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FREE IObit Driver Booster 4 PRO (v4.50 for PC) @ Sharewareonsale

sharewareonsale3 Sep 17

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Technology

Opening post

Zebedee2017

2 Sep 17

"IObit Driver Booster PRO is a ONE-CLICK driver updater offered by IObit to maintain hardware devices by updating and installing outdated, missing, and faulty drivers for common users. With a newly expanded online database, it can support more than 200,000 drivers which cover over 3000 driver factory brands; even rare driver data can be easily detected."

Features & Benefits

* Automatically Scan & Identify Outdated, Missing & Faulty Drivers
* Download and Update Outdated Drivers with One Click
* Smaller Driver Package with New Driver Compression AlgorithmNew
* Safer Updating with Qualified WHQL Drivers ONLY
* Unlock Driver Update Speed LimitImproved
* Larger Database to Update More Outdated & Rare DriversNew
* Reduce System Freezes & Crashes for Better Performance
* Improved Auto Download to Accelerate DownloadImproved
* Automatically Backup All Drivers for Safe Restore
* Auto Driver Download & Installation during System Idle Time
* Priority to Update Game Components for Better Gaming

This is a 1-computer 1-year license, for non-commercial use.

You get free updates for one year, but No free tech support.

All comments (44)

Zebedee2017

2 Sep 17 #1

This is a 1-computer 1-year license, for non-commercial use.

You get free updates for one year, but No free tech support.

Sambat

2 Sep 17 #2

Already had the program but got the licence to make it pro this morning.
good program, the licence gives additional options and makes the download fast

rcom

2 Sep 17 #3

You have to be very careful with software like this. Quite often it can install the wrong drivers if your PC or especially laptop requires specific drivers created by the manufacturer and not generic one's a program like this will often give you.

Crossbow to rcom

2 Sep 17 #4

True, better set a System Restore point manually prior to installing any updates offered (if the program doesn't already do it by default).

RedRain to rcom

2 Sep 17 #5

Indeed would rather do it myself dont fancy problem solving the issues when it goes wrong

Jo444 to rcom

3 Sep 17 #30

You are right. It's changed my PC to blue screen frustation as it's updated incorrect drivers for USB3

The.Crew.Designs to rcom

4 Sep 17 #40

Good point and you do but I have used this for a while and its the ONLY one I trust and has never given me any problems over the time I have used it (about a year)

oUkTuRkEyIII

2 Sep 17 #6

Good program, only problem I have ever had with it is with graphic drivers so probably best ignoring those.

Heat OP

hasan6958

2 Sep 17 #7

Have downloaded it for now however the only time I find I need a program like this is after a fresh install. Can I use the activation key then? Or will it allow me to use it now and later when I reset my laptop/others

amour3k to hasan6958

3 Sep 17 #9

Put it this way, as long as you KEEP the SharewareOnSale email that they send you, then ...

I did just so, some x-days back (with a different SharewareOnSale Freebie I'd already both downloaded and installed onto a Windows Laptop, then day's AFTER that particular Freebie had ended, I referred back to the email they'd previously emailed me x-days prior (of which I'd not deleted to the trash can, or whatever?), as a result of that, I was then able to re-download the exact same day's later!, hehehe.

But this time I downloaded it again, and installed it onto a Windows Tablet instead ...

And alllll worked perfectly! (as if it was rather on my Windows Laptop instead, or something?).

Simply put, both a download link + any necessary Serial Number's/Registration Codes etc are emailed to you ... (delete that, and your obviously screwed via it for a 'future date'?).

Note to self, keep everything!, hehehehe, job done, lol. :-)

hasan6958 to amour3k

3 Sep 17 #14

That's good to hear, thank you for that

amour3k to hasan6958

3 Sep 17 #25

Your most welcome. :-)

2 Sep 17 #8

System restore point is automatically created and old drivers also backup first too, so pretty much all bases covered.

gap30 to reddit

3 Sep 17 #17

This

Have used this for years never had a problem
Agree never let it update graphics drivers

jh787

3 Sep 17 #10

Something weird... I just accidentally googled the serial number I was given and a whole load of foreign threads relating to this program came up with the exact same serial number...

Anyone else get a similar serial number

FCE2C-79470-2**2E-07A**

pidgin to jh787

3 Sep 17 #11

Same code here. Looks like all these threads were just created as the promo started so I don't see a reason to worry really.

