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A message regarding Driver Detective:

Since 1996, Drivers HeadQuarters has worked to provide the highest level of service to each of our customers. If you have any questions about Driver Detective or opportunities for us to improve our service, please contact me directly or visit our website at http://www.drivershq.com.

Mike Hurd
President, Drivers HeadQuarters
mikehurd [at] drivershq.com

How often do you find yourself overwhelmed by the updates you forgot to perform on your computer? I am not talking about the software updates of your operating system that can be performed automatically, or manually, as you wish...or even not at all, if that's your will. What I have in mind is something that's often the cause of various issues with our computers, yet too many of us don't give proper attention to - drivers.

From some multimedia keyboards to various external storage devices, we need to have the latest drivers installed on our system to avoid problems. But we all have better things to do than check for the latest updates, so today I'll tell you about Driver Detective, a program that can take care of this task for us...

Setup

Coming inside a 4.8MB setup package, Driver Detective 6 is very easy to install, and there's nothing special to be mentioned about this part. There is no Google Toolbar or Desktop Search to install or not, no email trial registration, only a license agreement that you should read (but nobody does, in most cases), and some "Next" buttons to press, as usual.










Interface

As you can see in the screenshot to the left, even the message boxes have the "Wow! factor", and the toolbar that can be found inside the main window has six icons with obvious functions, from Register to Vista Ready? and Help. Although a lot of people have problems installing some drivers, I am sure that using Driver Detective will be a pleasure for all.

Features

When the program opens for the first time, you have to choose the Manufacturer, Model and Family of your computer, if you own a brand name PC, or simply check Unknown, for a custom build.

The next natural step is to press the Scan Now button and wait for this software detective to gather all the information it needs about your system's hardware and software.

The good part is that once the previous operation is complete, you can download latest drivers for your system...or you should, because the trial version is very limited. You won't be able to download drivers or change the program's settings.










Well, at least the Vista Ready? tool is working. As its name says, this tool can be used to check if your computer is capable of running Windows Vista using the classic interface, as well as using the new Aero one(system requirements for Aero are pretty high, when compared to the basic Vista interface). These being said, your time has come to grab this interesting download, and mine, to draw the conclusions.

The Good

Driver Detective is a program that looks great and can save you a lot of time. It has access to a huge drivers database and is very easy to use.

The Bad

The trial version is useless, when considering the goal of the full program. Also, I think the price is just..."a little big".

Conclusion

If you're one of those who hate looking for drivers in the strangest places, you won't have to leave any web site untouched until finding the latest ones your computer needs. All you have to do is grab Driver Detective and let it do this job for you, so if you have the money, go ahead and make a smart buy!

Developer: PC Drivers Headquarters, Inc.
Price: 29.95$
Trial Link: Download

Update: After reading your complaints and being disappointed that you ended up accusing us of recommending you to buy Driver Detective, we decided to purchase a 1-year license and make a full review to see if we encounter the same problems as you did. We called it Driver Detective Review - The Truth and we invite you all to read it and post your opinions!