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31 Responses (Add) | Thursday, February 14th, 2008 at 9:02pm

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I had a caller the other night on the 888-PIRILLO line who was asking where he can find drivers for old Windows hardware. His machines are, of course, home-built.. making this even more challenging.

I used to be friends with the guy who originally built the WinDrivers website. It has since been aquired by Internet.com. They’re bragging now that there is free unlimited access. I still recommend it, as it is a “one-stop source for device drivers, anti-virus updates, and security patches”.

Some of the features you’ll receive (in addition to driver downloads) with your free membership:

  • Comprehensive Hardware Manufacturer Directory You can browse by product type (covering everything from BIOS/motherboard to printer/driver to USB and video) or by manufacturer (from Acer to Zoltrix).
  • Anti-Virus Center WinDrivers.com reports on the ten leading anti-virus software vendors and links you directly to the latest data file downloads.
  • Security Update Alerts Receive automatic alerts when security updates occur.
  • Latest Driver Updates Use Windrivers to help you locate current and out-of-date device drivers & BIOS through our “Driver Updates” section. Every day, the WinDrivers.com staff adds the latest new BIOS and drivers covering thousands of products across virtually every PC hardware category.
  • Hard Drive Center Moving a hard drive to a new computer? The Hard Drive Center will help you identify the correct jumper settings and guide you through the treacherous process of partitioning and formatting.
  • Networking Center Need to identify the pin-outs in a network cable? Need to identify an unlabeled network card? This is the place to go.
  • DLL Search Get access to hundreds of DLL files through the Windrivers DLL Search lists, which explain their purpose and link to the most recent updates so you know how to proceed when receiving a “DLL File Not Found” message.
  • Service Packs Direct links to more than a hundred Microsoft Service Packs for Windows, NT and Office, covering virtually every service pack Microsoft offers.

I definitely trust this site. I don’t often recommend ANY download site. However, since I know the guy who started it all… I’m comfortable telling you all it’s a great place to go.

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February 15th, 2008
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: Latest Driver Updates Use Windrivers to help you locate current and out-of-date device drivers & BIOS through our “Driver Updates” section. Every day, the WinDrivers.com staff adds the latest new BIOS and drivers covering thousands of

KivaWolf

February 14th, 2008
at 4:40pm

Wow.. nothing but damned morons with no life who dedicate themselves to just post about being 1st to post. Thanks for sharing the vid Chris! Been wondering as to where to find good old drivers since I still have two old computers from the last century.

DeadFredVideo

February 14th, 2008
at 6:38pm

Drivers issues? Ah the beauty of Mac :D

Great Video ill probably use those websites in the future :)

TopGearFordGt

February 14th, 2008
at 9:34pm

yea i have that same problem with my Hp all in one printer. the scanner doesn’t work with Leopard.

pauldonald

February 14th, 2008
at 11:09pm

why would you want to use the old computers? why dont you just get a new computer and put “parallels workstation” on it so you can use the old operating systems on it if you really must use the old operating systems

DavinTerrizzi

February 15th, 2008
at 12:22am

Do you have the HP printer files installed? Pop in your OS X Install Disk and click the Optional Installs.mpkg. Remember to uncheck everything you already have installed and just check the HP printer files under the printer files category.

DavinTerrizzi

February 15th, 2008
at 12:22am

Because you can do more than you think with old hardware.

Streaming music on an old laptop FTW!

KivaWolf

February 15th, 2008
at 6:54am

This isn’t about not moving on with new technology, this is about being able to play certain ancient games on it and for nostalgia reasons.

Raymond Combs

February 15th, 2008
at 11:13am

The new “Drivers Guide” doesn’t work! I can bring up the pages, log in, and go to search. Search results give “404″ on both I.E.7 and FireFox! I sent a “broken link” report to the site, but when you click on “check message”, nothing happens! This site apparently needs work before you recommend it!

wCurtis

February 15th, 2008
at 4:18pm

It’s funny how on the Mac the drivers just work, and on Windows Vista the drivers are horrible. But with my experience Windows XP drivers aren’t that bad. But then again that is me not you, other people may have problems.

cornillious

February 15th, 2008
at 6:27pm

thanks for that I have been looking for a site like that for a long time now.

leadv0cal

February 15th, 2008
at 7:22pm

Thank you for introducing me to windrivers, it has a new perma-spot in my bookmarks! I don’t know how I have failed to run across that one before now!

ProudVistaUser

February 15th, 2008
at 7:25pm

I really recommend this website too for whoever is reading this. It is like Microsoft’s Download Center only 100 times better. It is a great place for people who build there own computers and need all of the correct drivers and software. It’s very easy to use: just search for what you are looking for and you go straight to the download!

hichez

February 15th, 2008
at 8:27pm

I would never get a driver from an unofficial site. I mean its too risky. Also many people say that that Nvidia has driver problems with vista. They have worked fine for me. I’m not favoring vista but maybe its a User error. Personally I think AMD is lacking in “good” software.

Usually hardware companies make crap software.

Josh Magelitz

February 15th, 2008
at 8:38pm

I wish this would of came out a couple weeks ago when I was having trouble with the same issue. Very nice and useful video.

Jack Webster

February 15th, 2008
at 9:47pm

I wish that drivers were as easy to get for Windows as they are for Mac.
I love building computers and all, but when you can easily go to one place for drivers or not at all, it’s brilliant.

Joseph

February 15th, 2008
at 10:05pm

This is a excellent blog Chris, perfect for home built computer users. I’ll check that website out later soon, especially when I get my mom’s old Windows 95 working again.

matthewserta

February 15th, 2008
at 10:07pm

Im about to switch to Mac, Im getting tired of all of windows stuff…

Doug Miller

February 15th, 2008
at 10:27pm

Good tips but, for my own useage I use Driveragent.com for my drivers.
Although you have to pay it helps ALOT when I reinstall windows for my friends or family

OzarkMark

February 15th, 2008
at 11:14pm

I’ve been a subscriber to DRIVERGUIDE.COM for over 10 years. I used it tonight to update my network card. I went to find the same drivers on WINDRIVERS. Dead link 404.
Maybe windrivers has a hard time keeping up with all of the external links, but driverguide had it and I didn’t have to give out my life history that WINDRIVERS asks for when signing up.

My grade school math teacher said K-I-S-S. Keep it Simple Stupid!

Driverguide is as simple as it gets.(for me)

se7en

February 16th, 2008
at 7:43pm

Very nice tips and great site. I often find myself looking for drivers for older systems which usually adds way to much time to the install. This will help greatly, Thank you

Sean Tomo

February 17th, 2008
at 12:45pm

chris does a good service for every one out there he is a great man.

DrWho

February 18th, 2008
at 5:53pm

Thank you for doing this video. I was wondering if there was something better then VersionTracker Pro

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