DriverTurbo

Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers.
I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK.

I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper
way to fix ?

On 15/08/2017 20:44, XP7 wrote:
Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers.
I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK.

I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper
way to fix ?

Please note Windows XP is no longer supported and anybody telling you
that you need a new updated driver is trying to pull a fast one over
your head!!!. People don't waste time developing something that is no
longer wanted by the masses.

If you want latest and best stuff, go and buy a new machine with Windows
10 pre-loaded. You will be safe for the next 10 years minimum unless
you lose the machine.

THERE IS NO XP7 SO STOP USING THAT NYM UNLESS YOU ARE A VERY MENTALLY
SICK PERSON......................

You can get a new linux operating system to replace XP on your old
machine. Ask them how to do it and how to get latest drivers for linux.

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With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer
satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.

On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:44:32 -0700, XP7 wrote:

Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers.
I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK.

I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper
way to fix ?


NO!

All such programs should be avoided like the plague. Two points:

1. Get drivers from the hardware manufacturer. nowhere else.

2. There is seldom any problem if you have an out-of-date driver. But
there is always some risk in updating a driver. You should only update
a driver because the new one is known to fix a problem you are having
or because it provides support for something the older driver doesn't
but you need.

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Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers.
I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK.

I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper
way to fix ?

I wouldn't. Thinks it took "balls" to even try any feature of it.
Instead I'd check every drivers web specific site if I thought that was
the problem. USB3 under WinXP I'd expect to have needed some driver came
with the pc or add-on card. If it's a pc came with USB3 then I'm
surprised you're running XP on it. Reason?

On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:44:32 -0700, XP7 wrote:

Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers.
I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK.

I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper
way to fix ?

Does XP even support USB3?

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Shikata ga nai...

XP7 wrote:
Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers.
I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK.

I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper
way to fix ?

Open Device Manager. ("devmgmt.msc")

Since you already have a driver for USB3, you should
be able to find the controller in Device Manager.

On mine, I see

Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller
Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub

If I right-click the first one and do Properties
then Details then Hardware IDs I see

VEN_1912 DEV_0015

If I look in this file

(Last Updated August 10)
http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids

1912 Renesas Technology Corp.
0002 SH7780 PCI Controller (PCIC)
0011 SH7757 PCIe End-Point [PBI]
0012 SH7757 PCIe-PCI Bridge [PPB]
0013 SH7757 PCIe Switch [PS]
0014 uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller
0015 uPD720202 USB 3.0 Host Controller ---
001a SH7758 PCIe-PCI Bridge [PPB]
001b SH7758 PCIe End-Point [PBI]
001d SH7758 PCIe Switch [PS]

Then at least you know what chip driver you need.

The card it comes on, could be a Syba card, a Startech
card, and so on. Those companies offer drivers on their
web site, sorted by card model number. If the USB3 chip
is soldered to the motherboard, the motherboard maker
will have a driver.

If you can find the VEN and DEV, maybe someone out
here can find a source for you.

*******

If you haven't checked the memory on the computer recently,
you can get memtest86+ from half way down this web page.
That program can test your memory for stuck-at faults.
The media offered here, is used to boot the computer, and the
regular OS is not running while you test memory. You should
complete at least one Pass error free, before pressing Esc
and booting the regular OS again. It can take around 2 hours,
on a machine with a lot of memory.

http://www.memtest.org

Older computers (2005 ?) cannot boot a USB stick.

Older computers (2001) cannot boot a DVD.

Don't be afraid to use a floppy :-)

Newer computers don't have a floppy, and they are
very likely to use a USB stick or a DVD drive as
a means of doing this test.

Paul

"XP7" wrote

| Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
| It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers.
| I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK.
|
| I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper
| way to fix ?

A better and safer approach is to figure out what
hardware you have and go to the companies. You
didn't mention anything about your hardware. With
most computers you can get something like CPUID
to find out the motherboard model and check for
drivers for that. With Dell they like to repackage
drivers and you'll need to go through their site, but
with most companies you can just go to the hardware
company.

There's also the issue of the chipset. That's where
the core functionality happens. For instance, I'm
currently on an Asus board with a Via chipset. Via
is very good about providing drivers. Asus may or
may not have the chipset drivers. The computer
maker may or may not have the chipset drivers.

I once needed Win98 chipset drivers. I think it
was an MSI board with Via chipset. MSI said Win98
was no longer supported. So I went to Via. They
had the drivers. What's mo They only had one
download for all systems. So MSI was just being
petty.

I tell that story because you need to understand
those things when looking for support for older systems.

I don't seem to have USB3 drivers for my current XP
box, which I built myself. I don't know whether there
were ever any available. The case has 1 USB2 and one
USB3 port on the front. The latter doesn't work. Frankly,
I never cared enough to figure it out. I don't have
anything that needs, or would benefit from, USB3.
(Maybe an external hard disk? I don't use those.)

I would avoid getting any drivers you don't need. If
you have a problem you can look for new drivers that
might address that problem, but usually it's just asking
for trouble to update things that work well. Display,
audio, etc shouldn't need regular updates.

Stan Brown wrote:
On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:44:32 -0700, XP7 wrote:
Is DriverTurbo a safe tool ?
It says my Win XP has many out of date drivers.
I tried the Backup feature and it seems OK.

