DriverMax

DriverMax is a powerful tool to manage drivers on your Windows PC, such as updating, creating a backup, and restoring outdated, missing, or faulty drivers. It caters to the users to keep the drivers up to date and enhance the performance and stability of your system.

It is simple and free to use and helps to avoid the tedious process of reinstalling updated drivers on your system manually; instead, enjoy the automatic updating process for limitless devices. It offers free services with limited features, but you can avail a premium version to use additional and advanced features.

What is DriverMax?

DriverMax for Windows was developed by Innovative Solutions and is housed in the Utilities & Tools category. It offers auto-updating for your Windows system while offering a scanning process to detect outdated or missing drivers and install them without any manual intervention.

The straightforward UI within automation, backups, and schedule scans simplifies the maintenance for system drivers and enhances the performance and stability of your system. It offers free as well as paid services for your ease to avail the functionality according to your preferences. 

DriverMax Features

Simple to Use

The program offers a simple installation and registration process. After launching the program, log in and navigate to the main screen that offers a quick overview of outdated and missing drivers. You will find a huge database for the latest updates and other innovative features. The entire process of reinstalling the drivers on your system is simple and fast while using the fully arranged tabbed interface.

Scanning Process

You need to analyze the system performance and driver statuses, and you can do it while navigating to the Updates menu, or by clicking on the ‘Scan for Driver Updates’ button. On clicking the specific button and the tool will provide a detailed report of drivers, and enable you to update the drivers within seconds. The app offers details of all types of drivers, such as simple sensor, controller, new version, to a more complex GPU, or Chipset update. In addition, it also offers help to scan multiple other components, including Direct X C++ Runtime, NET Framework, etc, and update them as well.

Limitless Diver Updates

Divers are tiny programs to offer innovative services for different operating systems, and enable the connected hardware equipment to interact with each other. Various types of drivers need to be updated, such as;

Motherboard Computer Drivers

These types of drivers are available inside the operating system for operating multiple basic computer functions. The drivers support programs including broadband ports, USB ports, Bluetooth, Mouse input/output ports, and keyboard input/output ports. In addition, the basic drivers for audio/video depend on the manufacturer of the motherboard.

Hardware Drivers

The hardware drivers operate multiple tasks related to the hardware of your computer, such as video cards, sound cards, network cards, and other expansion cards, including the drivers to make your installation process of the hardware. The PC drivers are also programmed into the software of digital cameras and MP3 players. A lot of other such types of drivers are available such as Windows Vista system drivers, VOLP Phones, CD & DVD drivers, Sound Cards, Printers, Scanners, Webcams, Hard Disks, Adapter, AMD, Atheros, BenQ, Cisnet, RealTek, Sony Ericcson, Western Digital, Olympus, Philips, Brother, Sharp, Sapphire, Saitek, MPC, Wireless devices, and so on. 

Restore Drivers

It is another key feature, as it helps in case of reinstalling or upgrading your system. The restore point is enabled by default and completes the entire restoration of drivers up to 5-10 minutes, and also offers a driver backup archive to enable users to revert any driver. It ensures that all necessary drivers are available on the system without searching for them one by one. It also offers auto-updates that enable users to get the latest drivers quickly without going through the manual updating process. In addition, you can copy your required files to a compressed ZIP file, export them easily, and use the Driver Restore option.

Subscription Plans

The app offers a free version to offer all basic features for your ease, to keep your system stable, and for fast performance. The free version is limited, but the app also offers different subscription plans that are subscription-based, lifetime, or business. You can select the subscription options, including per month, one year, or two years, as well. Likewise, you can purchase a permanent license using a lifetime plan, and similarly business plan is for one year. It also offers a license plan for the ultimate number of PCs. 

Pros

• Backup and restore your required drivers 
• Offers a huge driver database 
• Simple to use and straightforward interface
• Provides free of cost services
• Schedule drivers to update within a set time
• Update drivers automatically

Cons

• The UI is outdated and a little bit clunky
• The free version has limited features
• Advanced features are locked behind the subscription plans