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Driver Genius Changelog

What's new in Driver Genius 24.0.0.123

Feb 3, 2024
  • Improvement:
  • Improved Windows 11 drivers detection.
  • Improve USB Hub drivers detection.
  • Improved monitor detection.
  • No longer show system tray message after driver update.

New in Driver Genius 24.0.0.120 (Jan 5, 2024)

  • New features:
  • Expanded driver database to support up to 5,000,000 devices.
  • Support Windows 11 23H2.
  • Add support for updating system runtime components.
  • Supports light and dark UI.
  • Clean invalid device data: Add ability to exclude custom devices.
  • Toolkit: Add fix display issues.
  • System Booster: Add new optimization items.
  • System Cleanup: Add cleanup system components and fix system components.
  • Improvement:
  • Optimize the driver download and installation order logic.
  • Optimize the program size.
  • Remember the hardware monitoring floating window position.
  • Improved CPU temperature detection.
  • Improved fix no sound and fix network issue.
  • System Booster: Adjusted default value for some optimization items.
  • System Cleanup: Added some cleanup entries.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • The program tray icon will appear more than one when changing the display scale.
  • Fixed some interface display problems.

New in Driver Genius 23.0.0.150 (Oct 27, 2023)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved detection for Intel chipset drivers.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Server timeout error when scanning for driver updates.

New in Driver Genius 23.0.0.147 (Oct 16, 2023)

  • Bug Fixed:
  • Timeout error occurred while downloading drivers.

New in Driver Genius 23.0.0.145 (Oct 2, 2023)

  • Improvement:
  • Added hotkey function:
  • Alt + H Home Screen
  • Alt + U Update Driver
  • Alt + B Backup Driver
  • Alt + R Restore Driver
  • Alt + C Cleanup Driver
  • Alt + T Toolkit
  • Alt + O Options
  • Alt + S Start Scan
  • Optimize software performance.
  • Optimize unknown device detection.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • The UI doesn't show properly at certain display scales.
  • The icons appear jagged at some resolutions.

New in Driver Genius 23.0.0.141 (Jul 15, 2023)

  • Improvement:
  • Remember window size and position.
  • Improved driver update scanning speed.
  • Added support for several device types.
  • Ignore scanning driver update for virtual devices.

New in Driver Genius 23.0.0.137 (May 4, 2023)

  • Improvement:
  • Enhanced support for Intel's new chipsets.
  • Improved detection for Bluetooth device.
  • Improved detection for unknown device.

New in Driver Genius 23.0.0.133 (Mar 3, 2023)

  • Improvement:
  • Improve cleaning invalid device data.
  • Improve detection of USB HUB driver.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fix some UI issues.

New in Driver Genius 23.0.0.128 (Jan 31, 2023)

  • Expanded driver database to support up to 4,500,000 devices.
  • Added more stable drivers for Windows 11 and supported more new hardware.
  • Added more stable drivers for provide better game performance.
  • Better support for Windows 11 22H2.
  • Optimized driver update engine for 10% faster and higher accuracy.
  • Added language support for Turkish.
  • SSD Speeder - Added SSD Power tweak.
  • System Booster - Added 10+ new optimization options for network performance, browser and security.
  • System Cleanup - Added 20+ cleaning items for Windows 10 and Windows 11.

New in Driver Genius 22.0.0.160 (Nov 18, 2022)

  • Improvement:
  • Optimize program startup speed.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 22.0.0.149 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Bug Fixed:
  • License code date display incorrect.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 22.0.0.147 (Aug 6, 2022)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved the accuracy for hardware scanning
  • Enhanced 'Hardware Info' - Improved support Intel Arc GPUs and AMD Genoa, Bergamo Added support for NVIDIA RTX A500, A1000, A2000 8GB, A3000 12GB, A4500, A5500
  • Added language support for Ukrainian
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed the crash problem when scanning some SATA controller
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Driver Genius 22.0.0.142 (Jun 2, 2022)

  • Improvement:
  • Enhanced 'Hardware Info' - Improved support of next-generation AMD CPUs and APUs, support for AMD Radeon RX 6400/6650 XT/6750 XT/6950 XT.
  • Update the driver download component.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Driver release note cannot be displayed.