Kevlar.Engineer to jh787

3 Sep 17 #26

signed up a few times and it's giving me the same code?? any1 else have this issue??

FCE2C-79470-2692E-07A**

K13OllieD to Kevlar.Engineer

3 Sep 17 #29

It's not an issue.
The key given is a giveaway key.
It is a shared key valid for 1 year from the start of the giveaway.
The same key is given to every user of the giveaway.
It is done like this to prevent abuse.
Stops people farming keys to sell online or sitting on them for use at a later date.

Btw this key can be used to activate the free version on Steam.

amour3k to jh787

3 Sep 17 #27

We're talking about 1 batch run of the same temporarily free Product base?.

The actual paid for equivalent via IOBits own website will not base forth the same 1-time only generically generated serial number for sure ... lol. :-)

Superman_turbo_pro_3000

3 Sep 17 #12

There was once a time when I would have used software such as this.

I stopped after a past partner never updated her operating system, didn't have any anti virus installed, and didn't check drivers. (after updating/installing all that it turned out nothing was wrong)!

I lost the use of my scroll feature at the left edge of my track pad after a similar program installed some generic 'upgrade' drivers.

It was hard work getting the original driver back to fix the mouse!

Drivers; If they're not broken, don't fix them! :sunglasses:

GaryStoke

3 Sep 17 #13

Excellent program. Thanks

frish

3 Sep 17 #15

I tried the free version a while ago. It gave me blue screens of death. I'd recommend getting the drivers yourself.

spannerzone

3 Sep 17 #16

Personally I just feel this is another bit of crud creating more problems than it solves. Serious PC users update their own drivers manually, most others are blissfully unware of what a driver is or does and at best Windows updates do it. Auto updating drivers just mean problems crop up and you may not quickly find out why. Other than graphics cards what actually needs updaing regularly and makes a noticable difference, almost none I suspect for the average user.

These along with memory managers, auto cleanup software and of McAfee are things that should be consigned to the recycle bin of history.

dxx

3 Sep 17 #18

I wouldn't recommend it. Third-party software like this is unnecessary, and often more likely to serve as bloatware which impedes performance and causes significant problems or minor annoyances (especially like popup ads) than fix any issues.

Spectral

3 Sep 17 #19

It can be handy but dont set it to autoinstall new drivers, check what its found is right first. I find software like this useful for finding some of the drivers needed for older PC's.

fishmaster

3 Sep 17 #20

Do NOT use this program because it's crap!

Use Snappy Driver instead and Driver Pack Solution they are both free, I much prefer Snappy Driver as there's simple no crapware installed, you have to be more careful with Driver Pack Solution and go through each section and untick what you don't want.

Snappy Driver is easy to use, as long as you have Internet access you can download just the program and download the indexes for your PC then it will tell you which packs to download. If you don't have Internet access then you can download the full snappy driver 12GB+ but I would just go on another PC and get the network drivers then download snappy driver and get the indexes, will save a load of downloading.

Either way the above two programs smash the crap out of IoBit Driver Booster, btw I sell refurbished computers and work repairing them, couldn't be without those two programs I mentioned.

reddit to fishmaster

3 Sep 17 #31

You failed to say why it's crap though.

jadamso to fishmaster

3 Sep 17 #33

Appreciate the heads up for these as I've never heard of them before. Snappy Driver looks interesting as its a portable install.

I don't really have anything to say about IoBit one way or the other as most people have pretty much covered everything. I've tried it, it found the most recent driver and installed it without any problem.
The only slight annoyance was that it inserts an entry in Task Scheduler which you've got to keep an eye out for (though this appears to be the norm with any program installed on Windows 10).

amour3k to jadamso

4 Sep 17 #34

I must confess, I've never heard of the above 2 mentioned software's either?, hehehe.

But a good recommendation is a good recommendation I guess?. :-)

Worth a shot at them 2 options too like ... lol.

