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1 posted on 12/29/2012 12:59:42 PM PST by mdittmar
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Absolutely. It should be fast, painless, and will ensure devices continue to operate correctly.


2 posted on 12/29/2012 1:05:24 PM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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If things are working well, leave it alone. Only upgrade if you are having issues or if the new driver has new features you find useful.


3 posted on 12/29/2012 1:07:51 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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HP.com has the latest updates for their products along with lots of goodies. Cnet.com has lots of free stuff and almost anything you could ever need. Get a good antivirus program. Cnet has them.
4 posted on 12/29/2012 1:09:00 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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Your question was specifically about drivers. The simple and definitive answer is: Yes. Do it. Always keep your drivers current.

One handy tool you should download (free; www.download.com...the CNET site) is Belarc Advisor. It will take a heavy-duty “snapshot” of your entire system and display the results in a browser tab: hardware, software....versions, etc.; anything and everything you have on that system. It’s a wonderful tool and you can immediately check driver versions, firmware versions, etc. for your entire system. Windows update is fairly good at identifying available driver updates for your particular system (not perfect, but it’s still pretty good).


6 posted on 12/29/2012 1:13:12 PM PST by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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The driver updates may have nothing to do with your system or your use of the device. Find out what the upgrade does and act according to your needs. Not all new drivers are stable so you may want also wait a few months before installing. Be sure to keep the old drivers in case you need to roll back.


8 posted on 12/29/2012 1:14:09 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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Is on the special “back seat mother-in-law driver”? If so, it never needs updating.


14 posted on 12/29/2012 2:06:41 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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Ping for later


15 posted on 12/29/2012 2:06:56 PM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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Updated drivers usually help resolve conflicts and can increase security. That said some will prevent you from booting normally. Always have the old driver handy. I use drivereasy, it will tell you what drivers are available. Not perfect, but quite good. On occasion you will need to manually install, and some special built drivers wont install.


16 posted on 12/29/2012 2:33:46 PM PST by waynesa98
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I've only had one problem with driver updates on my wife's Win 7 machine.
It disallowed the Toshiba Bluetooth mouse from communicating.
Went back to the previous driver using touch pad.
Microsoft eventually fixed their screw up and was able to reload fixed driver with no further problems.
This was over a year ago.
17 posted on 12/29/2012 2:47:00 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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If the device works now one of two things will happen if you update.

1. The device will still work.

2. The device will stop working.


18 posted on 12/29/2012 2:47:26 PM PST by PAR35
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