New in Driver Genius 22.0.0.139 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Improvement:
  • Enhanced 'Hardware Info' - Support of AMD Ryzen 6000 series and next-generation AMD CPUs/APUs/GPUs, support for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed the status of the automatic driver update toggle button.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 22.0.0.135 (Mar 1, 2022)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved program stability.
  • Optimize driver update logic.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • The program sometimes fail to start.

New in Driver Genius 22.0.0.129 (Jan 19, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Compatibility with Windows 11.
  • Offline Driver Update. Have you ever encountered a situation where lost network card drivers after reinstalling system? Driver Genius can install your network card drivers and any missing drivers in offline mode, quickly restoring your computer to a usable state.
  • New hardware information tool. You can get in-depth device information of your computer and monitor the temperature and health status for your hardware. Supported new hardware!
  • Extended driver database supports more than 3 million devices from major brands.
  • New driver update engine.
  • Improvement:
  • Faster load speed and lower memory usage.
  • Redesigned the driver backup and recovery module to make it more accurate and faster.
  • SSD Speeder - Support for NVME solid state drive.
  • System Booster - Added new optimization options.
  • Added language support for Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • The download will fail if the driver download path contains Unicode characters.

New in Driver Genius 21.0.0.136 (Aug 23, 2021)

  • Improvement:
  • Support Windows 11 Beta.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • An error occurred while creating a system restore point.
  • The program freeze when entering the registration code.
  • System Booster - an error occurred during startup.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 21.0.0.126 (Mar 2, 2021)

  • Improvement:
  • Driver Cleanup - No longer clean up the printer and scanner drivers to avoid reinstalling drivers when the device is connected again.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Failed to installing Intel HD Graphics DCH driver.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 21.0.0.121 (Jan 24, 2021)

  • Automatically update your drivers.
  • Backup, Restore drivers.
  • Cleanup invalid drivers/devices and junk files.
  • New Fix no sound issues.
  • New Fix network connection issues.
  • New System Cleanup.
  • New System Booster.

New in Driver Genius 20.0.0.130 (Aug 1, 2020)

  • Improvement:
  • Improve monitor detection.
  • Added uninstall instruction link to the About window.

New in Driver Genius 20.0.0.128 (Jun 4, 2020)

  • Installation program - Added Privacy Policy link.
  • System Booster - Added new optimization item for network.
  • System Cleanup - Added new cleanup item for system cache.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 20.0.0.126 (May 4, 2020)

  • Improvement:
  • Disabled 'Skip UAC' option by default.
  • Disabled 'Automatic driver update' by default.
  • Show notification when the app closed to tray.
  • Delete the 'Automatic driver update' task instead of disable task.
  • Changed default timeout settings to avoiding connection failure.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Return '-1' error when installing some drivers.

New in Driver Genius 20.0.0.124 (May 4, 2020)

  • Improvement:
  • Disabled 'Skip UAC' option by default.
  • Disabled 'Automatic driver update' by default.
  • Show notification when the app closed to tray.
  • Delete the 'Automatic driver update' task instead of disable task.
  • Changed default timeout settings to avoiding connection failure.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Return '-1' error when installing some drivers.

New in Driver Genius 20.0.0.118 (May 2, 2020)

  • Improved performance for driver backup and driver scan.
  • System Cleanup: Added new cleanup items for Windows telemetry data and installer cache.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Progress bar stuck while scanning some device drivers.
  • An error with event ID 1000 occurred while closing the program.

New in Driver Genius 20.0.0.109 (Feb 28, 2020)

  • Improvement:
  • Improve hardware detection.
  • System Cleanup: Save latest selected item.
  • System Cleanup: Improve scan speed.

