I've been made aware by several comments that I used the wrong link. Apparently there's a difference between snappy driver installer and snappy driver installer origin. I used origin in the video but left a link for the earlier. I've updated the link in the description to the right one. Here it is again. www.snappy-driver-installer.org/

Searching for "old or rare" drivers used to be HELL! Thanx SDIO Glenn ! ❤❤

oh my, you have no idea how this just changed my entire brain right now... this is just soo satisfying. its just such a relief

Been using this for a year or two now. I wasn't aware of how it got the drivers... very interesting fact to learn.

i remember the days of windows 7 where I had to tether my phone to my laptop to install a wifi driver...ah the good ole days

I really enjoy watching your videos. I learn something new every video. BIG THANK YOU!!!

The first video I watched from you pointed me to this. I'm happy I followed your advice. I liked and agreed with your points on 5 things to avoid/be aware of and am happy to L/s. Thank you.

I've been looking for this program forever.. Thanks!

I really appreciate the info provided by this video. I had recently built a new PC and even after downloading and installing all the drivers listed on the manufacturers website's, I was still missing a few mainboard drivers. But SDIO was the rescue I was looking for. I will definitely be using this from now on.

Thank you very much, very useful! Installed a WDF touchpad driver with gestures on my old touchpad 💪

🔥🔥I just found this app today and ill agree i wish i found this back years ago. It was so easy to use and the fact that its free, i'm grateful for that. Thanks SDI you guys rock!!!🔥🔥

Attention!!! Make sure you install Snappy Driver Installer Origin and not Snappy Driver Installer or else you will download an adware malware version instead!! I will repeat, make sure you install Snappy Driver Installer ORIGIN

Thank you, this was so useful.

Living legend! You earned yourself a subscriber!

I purchased an HP Elitedesk to build a budget gaming PC, and your vid was a big help with regards to drivers. I'm able to play Fallout 4 and a few other games with a really good frame rate. Thank you.

thank you. It was such a pain to find them all manually. this helps out a ton!

like you stated Rich,a modern computer works straight out of the box,where are the days of IRQ and DMA,this drove me mad sometimes but learning and knowing about these things made me a bit of a computer nerd😁and watching your vids even makes me learn even more,great stuff,cheers mate

i just did it and it works- nice one - easy and free- what else you need...thank you so much and for the who pointed that one out- graet job

Amazing. Thanks, Rich.

At 10:52 , best advice.for any driver operation. Experience shows that making only single driver updates-- after creating a restore point-- is easiest for troubleshooting and recovery.

OMG it actually works. Just be sure to create a restore point just in case but it found the driver for the Modem my dad gave me so I can test out the Dialer app in windows. Thank you so much for this video as I spen hours trying to find a driver that didnt look sus

"ATi driver" I know what you meant AMD Radeon now. Sometimes these apps wont too downgrade your drivers sometimes they get lost in the driver versions I've seen that happen coupe of times. Also I found really nice to run these sort off apps on older hardware on modern OS. They will find lots of nice newer drivers for your motherboard devices & even CPU. I use Driver Booster Pro I have tried other similar tools but now I'll give this tool a spin!

Excellent video, very informative. Thanks

Epic info and thanks for the vid. I always had issues with finding updated drivers for my intel nvme controllers

Thanks it worked. So easy and superb ❤❤❤

“Nvidia or ATI” Love it! ❤ I thought I was the only one who still made that slip of the tongue!

I have been struggling with this HP 510 notebook that has been retired by HP and as far as I can see, Intel as well. Within 5 minutes it has found my chipset divers and installing them. Thank you!

I love the shirt, so true. 😁

Damn I could listen to you all day long! Thanks for all the tips

Hey! I know everything you talk about it here. But you are such a good professeur: I like how we can Learn/RElearn with your videos.

Thank you; thank you; thank you!!! An absolutely brilliant content! What an amazing piece of software!

I'm using it for years and I can say it is Good and easy to use..

I have been using Driver booster to update my daily drivers from a pretty long time. Its pretty "okay" for me, Yeah it tries its best to install other softwares before it can get driver booster to get installed. Yeah i gave SDI a try. Pretty simple interface and straight to the point. I will consider using this software from now on. Thanks!

Hmmmm, I would like to give you a loooooong hug! Woof! :-). Thank you for sharing your wonderful reviews and thoughts!

love the shirts...really geeky....over the years friends and relatives have given me shirts with those "phrases" however i had one custom made which would fit your target customers......."& phone home"......look up the origin of "&".....if people understand it they usually dont really know.....i love seeing people with puzzled looks on their faces trying to figure it out...

