#What is driver genius drivers#

If you encounter any problems with downloading the drivers and the downloads stop e.g. (If you were given no prompts about rebooting - then none of the drivers required a reboot to start working, and you don't need to reboot). When this is done you can reboot if you you prompted to reboot after installing any drivers. This will let Driver Genius continue download and installing all the drivers. Once a driver has finished downloading, the installer for the driver will be launched (and the other drivers will continue to download).Īfter a driver is installed be sure to select not to reboot if prompted to do so. Multiple drivers are download at once to speed up the download process. Now Driver Genius will go about download and installing all the drivers.

#What is driver genius install#

To download and install the available drivers, press the button with text ending in (N), and then do the same on the next screen. You can also uncheck any drivers you don't want to download. When it is checked, it downloads and installs the new 2013 version of Kingsoft antivirus - which will be of no use since it's in Chinese only. You should always do the same as it is not actually a driver update. On the above screen you will see I have deslected the bottom update. To update the drivers, you just have to click on the button to the right of and slightly above the first update. Once Driver Genius launches it will does a scan for updated and missing drivers by itself.Īs you can see in the above picture, two driver updates have been found. A shortcut can be made manually later, so don't worry. By uncecking everyting, no start menu shoercuts will be created - but this is a good thing as it creates them with Chinese text. When installing Driver Genius, you should uncheck everything except for the option to run Driver Genius on the final screen. If you need to install drivers on a computer with missing network drivers, then download the bottom one as it actually includes network drivers, and can install any missing network drivers, enabling you to get on the internet - a really nice feature.

You will usually want to select the middle download.

You can download it from As you can see from the above picture there are three versions available for download. There is also a paid program with the same name - this is a completely different program. It's not a new program - it has been around for 14 years making it quite possibly the first software of its kind, but it would seem that it's pretty much unheard of outside of China.

#What is driver genius how to#

I've started this thread to provide instructions on how to use Driver Genius, as it really is an excellent program and I prefer it even to driver update software I've paid for. There are actually two programs called Driver Genius, while you have to pay for one, the one I'm talking about comes from China and is completely free - with one major drawback - it's in Chinese. Driver Genius is one of the best, if not the best driver update software currently available.