Where can you get totally free driver updates without registering and without registration keys?
Most computers have a limited time for updated drivers. You may be able to get a video update from whoever your video chip maker is, (hope its either ATI or Nvidia as Intel just plain sucks). As for an audio driver, Realtek does very regular updates as does VIA. LAN isn’t that critical, but wireless NICs can be difficult. By checking manually with the chip makers, you avoid any of the silly ‘Driver Search’ crap that you seem to have been sucked into. None of the chip makers I have mentioned above charge for their drivers, nor do they need any type of registration keys. Please be aware that many laptops do not get much support beyond the initial year of life. Good luck.
The idea and concept of regularly updating drivers is somewhat misleading. Depending on who you speak to, you will often get many answers as to when and why you should update drivers to a newer version. In general, it is not necessary to update drivers on a regular basis. The only real reason would be to resolve a problem that you are experiencing with a particular piece of hardware, or to gain an additional feature from that hardware (AND if a newer driver version addresses this issue – for example, the wireless function of your laptop may have an updated driver that allows connections to WPA2 encrypted networks). If and when you do find the need to update your drivers, the best place is often your computer manufacturers website. Such websites will not necessarily tell you which version of the driver you already have, but will usually include a release date and a list of fixes and upgrades that the newer driver provides. Your computer manufacturer will not always have the latest versi