I knew about this program before. This is truly the best automatic driver update program👍

thanks for this recommendations

Today... is the great day because Rich uploaded another video!

"This week's sponsor, is me!" Pulling yourself up by the...boot straps...I love it.

Snappy driver 👌 excellent!!!!

I worked on 286 my first computer was tape driven. As in cassette tape. I remember and love it when computers first got a bios.

Thank you for this video

I am a SDI user as well yes, it is very easy to use, i even managed to install my ASUS UL-30JT drivers and my DELL N4050 drivers, which the driver's website can be frustrating sometimes. Support for my both laptops end officially in windows 7, which i installed windows 10 lite to bring back both my laptops to life, now i understand why it takes 30++GB on my flash drives, it even contains some drivers for older laptops/PC. It's easy to use, it covers almost all brands of laptops and PC, and most important, ITS FREE OPEN SOURCE PROJECT! Man, even for me, this is too much to ask for! Slow updates? No problem! Taking too much space? Now i can buy a 128GB SSD and some enclosure to fit my SDI there! Even better is when it's torrent-based download, means it had little chance a file became corrupt, since incomplete downloads always checked before resuming download (if power loss happened to your PC, or if your laptops battery goes bad it even hold no charge) However, there's some issues adressed in the video, some drivers are too 'updated' for some PC to recognised, for me, if that happened, for critical drivers (SATA Driver, chipset, and controller driver) i've always let windows decide to install their driver, or to compare them in SDI (yes you can, if you hover on to items you want to download, you can compare drivers that have installed on your computer, and driver in SDI database) For a thumbdrive issue with slow download, i always download them on my PC, and move them to a thumbdrive later, in that way, my thumb drive can rest easier by not having it plugged to my PC and probably causing heat problems to my thumb drive, also i always had a backup when my thumbdrive died (which happen most often because heat issues, and no, i am not EVER buying sketchy thumbdrive) For a issue with sata drive, actually that's new for me, thanks for the tips!

Another Great video

Nice video editing.

Love that shirt

I use SDI extensively. And for some reason it's able to find updates not available on the official sites(eg: NVIDIA Geforce 1650 drivers, where i'm using a July driver, whereas the one on the OS was released in June) Edit: And I also faced the same issue where SDI found a incompatible driver and marked as compatible(RADEON HD6450), thankfully, i managed to roll it back.

Just a note, the page you link to looks nothing like the site pictured. (and your updated link below takes me to the same different looking page. ) Also the small download is 6MB not 6GB. (was surprised when the download completed in seconds when I was expecting several minutes.) Thank you anyway, since I have been looking for a trustworthy general purpose driver updater. (also Duck Duck Go works with hardware ID a tad better than Google does these days. Still takes a bit of weeding through BS links, but I usually find a direct link to the driver I'm looking for. (or at least find enough information to identify what it is that I'm actually looking for.) Very helpful. Thank You.

Thanks for the tips.My motherboard driver DVD contain Norton and I don't want to be be bothered with Norton anymore.

Sometimes manufacturers do not provide drivers for their laptops. Then its a humongous task to write down the device id and search for them in the internet. Sometimes few drivers fail and again we need to search for another one. Thats why on the first installation we need to store all the working drivers in a folder named Drivers and subfolders indicating various hardware drivers. I am able to restore my old Pentium D laptop from 2009 and saved all its xp drivers. It doesnt take much space if you extract the exact files (inf, dll, cat, sys files) from the executable setup. Make a single rar archive out of the whole folder and keep atleast 2 backups.

pretty neat thanks

Thank you😊

You are the best!

I appreciate the video... but isn't this program only as good as the database that it uses to keep drivers current? What if the author gets lazy or doesn't have the time to keep the database accurate?

Awesome!!!! 😁

Careful when using it on older laptops especially Dells and HPs that need a keyboard driver for shortcut keys. It's not the end of the world but if you don't have an external mouse at hand, and your touchpad and keyboard doesn't work in Windows you'll have a rough time

Thanks glen

Utterly fkn hopeless, just like all the rest of them. A couple of results for a specific MIDI controller actually returned over 5000 "Sony Ericsson mobile phone" drivers and on clicking on download details, it all came up in Japanese. Great help man. Great help.

