I had nothing but problems with driver update programs over the years and I will never try another one if I get a warning, sorry but one person telling me this is safe when they are advertising the program is not good enough for me.
@oldgamer1330 fair. But I only advertised the program *because* I've used it for years and trust it. If you will notice on my channel, I only recommend products I have personally used and find useful. Also, a PUP is simply "potentially unwanted". Part of that is likely because the program has the ability to edit the system restore function, which is "malware-like". As I tell everyone, even if you don't use it or buy it, at LEAST use it to make a copy of your drivers for potential issues down the road. Then remove it, no harm done and now you have your drivers backed up 👍
@@oldgamer1330 Stick to your guns, mate Im inclined to agree with you too.
Unfortunately, that feature (backing up drivers) doesn't work for me. It'll crap out trying to backup my Intel video drivers and the (well as far as I know, DriverMax didn't alert me that there was a new version) recently released v16.11 also exhibits the same behavior. That being said, I still like DriverMax (which was brought to my attention by yourself in a previous video),
Thankfully, basic display drivers will always load and Windows update usually can download the correct ones 👍
Thanks for showing us this App. So many of those Driver Programs seem like malware, because they want you to install more crap software, don't do anything unless you pay. But, maybe, I'll listen to you and try to believe you -- that they have good intentions and, actually, provide more benefits than Windows Installer does for you. I just usually use Windows built-in app.
This is an advert for these programs.
It is a professional sharing one of his favorite trusted programs. Am I an affiliate? Yes. And I disclose that plainly. But I also don't recommend software that I don't personally know, trust and have used. People watch my channel for trustworthy information
all printer drivers are available online.
Until they're not, and then its too late
What @TheVicar said 👍
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Someone really need the help it is my first time geting a laptop please help
I really enjoyed the laptop. For gaming, it's surprisingly good for the price!
Installed Driver Max, which told me there was a newer version of my graphics driver. Downloaded and installed updated driver. Restarted PC and received an AMD popup telling me it was a wrong 'un. Fortunately Driver Max had created a restore point, which I used. Back to the beginning. Not all driver updates are worth doing. Might use the program to backup my (working) drivers.
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thanks for this , is there an " Ask Your Computer Guy " lifetime version ....i just feel like it might be the best program to install :)
Yes! It's called "subscribe and hit the notification bell" 😂😂😂
@@AskYourComputerGuy already done , your videos got me out of a real jam a couple months ago... Im too old to sire any more children but I've decided to name my next pet " Ask Your Computer Guy " or " AYCG " :)
I thought that if you created a restore disk for your computer that this included all the drivers.
A recovery disc will, yes. But that's not always a good option, especially if you have proprietary software installed that you don't have anymore. A recovery disc will wipe the drive and reinstall the original software, drivers included, proprietary software, not
I Tried I Bought it ..Cheers
Fantastic! Hope you find it as useful as I have over the years 💪
I purchased this and after doing its updates I had to restart but now I can only get startup repair that won't work of course and luckily I had a backup. I would not recommend using this program.
I installed DriverMax and Malwarebytes came up with some files to quarantine. If I do this then the program will not run any more. Is it safe to leave these files on my system?
MalwareBytes flags it as a PUP, a potentially unwanted program. It's safe to restore from quarantine. I've used it for years with no issues 👍
@@AskYourComputerGuy Thanks!
@davidstark8894 you bet!
Drivermax used to be considered "unwanted software" because they did some shady things. Malwarbytes didn't like it. Programs that are free have to be suspect ( not all are bad). Not sure about current version.
Sounds more less like iobit driver booster and karspersky wars 😂😂
@@FraterSorax same here i have it uninstald
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Also uninstalled Drivermax. Not long after installing received nag pop up windows on my desktop. Totally unacceptable IMHO, intrusive as all hell. No matter how 'useful' this software MAY be, its not worth the constant nagging. PS: I did use Revo Uninstaller to get rid of it all, which works great. :-)
@user-mh6gb3uz3i as stated in the video, even if you only use the program to create a backup of your drivers, it's still worth the download. Even if you remove it immediately after.
downloads wont load. think corrupt file how to fix
Please clarify. If you download from the website as linked in the description, you should be fine.
