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Driver Sweeper Cleans Up Uninstalled Driver Leftovers
4:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: When you upgrade your video card—or even just the drivers—the old version leaves settings and registry entries cluttering up your system—but you can clean them up. More »
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Device Remover Is An Absurdly Powerful Device Manager
4:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Standing next to Device Remover, the built-in Windows device manager looks like a 90 pound weakling next to the Hulk—it’s just that powerful. More »
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DriverBackup2 Copies Your System Drivers
11:30PM Lifehacker US Edition | Windows only: DriverBackup2 is a lightweight driver-backup tool. The application is portable with a caveat: you’ll need administrative privileges for full use. You can opt to backup one or all of your drivers, the backed up files are dumped into a tree structure based on driver name. DriverBackup2 also allows you to restore and delete unnecessary drivers. If you ever hunted for obscure drivers online, when installing legacy or obscure hardware for instance, DriverBackup2 will save you the hassle of searching them out again. For other driver viewing and backup solutions check out DoubleDriver and DriverView. DriverBackup2 is freeware, Windows only. DriverBackup2 [via gHacks] More »
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Nodevice Hordes Missing Drivers, Manuals
12:20AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re stumped trying to find a Windows driver for your hardware (and you didn’t back it up when it last worked), try Nodevice has a database of more than 30,000 drivers, and roughly 20,000 each of manual files and DLL files. Looking for something Vista-specific? Check out previously mentioned RadarSync. [via] More »
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Double Driver Backs Up Your System’s Drivers
1:30AM Lifehacker US Edition | Windows only: Backup utility Double Driver lists all the hardware drivers installed on your system and creates backups of both the actual drivers and lists of the driver names. While handy with any computer, Double Driver really shines if you have a computer that came with pre-installed drivers that are hard if not impossible to come by. With a few clicks you’ll have those archaic laptop drivers backed up and ready to put back to work after a fresh install. Double Driver is a free download for Windows only. Double Driver [via gHacks] More »
Get a Complete List of Drivers On Your Machine
4:00AM Wendy Boswell | List all the drivers you’ve installed on your Windows machine by typing driverquery from the command line (start->Run->cmd->OK). This works under Windows XP, 2003, and Vista systems; WindowsVistaPlace states that there is even more information to glean from this simple program: remote system direction, output, and information about signed drivers, among others. Loving the power of that little black box? Get to know your friendly neighbourhood command line. Generate a report of installed drivers [MS Windows Vista Compatible Software] More »
