Snappy Driver Installer

Installing or updating drivers can be a hassle, but one that you can avoid if you take the smart approach and use a specialized application. A good example is Snappy Driver Installer. It can detect missing or outdated drivers and it can download and install them as needed. The software is ideal for freshly assembled computers or for situations in which you haven't updated any drivers in a long time.

Snappy Driver Installer is distributed under the GNU General Public License, which means that it is absolutely free. What's more, the application doesn't need to be installed and it is portable, so you can run it from a USB flash drive if you want to. It doesn't have any special requirements and it doesn't use too many resources.

If it detects missing or outdated drivers, the program will display their corresponding hardware components in a collapsible structure, on its user interface. All you have to do is select their entries and click a large Install button and the software will take care of the rest. Additionally, you can look for available driver updates on a separate window, on which you can single out drivers for your own machine with a single click.

The software places a wide range of filters at your disposal, which can help you spot newer or older drivers, duplicates, drivers that are not installed and more. Before installing any drivers, the program can create a snapshot of your system, in case the new drivers are not working out for you. If you want more information about a driver you are about to install, you can simply hover with the mouse cursor over its entry, to reveal a highly detailed analysis.