@@AskYourComputerGuy downloads just disappeared message says downloads not responding think i may have a corrupted file i tried to open
For anyone who has malware bytes, drivermax will be blocked by it so you have allow it in settings
Agreed. It falsely tags it as a PUP, but it is safe 👍
What if I have mulitple computers
I use DriverMax on multiple machines at any given time. It's always been tired to my email and password
I'd think twice before downloading this piece of software!
I have used DriverMax for years. It is safe. Is it annoying if you stay with the free version? Yes. But it's malware-free and WILL allow you to back up your drivers as well as find and safely download obscure drivers. If you want to remove it after running it, do that. But the software is fine.
There is a major bug in the free version. I have Win11 Pro. I boot up PC for the first time of the day, click on one box to update. Then click "download and install". Warning pops up saying only Pro users can d/l more than two a day! What???? I haven't d/l any for the day!!!!!
I don't think it's a bug. I think if it detects say, 4 driver updates available, it's going to to probably select them all to download. By clicking "download and install", you would then be exceeding the 2 daily updates. Next time, look at the driver update list, select just 2, see if it gives you that issue still. If so, definitely contact the developers for analysis 👍
@@AskYourComputerGuy Thanks for the info. I only selected one box and got the error message. I found a work around. I just scroll over to "update" and that worked. :^)
Malwarebytes blocked me from opening the download??? (DriverMax)
False positive. DriverMax is 1000% safe. Go into your MalwareBytes quarantine and allow it. Trust me
It actually completely blocked the download.
MalwareBytes is good, but sometimes too good. Go into your quarantine and allow it. It's fine 👍
Another awesome video!
Reesie!!!! Love you, my brother!
Well, very invasive with all the pop ups of "upgrade to pro!"
Well, you don't have to keep the free version. As I said, backup your drivers then uninstall. Or upgrade. Either way, the program is solid for what it's designed to do.
A baby would know all this!
I'm re-watching this video (Ya, you do get repeat viewers :-), and it occurred to me this time through. Something that you didn't mention @ 1:12 (and probable have in other video's), is to be extra careful if you go looking for a driver for an old piece of hardware on the Internet. There are a lot of "janky" site offering drivers for old hardware that more often than not give you more than just the driver. The first stop you should make is to the manufacturer of the hardware to see it they still offer drivers for it. Occasionally you might have to contact someone at tech-support and inquire. Case in point, I have a ~9 year old Zotac ID91/92 small form factor PC that Zotac have drivers for but it wasn't obvious where to find them. A quick email to tech-support and they directed me to the appropriate site and voila, back in business. Just a thought (at 4am in the morning :-)
Absolutely, manufacturer is always best. Then a driver program (I'm partial to DriverMax, obviously). Then, it's a risk after that for sure!
Bad Reviews all over, Drivers are tricky, and needs to be examined by a person, one by one, some reported spending hours trying to fix this software damages. High risk.
Or....guy who's used this for years and is a trusted authority. And answers individual comments. You choose 🤷♂️
Ya, I'll stick to my initial red flags. "In exchange for these benefits, you must share with the DriverMax community the drivers already installed on your computer."
That's a violation of almost every driver's EULA out there. Even if you're using this just to backup your drivers, you are opening your system up to the scheduled task it creates, to scan your drivers, and uploading them to their server. Gee, I wonder why a software's EULA has to deny any damages arising from any accusations made against you for piracy?
@@AskYourComputerGuy I was Not directed towards you, when it doesn't work, the damages are sever, hours to fix a wrong driver issue after a crash, Personally I never had good experiences with them Driver/Registry cleaners the Last 30 years, grandson told me to avoid them, MIT kid.
@@ZorroDaddy same here the program pickt the wrong network driver i had to work hard to correct it
@@hansrutjens True.
security vendor and 1 sandbox flagged this file as malicious Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DriverMax
False positive. It is safe. PUP means "potentially unwanted program", not "malware"
@@AskYourComputerGuy great boss thank you
You bet 👍
I has a noobie boobie question for you Mr. Ew….😂
I hope you don’t laugh at me, but I know you, and I already know you will so you have my blessing! LOL
Anyway, my question is, when you say “back up” a driver, what exactly does one back up a driver to? Are we talking, like a thumb drive or something like that?
Yep….. suspicions confirmed, I am a tech dummy. I know it, and have made peace with it. 🤣💜
No worries, Patti! Yes, the drivers back up to a zip file. Once completed, take that zip file and copy it to a USB flash drive for safekeeping 👍
Do you recommend a program that contains a virus?
