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Driver detective?

I used driver guide then driver detective to look for out of date drivers on my laptop. Driver guide found 3 but wants me to buy the program before going any further. Driver detective is one I haven't used before and am not sure about using this to update my drivers.
I also went into the device manager to update the drivers manually but windows said they were upto date even when the programs said otherwise.
My laptop keeps crashing for no reason when ever I'm on the web. It shuts down and reboots. Can't figure out why but I have ran all sorts of programs from Malware to driver mechanic and Avast.
Any Ideas!:idea:

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  • KillerWatt
    KillerWatt Posts: 1,655 Forumite
    If you want hardware drivers, get them from the manufacturers website (I doubt for one minute your system crashes/reboots are because of drivers though).
    Remember kids, it's the volts that jolt and the mills that kill.
  • JasX
    JasX Posts: 3,996 Forumite
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    They are both awful programs that will maybe identify your hardware correctly and perhaps find the correct driver or perhaps not. After which your hardware may or may not work at all, why are you running such garbage on your machine? suggest you uninstalll immediately and hope you've not done too much damage.
  • dogmaryxx
    dogmaryxx Posts: 2,446 Forumite
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  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
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    If it's a Laptop, go to the Laptop manufacturers site.

    They will all be free to download, don't throw money away on worthless software.

    Post the make/model of the laptop
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