I am having trouble with USB3 ports and wondering if this is a proper
way to fix ?

Does XP even support USB3?


Yes.

https://s21.postimg.org/6piznmsrb/us...lash_stick.gif

You can tell from the decorations, the top two are WinXP
(this machine). The bottom one is Win7 on the Test Machine
(which doesn't have native USB3, but does have an Asmedia
host soldered to the Asus motherboard).

The results are pathetic for a few reasons. I don't
own good "race car" materials :-) This is not actually
a good demo of the power of USB3. But the results are
"realistic" for cheapo gear slapped into the computers
without much thought.

I also did a series later, testing PCI Express slots and
using an SSD as a target. The USB3 enclosure the SSD was
sitting in, was probably a limitation. So the SSD allows
slightly better rates than the single Sandisk Extreme
flash stick I own. The USB3 enclosures only cost $30.

https://s15.postimg.org/6yrcu1xtn/Wi...enesas_SSD.gif
PCI Express Rev1.1 150MB/sec

https://s27.postimg.org/zd2y6ev9v/Wi...2_Lane_SSD.gif
PCI Express Rev2.0 228MB/sec

https://s12.postimg.org/f5ov21itp/Wi..._Ahost_SSD.png
PCI Express Rev2.0 235MB/sec

https://s12.postimg.org/vt3jjx2p9/Wi..._Ahost_SSD.png
PCI Express Rev2.0 227MB/sec

And notice Win10 is slightly slower than Win7, on the Test Machine :-)

Yes, using the freebie version of HDTune (pretty old) for
testing is silly. I don't have the money to buy stuff like that
and get the full version.

Paul

I am surprised that most do not know that manufacturers do not keep
their XP drivers available on line.

Win XP Pro is so much better that anything beyond it.

It is simple, straight forward and less complex and IT WORKS !!!!

With proper Virus Scanner and other similar products it is safe.

FireFox still is the superior browser.
Chrome is invasive !
IE does not work !

I was just exploring DriverTurbo and it seems OK but not taking a chance.

Twits like "Good Guy" are so damn stupid.

I have gone out of my way to get Windows XP Pro PC lately.

Crackers are targeting the later windows versions so I feel even more
secure.

M$ is still providing updates for serious attacks so it is STILL SUPPORTED !

Other providers are also giving regular update.

Those in the know, know that Win XP still has millions of users.
Just look at all the businesses that still use it.
IT JUST WORKS !

On 16/08/2017 03:17, XP7 wrote:


Twits like "Good Guy" are so damn stupid.

I have gone out of my way to get Windows XP Pro PC lately.


It's shame that idiots like you don't live near where we live. I had to
pay somebody to take away Windows XP machines as we were buying 100 new
Windows 10 machines but had we known that there are idiots like you
still buying Windows XP machines, we could have made a bob or two on our
old machines.

Is it fair to say that you don't do anything serious on your machine
considering you are so stupid?






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En el artículo , XP7
escribió:

Crackers are targeting the later windows versions so I feel even more
secure.

Boy oh boy, are you stupid or what?

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(")_(") the one I never tried before." - Mae West

On 16/08/2017 01:32, Paul wrote:
... If the USB3 chip
is soldered to the motherboard, the motherboard maker
will have a driver.

Sometimes a driver obtained directly from the chip manufacturer will be
the best solution but when trying such a driver you need to be very sure
you have a way to get back to a working system if it turns out badly.
Create a restore point *and* have a recent full image backup of your C:
drive.

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"XP7" wrote

|I am surprised that most do not know that manufacturers do not keep
| their XP drivers available on line.
|

I don't understand what you mean about no drivers
online. Did you bother to read my post? Did you bother
to look? I just downloaded XP drivers for my current
XP box from here -- USB3 and chipset drivers are
both the

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards...Desk_Download/

You might have to do some looking around. You might
not be able to get the particular drivers you need. But
so far it sounds like you haven't bothered to try and
you haven't told us what your hardware is.

| Win XP Pro is so much better that anything beyond it.
|

I agree with you, but there are lots of reasons that
people might be using Vista/7, 8, or 10. Not least of
which is that for most people it's only possible to use
what the stores sell. That doesn't make them stupid.

You don't really seem to be very much interested
in finding drivers. Did you only post so that you can
rant?

Brian Gregory wrote:
On 16/08/2017 01:32, Paul wrote:
... If the USB3 chip
is soldered to the motherboard, the motherboard maker
will have a driver.

Sometimes a driver obtained directly from the chip manufacturer will be
the best solution but when trying such a driver you need to be very sure
you have a way to get back to a working system if it turns out badly.
Create a restore point *and* have a recent full image backup of your C:
drive.


From Device Manager, you can roll back one level.

But that also assumes the machine still boots :-)

So you're right that a *full* backup is a great
insurance policy for stuff like this. Going to
Safe Mode via F8 and using "Last Known Good"
might not be enough.

Paul

En el artículo , Mayayana
escribió:

Did you bother to read my post?

of course he didn't.

Did you bother
to look?

of course he didn't.

But
so far it sounds like you haven't bothered to try

*ding*

You don't really seem to be very much interested
in finding drivers

*ding*

. Did you only post so that you can
rant?

*ding *ding* *ding*

The idiot's in my killfile. He's a troll.

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(")_(") the one I never tried before." - Mae West