New in Driver Genius 20.0.0.108 (Feb 4, 2020)

  • New features:
  • New System Cleanup: The System Cleanup helps you to clean up various junk files, log files and kinds of browser cookies in your system automatically to free up disk space and protect your privacy. The other function of System Cleanup is 'Uninstall Apps' that can help you to uninstall some per-installed apps you don't need from Windows 8/8.1/10. This tool can uninstall them to give you back a lightly system. Of course, you can also restore them at anytime.
  • System Booster: Add 30+ new optimization items to improve further system performance.
  • Improvement:
  • Extended driver database - Support for over 1,500,000+, optimized the data structure and increased the scanning speed.
  • Automatically clean up temporary files after updating drivers.
  • New user interface: fully support 4K / 5K HD resolution and high DPI.
  • Optimized download components, the maximum download speed can be increased by 100%.
  • All drivers will be updated to DCH driver to maximize the reliability and serviceability of your system.

New in Driver Genius 19.0.0.147 (Oct 17, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved high-DPI support.
  • Stability improvements.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed some UI display issue.

New in Driver Genius 19.0.0.145 (Jun 13, 2019)

  • Added support for Windows 10 1903.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 19.0.0.143 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved driver installation speed.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Connection time out when downloading drivers.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 19.0.0.139 (Jan 31, 2019)

  • Improvement:
  • Supported updating 9,000,000+ Microsoft WHQL drivers.
  • New "System booster" - One click optimizes your system including the memory, disk, network and services to make your PC run smoothly and faster.
  • Added "Delete updated driver", allow users to delete old drivers to free up disk space.
  • Enhanced 'Hardware Info' - Supported Intel, AMD and NVIDIA's latest motherboard chipset, CPU, GPU.
  • Enhanced Driver Backup for faster scanning.
  • Improved Driver Cleanup and Invalid Device Clean Tool to be more safe and smarter.
  • Improved driver installation engine for supporting Windows 10 better.
  • Optimized software update checking logic.
  • Optimized user interface.
  • Uninstallation program - Added "Delete user data" option.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 18.0.0.172 (Nov 29, 2018)

  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed some drivers can't be installed successfully.

New in Driver Genius 18.0.0.170 (Nov 8, 2018)

  • Updated driver installation module.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 18.0.0.164 (Jul 2, 2018)

  • New features:
  • New users can get 60 days free license code.
  • Improvement:
  • Updated driver installation module for Windows 10 1803
  • Updated hardware info components.
  • Updated compression components.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 18.0.0.160 (Jan 23, 2018)

  • New features:
  • Added Windows 10 Build 1709 support.
  • New Auto Update function - Download and install drivers updates silently in background automatically when PC is idleIt won't disturb users' work and game.
  • New rollback driver design for safer driver update.
  • New SSD Speeder - Optimizes system to improve your solid state drives performance and reliability.
  • Improvement:
  • Extended driver database - Support for over 600,000+ WHQL device drivers.
  • Enhanced Hardware Info - Support for latest hardwareMonitoring CPU,GPU,RAM,HDD temperature,voltages and fan speeds in real time.
  • Faster & LighterReduce 1/2 app size and 80% memory use.
  • Improved driver installation for Windows 10 Anniversary Update and Creators Update.
  • Use HTTPS connection for faster and safer driver download.
  • Optimized driver update checking process.
  • Improved high-DPI display support.
  • Enhanced App stability.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 17.0.0.140 (Jun 10, 2017)

  • Improvement:
  • Optimized update checking process.
  • Minor GUI improvements..
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 17.0.0.139 (Jun 10, 2017)

  • Improvement:
  • Improvement driver scan rule for more accurate scanning.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 17.0.0.138 (Jun 10, 2017)