DriverMax does not contain a virus, if downloaded from the correct website. MalwareBytes falsely flags it as a PUP, because ANY program that makes changes to Windows on a system level (like any driver update program will do), yes of course it will be looked at as a "potentially unwanted program". TronScript will also be flagged. Any utility that makes system changes will flag any decent antivirus program. DriverMax does not contain a "virus". I have used it for years and trust it.
@@AskYourComputerGuy Snappy Driver, iObit driver buster, to name a few, do not have any problem with antivirus programs, so your statement does not hold.
@slavkodinamitas ok
Thanks. Love this information. Problem is that I have hardware that don't work in newer programs as windows XP and when I lost the driver for a program windows did not know what to do. TG I found a backup on a very old HD so Ii could use it on a viritual Program to get my hardvare to work again. This is a battle I don't want to do again. I got lucky. Thanks for great videos.
Much appreciated!
Um, why didn't you disclose the nature of your affiliation with this company in the video? If you're pulling a commission, I feel that's something you really should be disclosing in the first few minutes.
Not only did I clearly state that I am an affiliate, as well as a pop up box with "affiliate link in description", but the video description states "affiliate link". For those that watch the entire video, it is very obvious.
4:27 “FULL DISCLOSURE….”
Smh….. You didn’t bother to watch more than a minute or 2 before making assumptions did you?
Have the day you deserve! ✌🏼
Is that a Guy Falkes mask on the upper level of the shelving?
ON AIR sign. Are you a HAM?
Yes it's a Guy Fawkes mask. The on air sign was a gift from my wife for my 100k subscriber party 👍
Malwarebytes blocks it and I can't seem to shutdown malwarebytes
going to your Malwarebytes quarantine and add an exception. It’s perfectly safe.
Google, Firefox and malwarebytes blocked it. I think you best not.
@billpowers4299 again, false positive. It's safe. Been using it for years.
1 in 4! Let me say that again - 1 in 4. That means that 75% has no problem with identity theft or online crimes.
That is correct. But if you are the 1 in 4 because you get online obliviously a d don't know any better, that's not a good place to be
I own the pro version and did a full backup but it wasn't obvious where the zip file was created. I finally found it in C:\Users\my name\My Drivers.
Yeah, you have to pay attention to where the zip file is saved, but most importantly, as you know, it's saved!
Linux best
This is to long.
I make videos for novice users. I explain the what, then they why, then the but, then the how. Not everyone knows what you know. Most people don't. You're welcome to skip ahead at any time I'm going too slow for you.
Unsubscribed? Nope, you lose.
How so,.my friend?
Linyx better
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An infection for sure, remove drivermax ASAP
Negativity. False positive. Been using it for years,it's safe.
Unsubscribed due to spoken ads within your video. I pay for YT premium and Vanced to get rid of ads. Trying to FORCE us to listen your sponsor, you lose.
Nobody forces you to do anything. RUclips allows you to skip ahead. How do you think we feed our families? Ads and sponsors. Good luck, sorry you're offended.
Dolphin, you're in your late 70's aren't you.
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70.
And yes, I was brought up on an internet (c1994) where geeks (like myself) gave away their time and knowledge free at 9600 bps dial up. We had real jobs in those days, making real things before cheap shit IT became a commodity, not just talking to a camera in between browsing for other content to relay on and on to fill up the world with endless repetition. Most YT vids are merely words to listen to instead of read, and often just a script read with gratuitous imagery.
If a channel is monetised (as little as it is) that's where I draw the line with advertising in my face I didn't ask for or need. All unsolicited ads are mind pollution. Making ME SKIP for YOUR INCOME is, in my books, unfriendly.
Anyway, not my problem anymore, is it.
@thedolphin5428 sorry but what's wrong with you mate?
There are some bowser extension helping to skip this content (at least on the PC). And there is a video telling us what they are.
TBF, sponsoring can be tricky, many got hacked when responding to sponsorship offers by scammers. I would expect the PC fixing business feeds the computer guy, that he didn't need sponsorships like these. Aura sounds like a better option though, whereas I see DeleteMe or Incogni as scam themselves. None of these have a reach on the dark web, so claiming they delete you from data brokers, while hackers freely trade with your data on TOR and constantly have a fresh supply from hacked databases worldwide, is a scam IMO. And people pay for it.