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device doctor windowsDevice Doctor is a freeware Windows application that scans your computer hardware and checks to see if there are new driver updates available for your devices. It also locates drivers for "unidentified devices" in the Windows Device Manager.

Device Doctor mixes update notifications of devices like video cards, sound cards or network cards with internal device driver updates like those for standard dual channel PCI controllers or a plug and play monitor.

To use it, just click on 'Begin Scan' to detect your hardware; Device Doctor queries our manufacturer driver database and immediately fetches the correct driver files for your computer. A really useful feature is that you can use it offline: scan results can be saved and then moved to a computer with an internet connection and download the drivers there.

Device Doctor features:


  • Provides drivers for every major computer hardware and device manufacturer
  • More than 3 terabytes (3,000 GB) of drivers currently in the database
  • Drivers are cached so downloads are quick and work every time
  • Fast hardware scan takes mere seconds
  • Constantly updated to include new driver versions as soon as released
  • Every driver is human reviewed using specialized compatibility tools
  • Learns from other users to recommend better drivers every day
  • Provides device names for unknown devices before updating drivers

Device Doctor is free, works on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 both 32 and 64 bit versions.

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