Driver Booster是一个免费程序，您可以安装在Windows中以检查过时或丢失的驱动程序。如果您在计算机中插入了新的东西，但Windows无法识别它，或者您遇到网络访问错误(getting network access errors)或其他硬件问题，驱动程序更新工具（如Driver Booster）可以提供帮助。
Windows中的驱动程序对于硬件的正常运行至关重要。没有它们，操作系统将不知道如何使用您插入的硬件，例如麦克风、键盘、网络摄像头等。
该程序还包括其他工具，因此您不仅可以更新驱动程序，还可以执行诸如将驱动程序回滚到以前版本并查看有关系统的各种信息之类的操作。
驱动器助推器功能(Driver
Booster Features)
在深入了解如何使用该程序之前，让我们快速浏览一下Driver Booster中的所有最佳功能：
- 同时下载(Download)多个驱动程序。
- 所有驱动程序都在程序中下载（您不必手动搜索它们）。
- (Run)每天/每周/每月自动运行驱动程序扫描。
- 自动扫描新连接的设备。
- 大多数驱动程序都可以安装，而无需单击设置。
- 仅显示(Show)已通过WHQL测试的驱动程序。
- 查看当前和可用的驱动程序版本号。
- 在驱动程序安装之前自动创建系统还原点。
- 安装后自动删除驱动包。
- 忽略您不想安装的更新。
- 将驱动程序回滚(Roll)到旧版本。
- 将所有驱动程序的列表导出到文本文件。
- 从计算机上卸载驱动程序。
- 通过驱动程序备份恢复驱动程序。
- 查看(See)有关您的计算机硬件的大量信息。
- 有一些内置的小工具可以修复网络故障、分辨率不佳和声音问题。
尽管由于它不是功能特性，因此并不完全有必要提及，但您可能想知道您也可以更改Driver Booster皮肤。您可以从程序的菜单中快速选择黑白皮肤，但您也可以从颜色面板中选择所需的任何颜色。
如果您愿意，还可以选择通过代理服务器下载驱动程序。
如何扫描驱动程序更新(How To Scan For Driver Updates)
Driver Booster非常易于使用，这就是为什么它是我们最喜欢的驱动程序更新程序之一。
打开程序以立即开始新的扫描，或者如果没有开始，则单击SCAN。您可能需要等待几分钟才能完成扫描，具体取决于您的计算机速度和您拥有的设备数量。
单击立即(Update Now)更新以更新左侧有复选标记的所有驱动程序。哪些更新取决于您，因此如果您想避免立即更新该特定驱动程序，您可以删除其中任何一个的复选标记。要一次更新单个驱动程序，请选择它们旁边的更新。(Update)
注意(Notice)更新(Update )按钮旁边的向下箭头。您可以单击它以查看该驱动程序的更多选项，例如查看版本号、删除驱动程序或忽略设备以不再看到驱动程序更新机会。
Driver Booster将通知您您的安全软件可能会干扰驱动程序的安装，因此您可能需要禁用它，直到更新完成。此外，如果您正在更新显卡或网卡，请记住在安装过程中屏幕或网络可能会暂时关闭，但驱动程序更新完成后会恢复正常功能。
等待(Wait)下载完成。完成所需的时间完全取决于许多因素：您的带宽、您正在下载的驱动程序数量以及驱动程序下载的大小。
Driver Booster 是迄今为止您可以获得的最好的（如果不是最好的）免费驱动程序更新程序之一。(the)一些驱动程序更新工具只会向您显示哪些驱动程序已过时但不提供下载链接，而Driver Booster非常易于使用，因为您只需单击几下即可获取和安装驱动程序。
但是，免费版本并未提供程序提供的所有驱动程序更新。据报道有半百万(half a million)的差异。它也不会像专业版(Pro edition)那样快速下载驱动程序，不会自动备份驱动程序，显示广告以获得专业(Pro)版，并且不会自动更新程序。
Check For Outdated Or Missing Windows Drivers With Driver Booster
Driver Booster is a free program you can install in Windows to check for outdated or missing drivers. If you’ve plugged something new into your computer only to have Windows not recognize it, or you’re getting network access errors or some other problem with another piece of hardware, a driver updater tool like Driver Booster can help.
Drivers
in Windows are vital to the proper operation of hardware. Without
them, the operating system won’t know how to use the hardware you
plug in, like your microphone, keyboard, webcam, etc.
This
program includes other tools, too, so that you can not only update
drivers but also do things like roll back a driver to a previous
version and view various information about your system.
Driver
Booster Features
Before
we dive into how to use the program, let’s take a quick a look at
all of the best features in Driver Booster:
- Download more than one driver simultaneously.
- All drivers are downloaded within the program (you don’t have to manually search for them).
- Run driver scans automatically every day/week/month.
- Scan newly connected devices automatically.
- Most drivers can be installed without you having to click through the setup.
- Show only drivers that have passed WHQL testing.
- View the current and available driver version number.
- Make a system restore point automatically before the driver installs.
- Auto-delete the driver package after installation.
- Ignore updates you don’t want to install.
- Roll back drivers to an older version.
- Export a list of all the drivers to a text file.
- Uninstall drivers from the computer.
- Restore drivers via a driver backup.
- See lots of information about your computer hardware.
- There are small tools built-in that can fix network failures, bad resolution, and sound issues.
Although
it’s not entirely necessary to mention since it’s not a
functionality feature, you might like to know that you can also
change the Driver Booster skin. There’s a black and white skin you
can quickly select from the program’s menu, but you can also pick any
color you want from the color panel.
There is also the option to download drivers through a proxy server if that’s what you prefer.
How To Scan For Driver Updates
Driver Booster is extremely easy to use, which is why it’s one of our favorite driver updater programs.
Open the program to immediately start a new scan, or if one doesn’t start, then click SCAN. You might have to wait a few minutes for the scan to complete depending on the speed of your computer and how many devices you have.
Click Update Now to update all the drivers that have a check mark to the left. It’s up to you which ones are updated, so you can remove the check mark on any of them if you want to avoid updating that particular driver right now. To update single drivers at a time, select Update next to them.
Notice the downwards arrow next to the Update button. You can click it to see more options for that driver, like viewing the version number, removing the driver, or ignoring the device to no longer see driver update opportunities.
Driver Booster will notify you that your security software might interfere with the driver installation, so you might need to disable it until the update finishes. Also, if you’re updating the graphics card or network card, remember that the screen or network might temporarily go down during installation, but normal functionality will return upon completion of the driver update.
Wait for the download to finish. The time it takes to complete depends entirely on a number of factors: your bandwidth, the number of drivers you’re downloading, and the size of the driver downloads.
Driver
Booster is by far one of the best (if not the best) free
driver updater program you can get. Some driver updater tools just
show you which drivers are outdated but don’t provide a download
link, whereas Driver Booster is extremely easy to use because there’s
just a few clicks you need to make to get and install the drivers.
However, the free version doesn’t provide every driver update the program offers; there’s reportedly a discrepancy of half a million. It also doesn’t download drivers as quickly as the Pro edition, won’t back up drivers automatically, displays ads to get the Pro version, and doesn’t update the program automatically.
