After my trials and trysts with Device Doctor and DriverMax now it is the turn of professional software to see how it compares. Generally drivers are not really an issue and need not be updated most of the time unless of course one finds the updated drivers go a long way in improving the performance of the said hardware in question or like in the case of Windows Vista the hardware becomes inoperable without the right and updated drivers. Mostly though one requires drivers when installing a new system and in the absence of the original drivers CD and given the fact that most of the time Windows is no good at updating drivers via Device Manager. Driver Genius Professional Edition goes a long way in helping to deal with such situations. Just install Driver Genius Professional Edition, run a scan and it will update all out of date drivers in no time.
The interface of Driver Genius Professional Edition is minimalistic and simplistic to the point it works very well. Based on Windows Explorer or similar navigation style you will see a row of tabs on the left with details and more information on the right. From the main home window pane you will have a list of options to Backup, Restore, Uninstall, and Update drivers. Others are Options, Live Updates (to update Driver Genius Professional Edition), Help and a section My Downloads which will list all of the drivers that have been downloaded. Of note Driver Genius Professional Edition will store these updates in the My Documents section and you can make a backup of these updated drivers for future use or for usage in a new system should the need arise.
Coming to its usage, Driver Genius Professional Edition is very easy to use, is fast in its system scan, but did take some time to download the updates themselves and even did time out a couple of times. The updates once downloaded though took very little time to install and bring the system up to date. On the whole however Driver Genius Professional Edition is a breeze to use and involves none of the complexity found in DriverMax or others. The best feature I liked was the ability to backup all the updated drivers and keep them safe for future usage should the need arise. Considering all these factors and the fact that Driver Genius Professional Edition works and works very well in updating all the system drivers and is Windows 7 ready, it is certainly going to be the mainstay on my system for some time. In a nutshell Driver Genius Professional Edition is way ahead of the pack, for its ease of usage and for providing the latest drivers, but however is not freeware.
You can also check out my Device Doctor and DriverMax reviews.