Snappy Divers are the Grandfathers of the Driver Finder world

As a pro tech I've been using this for over 6yrs with only a few very obscure drivers not found, I prefer & mostly use the snappy driver origin version.

Thank you, Sir, 🙏🌺😇

Good video.

The t-shirt! 🤣🤣

No BS, Great!

I have used this before it is good. I suggest getting it when the dialog box pops up click on the button to the far right and then go in and change the language, you can work from there or exit and the dialog box will come up again the when you restart the program, I suggest the 3rd option, so you do not fill your storage space up with drivers you do not need. The default language is not English.

Hello! I've had a couple of issues too, but they where very specific ones: - The "FiiO K3" device driver offered through this tool (SDIO). In this case, I had to revert to the original driver from FiiO (4.47.0 version, "release" build), 'cause the one which is installed by SDIO (a newest one) doesn't work at all. - A Crucial NVMe SSD, not sure about the model, and the problem could arise from something else... I did install the driver first with SDIO (in a fresh W10 install), then, a couple months later, my client told me that her PC was crashing constantly, showing BSODs, etc. I looked up into the Windows Event Viewer to figure out what was causing the problem: A lot of error reports saying that the NVMe drive had a corrupt sector (something that freaked me out a little, considering that it was relatively new, just a few months of regular use). I tried checking the drive's S.M.A.R.T. attributes with CrystalDiskInfo -HDDScan didn't give me any information-, but didn't find anything unusual (no bad attributes at all). So, I went to the manufacturer's website, downloaded and installed "Crucial Storage Executive" to verify and make sure if it really was something wrong with the drive (missing firmware, S.M.A.R.T. health, etc.) and 'voilà!': There was a specific driver update for the NVMe. I installed it, checked the health attributes... the drive was as healthy as the first day it started working with Windows 10. So, to make sure that nothing bad could repeat again, I decided to backup all her info, did a Secure Erase to the NVMe (using the UEFI BIOS utility) and reinstalled Windows 10 with the corresponding driver from Crucial Storage Executive. As far as now, the problem hasn't repeated again, so, the only "responsible" I can point out at the moment is SDIO, but it could have been a Windows Update issue too, something like an incomplete update, a driver update maybe, not sure. As I said, very specific problems. Besides from that, it is a great tool to keep drivers up to date and recommended for its ease of use.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Great video! Question, how do you force Windows to only use an older driver? I have an eprom burner that won't work with the newer driver. Thanks for sharing

The only time I've have to install "any driver" is when had to buy a new 360 dongle for my controllers.. not a official one (like previously had) so comes up as "unknown" then gotta select a driver from "browser my computer" bs....which is kinda annoying, but least windows still has the drivers built-in and this solution works for alot of items still... but these programs can be quite handy

Does SDI take the OS into account, or does it simply look for the most recent driver for each piece of hardware, regardless of the OS? In other words, can it be used safely on older systems that may not have the latest version of Windows on them? Well, as safely as installing the proper drivers for a system gets. Also, where are these drivers sourced from? When you go looking for drivers for a lot of older hardware, often the manufacturer's site no longer lists that piece of hardware. Or the manufacturer's web site no longer exists. Case in point, try to find an official download for drivers for the R.A.T. line of gaming mice. I was only able to find them on a French drivers site.

I used Driver booster for my dad laptop in audit mode (yes, it has some craps included but I unnistalled it when I done the work) and now the laptop is ok.

Good job man you fixed every problem i HAD NOW ITS TIME TO FLOOD KZfaq with videos Thanx man

Interesting tool! I have a question though, how accurate are the proposed updated drivers? Are there percentages of those? How sure can I be when my System is proposed a new network driver, it is an update for a generic version, and not for my specifc model? I love how there is a system restore point, definitely useful! Also like how in depth the comparison between the existing and proposed driver goes. For my network card (a realtek RTL 8168) i could see the PCI deviceID matching, which gave me the confidence to go ahead.

thank you

thank you soo much and i also fart then people hug me💪

I wish the video to be short ...it is helpful

Would have been nce to see!!!!

Hi, I stumbled across your video searching for help in getting my old Dell 17inch Inspiron 5759 Windows 10 pro trying to fix without spending $$$. I've search and read too many articles for repair but failed. I keep getting the" Drivers Power State Failure with Blue Screen" and "Problem with Wireless Adapter or Access Point". After following your Video instructions and restart my computer, It's like a miracle. My Dell Laptop run like new again. Thank you. You just help a Senior Citizen and a US Army Veteran. I appreciate it.