  • Improvement:
  • Hardware Info - Change report file format to html.
  • Added Norwegian language support.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 17.0.0.137 (Jan 21, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Added Microsoft Windows 10 TH2 and Redstone RS2 Insider Preview support.
  • System Transfer Assistant - The System transfer assistant can make your network be able to work after installing operation system (OS)This tool can backup current network settings and download network driver for the OS you want to installOne click to restore network after installing new OSIt can help users to upgrade/degrade Windows system easily and smoothly.
  • Clean Invalid Devices - Some invalid devices data will still remain in system after you replace or unplug devicesThis tool can help you to clean the invalid devices data entirely from your system.
  • IMPROVEMETS:
  • Better support for High DPI display.
  • Extended driver database - support for over 400,000+ device drivers.
  • Improved driver download speed.
  • Improved driver installation policy.
  • Enhanced 'Hardware Info': More Comprehensive PC hardware analysis, support the latest new devices.

New in Driver Genius 16.0.0.245 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Improvement:
  • Hardware Info - Added NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060/1070 support.
  • Hardware Info - Improved AMD Polaris support.
  • Hardware Info - Improved GIGABYTE mainboard sensor support.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 16.0.0.241 (Jun 5, 2016)

  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed the program crashes when a driver update list file size is over 32KB
  • Fixed interface display issues when the application runs in high DPI settings
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Driver Genius 16.0.0.236 (May 8, 2016)

  • Improvement:
  • Hardware Info - Added AMD Radeon Pro Duo support.
  • Hardware Info - Improved NVMe support.
  • Hardware Info - Improved ASUS mainboard sensor support.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Some outdated drivers may appear in the update list.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 16.0.0.233 (Mar 14, 2016)

  • Improvement:
  • Hardware Info - Added new hardware devices support and improved stability.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed the program will crash in Italian interface.
  • Fixed the program may crash when running Driver Cleanup.
  • Fixed the program may crash when downloading drivers completely.
  • Some drivers will be still in the update list even they have been installed successfully.

New in Driver Genius 16.0.0.226 (Jan 22, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Added download drivers automatically in background.
  • Skip the 'UAC' notice from Vista above system.
  • New driver download manager UI.
  • Check for Driver Genius updates automatically.
  • New design LiveUpdate function.
  • Improvement:
  • Extended driver database - support for over 16,000 devices.
  • Improved driver installation policy.
  • Improved driver scan regulation, faster scan speed.
  • Updated compress component.
  • Hardware Info - Support for all current new hardware devices detection.
  • Installation program - Improved checking for software updates.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Outdated drivers may still be listed in update driver list.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 15.0.0.1049 (Aug 6, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Fully support for Windows 10 system
  • Added 'pre-scan drivers for Windows 10' on old version Windows
  • Improvement:
  • Driver Cleanup: ignore original Windows driver and Apple mobile device support driver
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Driver Genius 15.0.0.1046 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved driver update list interface layout.
  • Adjusted driver silent installation parameter.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed the program may crash when backing up drivers in command line mode.
  • Fixed the sidebar button may lose response when clicking it.
  • Fixed the failed download task can't be restarted.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 15.0.0.1038 (May 11, 2015)

  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed some outdated drivers still appear in the driver update list
  • Fixed some driver updates can't be hidden

New in Driver Genius 15.0.0.1035 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved UI layout. Bring back the side menu
  • Installation program: Close the running program automatically when installing or uninstalling software
  • Installation program: Update to the latest version main program and driver database automatically during the installation process
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed interface displays incompletely in big size font setting
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Driver Genius 15.0.0.1025 (Mar 31, 2015)

  • Improvement:
  • Added Polish language support.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed installed driver updates still appear in the update list.

New in Driver Genius 15.0.0.1024 (Mar 9, 2015)

  • Fixed a Run-time error may appear when backing up drivers.
  • Fixed the program may crash when running driver cleanup.

