[Reviews] SlimDrivers Beta Provides Automatic Updates for Your Windows PC

[Reviews] SlimDrivers Beta Provides Automatic Updates for Your Windows PC: "

Overview

SlimDrivers is a utility currently in Public Beta that allows you to easily update your computer hardware drivers. It provides an easy way to update PC drivers, back them up, roll them back if they don’t work, and allows you to schedule updates as well.

Setup and Use

Installation is easy following the wizard and accepting the defaults.

When it launches your met by an easy to use interface showing your PC Overview and will be prompt you to start your first scan.

The scan will kick off and check for hardware drivers updates and also Windows Updates.

When we tested it on our Gateway Core i3 system it found 18 driver updates that we didn’t know about for the system. When the results are displayed you can choose to ignore certain updates that you know you don’t want. Or if you want to take the plunge you can download them all…although we don’t recommend it.

On another system running Windows Home Premium it found 22 Updates which include two Windows Updates.

For testing purposes we went ahead and had it download and install all the recommended driver updates. You will be met with the following message asking if you’re sure, and that it may require several restarts.

Then it offers to create a Restore before continuing which is a cool feature for the average user. Make sure you click Yes to this message.

It creates a Restore Point for Windows and also backs up the current versions of the drivers.

Now it will start downloading the drivers for your devices. You will then be prompted to run through some of the driver install wizards. For example here we are installing an update for our HP printer.

If an update requires a restart SlimDrivers will let you know and you can restart it directly from the UI.

After you get back SlimDrivers will launch again and continue to download and install the selected drivers.

And you’ll be prompted to go through the other hardware driver wizards that are presented.

We ran into a case where the computer had a newer version of the one it found. It displayed a screen asking if we want to overwrite the newest driver with the old one…of course we selected no.

Now that all the drivers have been installed, we see that our computer is up to date.

Other Features & Options

At the top of the user interface there is a toolbar with different options for managing your drivers.

If you want to uninstall a driver click on the icon and you can browse to the one you want to uninstall.

In the Options section you can setup how it updates, Driver backup location, and schedule it to automatically check for driver updates.

You can manually backup your drivers at any time too.

It also gives you the ability to easily restore a driver if it isn’t working or making your system unstable.

Keep in mind that SlimDrivers is still in beta so you may experience bugs and incorrect results. We found it extremely easy to use, and it protects you by backing up your current drivers and restoring them if something goes wrong. If you want an easier way to keep your Windows PC hardware up to date you might want to consider SlimDrivers.

Download SlimDrivers Public Beta