Psychic

3 Sep 17 #21

Excellent software never had a problem with it. Drivers always kept updated even my Graphics cards.

ales197

3 Sep 17 #22

Been using this for years and not a single problem with my drivers too :smile:

amour3k to ales197

3 Sep 17 #24

That's also good to hear. :-)

I installed it already some hours prior to this Posting, but temporarily sat on it (then the 'comments' came forth, hehehe, so decided to sit on it some more until a future date etc ... )

I'm riding all with caution for now, but won't uninstall it just yet. :-)

Kevlar.Engineer

3 Sep 17 #23

signed up a few times and it's giving me the same code?? any1 else have this issue??

FCE2C-79470-2692E-07A**

morrig

3 Sep 17 #28

Use to get all this do this do that software and had problems, just leave alone, MS does updating of drivers anyway.

Taintedone

3 Sep 17 #32

This is made my the developers who came up with Advanced Systemcare which constantly pings on most reputable AV and Anti-Malware software as malicious software. I use MBAM and Kaspersky and both removed this program for this very reason. It's a decent program if it wasn't loaded with bundled malware...

cannycoyote

4 Sep 17 #35

oh dear. it updated 20 drivers and now my system wont boot!

rcom to cannycoyote

4 Sep 17 #36

As has been mentioned here, you need to be very careful using tools like this as for the most part they are not needed. If your drivers already work, they rarely need updating. Updating for the sake of it is dangerous, as you have found out to your cost. I hope for your sake you have some backups to hand.

cannycoyote to rcom

4 Sep 17 #37

fortunately a restore point was created before the update so i had to go through system restore. i was lucky tho as that was the only restore point i have!

rcom to cannycoyote

4 Sep 17 #38

Consider that experience a lesson learned. :wink:

Zebedee2017 to rcom

4 Sep 17 #39

if you go into the Settings dialog, and then click on the Drivers option (or scroll down to it), amongst the Tick Boxes are the following options:-
- 'Automatically create a system restore point before a driver is installed',
- 'Automatically back up a driver before it is installed'
if you make sure both of these are ticked (and obv Apply/OK it!) then you shouldn't have any problems (famous last words?!?!)
(you can also simply click on Recommended, where both of the above (and others) are selected )

rcom to Zebedee2017

4 Sep 17 #41

That is useful but a) system restore is not always enabled on people's computers, and b) system restore is not that reliable (I've seen more failures with it than successes over the years). So having the driver backed up is of no use if you can't boot into Windows. Drivers really don't need updating like applications and games because most of the time they offer nothing new or different (apart from maybe gfx drivers).

You only have to look at this thread to see that more than one person has had a bad experience and updating drivers can be quite dangerous, much like the BIOS. The simple advice most sensible people will give is leave drivers alone unless there is a specific need to update. Simply updating because a program like this says you are out of date could put someone in a world of issues, and for what?

The.Crew.Designs to rcom

4 Sep 17 #42

Yes I agree about system restore (had lots of times with that not working when needed) and I agree about drivers. If they are not causing problems then leave alone although sometimes updating drivers can stop future problems happening so its about weighing the pros and cons and deciding yourself. But for the job of updating drivers (if you decide to) this software is one of the best I have tried

bingowings85

5 Sep 17 #43

drp.su/en

DriverPack will install drivers for free and solve driver problems on any device

emma29uk

6 Sep 17 #44

in the past i've had problems with IObit software .. whenever i've decided to get rid of IObits software due to crashing or causing conflict so ive tried to uninstall and try to get rid of IObit programs.BUT i couldnt.. I found it hard to remove IT ,,BUT IOBIT removed my sound card driver and graphics driver and corrupted DLLS AND dlls was missing. IT EVEN MESSED UP MY SYSTEM RESTORE POINT .. TOTAL NIGHTMARE ..i ended up reformatting my pc lol .. but with me IObit programs like to say ill teach you a lesson for trying to get me in the recycle bin and removed SO iobit remove important stuff and mess ya pc up lol happens on any laptop or pc problems with IObits software .. im no computer expert but through my experiences i avoid any IObit ..not saying this will happen to everyone just think and look into it,,,, people should look into reviews about ISOBIT software before considering downloading or buying thats all .. mind u the first search google ads on reviews on isobit is brilliant reviews ppl recommends it.. so try finding a forum for honest reviews or sites like here hot uk deals .. mums net ..e.t,c .. but becareful with all software you get ........... you never know if they wanna get revenge for uninstalling it and remove your folders files and drivers and movies . :fearful: blimey think i just typed a book .. soz

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