New in Driver Genius 15.0.0.1021 (Mar 2, 2015)

  • New features:
  • Added support for Windows 10 Technical Preview (32bit & 64bit). Now Driver Genius can offer the most recent version drivers for this forthcoming Windows system.
  • Added silent driver installation, really update drivers automatically.
  • New Driver Cleanup Tool. Remove invalid driver packages from your computer to keep system running smoothly.
  • Added Facebook, Twitter and Google plus Social network focus links of Driver Genius to update the newest motherboard BIOS, Firmware of Cell Phone, Router and SSD.
  • Improvement:
  • Expanded driver database includes over 120,000 hardware device drivers.
  • New improved GUI, easier to update drivers.
  • Automatically download the driver database before scanning driver updates.
  • Optimized drivers backup. Now the speed of back-up drivers has increased 20%. It can backup all drivers of your computer in 50 seconds.
  • Enhanced system restore function. You can restore drivers to the previous state immediately in case of any troubles after updating drivers.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed failed to extract driver installation package.
  • Fixed drivers backup checkbox too slow response time.

New in Driver Genius 14.0.0.362 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • Bug Fixed:
  • A 'path not found' error may appear when backing up drivers.

New in Driver Genius 14.0.0.361 (Oct 22, 2014)

  • Bug Fixed:
  • A list index out of bounds error may apear when driver download mission is done or paused.

New in Driver Genius 14.0.0.360 (Oct 15, 2014)

  • Improvement:
  • Increase the program running speed and fix memory leak problem.
  • Scan and add games installed automatically when first running Game Booster.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed the program may crash randomly when scanning driver updates.
  • Minor bug fixes in Game Booster.

New in Driver Genius 14.0.0.345 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Added game optimizing program---Game Booster.
  • Game Booster features:
  • Optimize memory usage and disk performance.
  • Speed up operation system response time
  • Free up RAM to increase the available memory.
  • Turn off unnecessary applications and services to release more system resource for games.
  • One click to boost
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Program may crash when try to connect to driver download servers.

New in Driver Genius 14.0.0.337 (Jun 12, 2014)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved compatibility for Windows 8.1 system.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Driver downloading path will reset to the default settings after updating Driver Genius main program by the Liveupdate Tool.
  • Error message apears when extracting driver installation package if the installer path contains special characters.
  • Program may crash when try to connect to driver download servers.

New in Driver Genius 14.0.0.328 (Apr 11, 2014)

  • Improvement:
  • Added 7z format driver file support.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 14.0.0.326 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Brand new Windows 8 style UI.
  • Improvement:
  • Reduce application size.
  • Loading speed improvements.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed hidden driver updates still show on Home screen.

New in Driver Genius 14.0.0.323 (Dec 23, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Fully support for Windows 8.1 (32bit & 64bit) and Windows Server 2012 R2.
  • Enhanced hardware information inventory.
  • Improvement:
  • Expanded driver database includes over 100,000 hardware device drivers.
  • Speed up driver update scan by 20%.
  • Improved device detection in Windows 8/Windows 8.1 system.
  • Driver Download Manager: Improved the large size file download speed.
  • Driver Download Manager: Switch to the available mirror server automatically if download fails.
  • Added silent install parameter for driver update installation, one click to install drivers.
  • Speed up driver Backup speed by 50% in 64 bit system.
  • Used LZMA2 compressors to reduce driver file size conspicuously.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed program may crash on multi-core CPUs with inactive cores system.
  • Driver Auto-installer can't be loaded in Dutch language system.
  • Backup drivers incompletely in Windows 8/Windows 8.1 system.
  • Fixed some bugs in user interface.
  • Installation program: Driver database download fails may lead to the program can't be loaded successfully.
  • Installation program: The icon displays incorrectly in Start menu.

New in Driver Genius 12.0.0.1328 (Sep 29, 2013)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved download server check speed.
  • Improved sensor monitoring for ASUS and Gigabyte mainboard.
  • Improved stability for hard drive detection.
  • Hardware Info: Support new NVIDIA GeForce GPU (NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M,755M, Quadro K510M,K2100M,K4100M, GRID K100 and GRID K200)
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Application may crash when downloading driver.
  • Application may crash on some Windows 8.1 systems.

