Developer(s) IObit Platform IA-32 | Development status Active | |
Initial release 8 June 2013; 3 years ago (2013-06-08) Stable release 4.2.0.478 / 11 January 2017 Operating system |
Driver Booster is a driver updater software developed by IObit to maintain hardware devices by updating and installing outdated, missing, and faulty drivers for common users. It is avaible for Microsoft Windows.
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According to the official website, Driver Booster can update over 400,000 drivers.
Although Driver Booster searches for tested WHQL drivers, it is recommended to only install drivers that are published by the same company as the previous driver to avoid potential issues.
Features
Detect outdated drivers
According to the default setting, the software automatically runs a scan to detect outdated drivers each time the user launches it. Users are allowed to customize this setting by scheduling a daily, weekly or monthly scan too.
Retrieve & update drivers
Based on cloud library as claimed by the developer, the software is able to automatically retrieve the driver installation files. After downloading the files, once the user selects the outdated driver items and clicks update, the software will batch update the selected drivers.
Create system restore point
Due to possible risks of updating hardware drivers, “System Restore” feature was designed as a remedy solution for PC problems if the user installs a wrong driver. The system restore point will be created automatically by the software for safe restore when user updates a driver.
Improvements and Upgrades
Driver Booster is relatively new software developed by IObit with a short history dating from 2013. The initial version includes basic features of detecting and updating drivers.