I need some help finding drivers. My antivirus did its monthly scan and found a few drivers that need updating. I checked my device manager and clicked ‘Update Driver,’ but it said I have the latest driver, which isn’t true since the current driver is from 2020. I’d like to know how to find and update them manually. I tried looking in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore, but it was super confusing and I couldn’t figure out what I was looking for. I’m not very experienced with this stuff, so any help would be appreciated!
First off, you might want to remove that antivirus. Third-party ones can be scams and they often check for driver updates unnecessarily. If everything runs fine, you don’t need to update drivers.
I don’t mean to be rude, but I disagree. I’ve had connection issues and wanted to see if updating the drivers could help. The monthly scan just popped up, so I’m not doing this for no reason. Plus, I actually went into my device manager and found the date there.
You can find drivers on the manufacturer’s website. The DriverStore folder only has what you’ve already installed. The Windows update check only looks for what’s submitted to Windows Update.
I just did this for my HP laptop. I Googled ‘HP driver update’ and it took me to their site. I entered my laptop’s serial number, and it showed all the latest drivers to download. I saved the driver files to a folder and installed them one by one. Hope this helps!
I built my computer with my dad, so I’ll need to find all the individual component websites for their drivers. I thought they might update automatically, but I guess not? Thanks for the tips!