New in Driver Genius 12.0.0.1314 (Jul 15, 2013)

  • Improvement:
  • Added Windows 8.1 Preview support.
  • Optimized download server connection speed.
  • Improved compatibility for Apple computer.
  • Hardware Info: Added ability to detect USB hard drive information.
  • Hardware Info: Support new NVIDIA GeForce GPU (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M/770/780) and AMD Radeon GPU (AMD Radeon HD 7730/7990).
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 12.0.0.1306 (Jul 15, 2013)

  • Improvement:
  • Improved compatibility for Windows 8.
  • Improved loading time for hardware info.
  • Improved hardware info. Support Intel Haswell and AMD Kabini. Support latest NVIDIA GeForce GPU and AMD Radeon GPU.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed program may crash or freeze on Windows 8 64bit and Windows Server 2012.
  • Minor bug fixes.

New in Driver Genius 12.0.0.1211 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • New feature:
  • Fully support for Windows 8 and Windows server 2012.
  • Enhanced hardware information detection.
  • Hardware temperature monitor --- temperature monitor for CPU, Display card and HDD.
  • New driver download manager --- faster download speed.
  • Improve:
  • Optimized memory usage --- reduce 50%-60% memory usage.
  • Optimized database structure --- make driver update scan faster and more accurately.
  • Optimized driver backup speed.
  • Uninstall driver --- Remove old driver package completely.
  • Bug Fixed:
  • Fixed system can't be rebooted when running Driver Genius if the Minimize main window to system tray option is enabled.
  • Fixed some drivers can't be backuped completely.

New in Driver Genius 11.0.0.1126 (Apr 9, 2012)

  • Improved the stablity of driver downloading.
  • Improved SD/CF interface device identifying accuracy.
  • Improved compatibility for Window 8 consumer-preview Edtion.
  • Added more hardware devices support.
  • Added Arabic, Slovak language support.

New in Driver Genius 11.0.0.1112 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • New feature:
  • Added Windows Server 2008 R2 (32bit & 64bit)/Windows 8 (32bit & 64bit) support.
  • Driver Genius is the first driver manage program that can support Windows Server 2008 R2 (32bit & 64bit)/Windows 8 (32bit & 64bit). Users can manage and download drivers for the two new beta version Windows systems.
  • New hardware detect function offers detailed hardware information.
  • The new hardware Info is capable of getting in touch with all pieces of hardware to provide detailed information about each one now. hardware Info can display almost all your computer hardware specification such as CPU , Motherboard, Memory, Bus, Video Adapter, Monitor, Drives (Floppy, hard disk, CD/DVD Rom), Audio, Network, Port (Serial, parallel, USB), also information about your laptop’s battery. hardware Info also has another additional feature, that is access to computer censor to show the current Voltage and Core temperature of CPU and battery.
  • Support Export/Import user settings and driver updates, restore program configuration quickly after reinstalling system.
  • Users can export/ import the downloaded driver updates to/from a file. Driver Genius can import the update data to install new drivers again or continue downloading them after reinstalling the program.
  • Improvements:
  • Support more than 60,000 hardware devices.
  • New Driver Genius can support more than 60,000 devices , nearly includs all hardware devices of the world. A suitable driver can improve hardware performance by 30% or more , especially for video card and motherboard chipset.
  • Optimized program loading speed.
  • Accelerate Driver Genius loading speed. With Driver Genius 11, you’ll reduce program loading times by up to 50%!
  • Optimized driver scanning speed.
  • Improved program algorithm. With Driver Genius 11, you’ll reduce driver scanning times by up to 30%!
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed download the driver again after downloading a driver completely.
  • Fixed some drivers can't be installed automatically.
  • Fixed can't load the download driver list.