Do you need an additional torrent app to download the app+driver packs?

Bit torrents make an unusual exception through firewall when you first install it...makes a wierd sense in my head if it fowls a computer up.

4:24 _"I personally prefer the later..."_ Hey kids, it's pedantic comment time! ;-] This is the 2nd time in as many vids that I've heard you say "later" when you meant "latter"... I thought it was just a simple script typo, at first, but now I'm thinking you may not know the difference. So, just in case, here is a brief description. *Later* : [Lay-ter] refers to a time past the time it is now, or in this context, the more recent iteration in a developing series. Ex: "The later models had the option of an automatic transmission, and power-steering." NOTE: This is not the right word for what you meant. *Latter* : [Lat-ter] In this context, refers to the second option in a series of two. Mostly used to avoid redundant repetition of the option details. Ex: "I prefer the latter, because the other proposed option is less efficient." NOTE: This is the one that applies to your choice of the least cumbersome installation of the program. Don't worry about it, we all have our idiosyncrasies when it comes to languages. Indeed, you'd be surprised how many English teachers put an S at the end of "anyway" just because their grandma used to say it that way! Apologies if I misheard, but I feel better knowing that the algorithm has been fed, regardless of whether I was justified in bringing this up or not. ;-] Cheers! PS: Next time we might need to address your use of _"wreck havoc"_ [11:00] when you actually mean, "wreak havoc". ;-]

i hope you are doing well and thanks for such a comprehensive video...i used this technique but i couldnt find the realtek hd audio manager even though realtek driver is running on my pc...what can i do to fix this..any help is appreciated..take love

Windows XP was my favorite 😍

Now Rich I have never understood what a diver actually does so video on that would be good.

Btw, SDI Origin and SDI are different programs.

Do I need this if I’m trying to update things on device manager ? would this make my computer run faster ? perform better or worse ?

I wonder if it will automatically install both onboard GPU and Installed GPU with messing things up good.

curious if this works if you have no drivers installed for a particular device.

wow I was surprised I have an old window 11 unsupported X58 system and the only drivers it found were Bluetooth peripheral likely for my phones, but I have never run into issues transferring files or even using my phone as a router, so I won't be installing these drivers it found. handy tool though

Well, I'm using it right now and I can't say I'm happy with it. First of all - it starts up in Czech or Polish I believe. There is a popup window that asks something of you. And if you click the button - well, it's going to stat downloading a HUGE 40GB DATABASE! The button to change to another language is right there, but you can't click on it. Not until you agree to whatever the program is asking of you. Then, it's not very well presented and clear of what is going on in the background. You are presented with some devices icons and you can click on them. But it doesn't give you ALL of your devices if you want to know your current condition. Then you click download and you get another pop up window that is not immediately obvious where you have to make a selection to only download some of the drivers and not all the different variants. Then things are happening in the background, and then - nothing. Was the installation successful??? I DON'T KNOW!!!!

It appears that the snappy driver installer is not working anymore or at least the website will not let you download the portable version. I couldn't get it to work anyway. I'm trying to set up Microsoft server 2019 essentials on a new PC but I'm having trouble finding drivers.

I never do ALL the drivers that programs like this and Driver Booster comes up with. I only use those for the issues I have - doing all of the drivers is asking for trouble.

I have had problems with Windows forcing the rollback of Intel drivers I've just updated using the Intel driver update utility. Windows Update kicks in and installs the older driver.

I have a thumbdrive, how would I go about "downloading" everything on it?

I got aproblem with my gaming laptop. Tried updating every driver and even restarting multiple times. So... when I open my laptop lid.... when I log in. I can use the touchpad with 1 finger. After a bit.... it'll freeze with 1 finger. I then have to use 2 fingers on the trackpad just to move the curser on the screen... it happens all the time.... tried everything... updating drivers from the device!!! Tried updating from the company's website... nothings working. Even disabled all gestures on the touchpad..nothing works... any help?

during download of drivers malwarebytes is detecting this as compromized

Cool, however when it comes to drivers I prefer to manually install them one by one after making sure they are the latest and most approppriate

Hi followed your new link to download the "...Origin.." program and it's not in English??? What am I missing - please help? Cheers

I kinda miss the "setting up the OS" late nights!

After doing this process, i restarted my laptop, but it's showing me to choose an option: continue, use a device , troubleshoot, and turn off your pc . How to fix this issue? Thank you