New in Driver Genius 10.0.0.820 (Nov 17, 2011)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed drivers can't be downloaded completely on certain condition.
  • Fixed Download Manager may load failed sometimes.
  • Improvement:
  • Improved download speed.

New in Driver Genius 10.0.0.761 (May 26, 2011)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Program hangs when scanning Windows mobile device.
  • Improvement:
  • Speed up driver backup process.
  • Download the latest driver database during program installation process.
  • Improved uninstaller program.
  • Added Brazilian Portuguese, Serbian, Farsi language support.

New in Driver Genius 10.0.0.712 (Jan 11, 2011)

  • Improved scan accuracy for ACPI/HDA device.

New in Driver Genius 10.0.0.526 (Aug 10, 2010)

  • Driver scan scheduler – schedule regular scans to ensure your drivers are always up-to-date.
  • Download Verification – auto-checks downloaded drivers to ensure complete downloads.
  • Driver download location can be set by user.
  • Automatic removal of out of date drivers from download manager.
  • Driver scan accuracy. Now provides more accurate information about out of date drivers.
  • Thousands up updates and additions to the Driver Database.
  • One-click driver installation. Install multiple drivers with a single click.
  • Driver downloads are faster and more reliable.
  • User interface enhancements make Driver Genius easier and more convenient than ever.

New in Driver Genius 9.0.0.190 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • Fixed loading problem under Vista and above.

New in Driver Genius 9.0.0.189 (Apr 18, 2010)

  • Bug fixes:
  • The program may crash when downloading drivers.
  • Resume broken downloads may be ineffective sometimes.
  • Improvement:
  • Raise driver downloading speed.
  • Switch to another available server automatically if downloading drivers fails.
  • Minor tweaks.

New in Driver Genius 9.0.0.186 (Apr 18, 2010)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Device icons display incorrectly
  • Improvement:
  • Enhanced hardware identify function.
  • Accelerate the hardware scan speed.
  • Reduce the reconnection wait time after downloading fail.

New in Driver Genius 9.0.0.182 (Oct 22, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed the program will break when scanning some storage devices.
  • Lost some drivers when backing up drivers.
  • The updated database can't be loaded immediately.
  • Improvement:
  • Improved Windows 7 compatibility.
  • Added Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese(Brazilian) language support.

New in Driver Genius 9.0.0.180 (Jul 14, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed can't creat scan log.
  • Fixed some program interface can't be displayed completely
  • Minor tweaks.
  • Improvement:
  • Added Arabic, Slovak language support.

New in Driver Genius 9.0.0.176 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Lost some cat files of drivers when backing up them.
  • The Program hangs when scan driver updates.
  • Still prompt to update drivers even they have been installed.
  • Fixed some software conflict problems.
  • Improvement:
  • Added Windows 7/Windows 7 x64/Windows Server 2008/Windows server 2008 x64 support.
  • Changed the default backup and download path to My Documents folder.
  • Display backup time list in restore driver window.
  • Accelerate scan driver update process.
  • Display What's new information of updated drivers.
  • Auto-detection of fastest download server to improve download speed and stabilityAuto-switching to another server if a download fails.
  • Guide users to install drivers, the program can extract and install drivers by itselfNew Install Interface to simplify installing downloaded drivers.

New in Driver Genius 8.0.0.316 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Prompt file damage after open drivers downloaded by Drivers Download Manager.
  • Program hang when downloading drivers update.
  • Create Auto-installer fails if the backup file size is more than 100 MB.
  • Improvement:
  • The backup file will be named adopt date & time format when backup automatically.
  • Display current version and the latest version of driver
  • Support connecting by proxy server with password.
  • Support choosing the fastest mirror server to download driver update
  • Drivers Download Manager support multithread download technology.
  • Drivers Download Manager support retry and resume the unfinished download mission if connection is failed.
  • Adds hide driver update to prevent prompting to download driver update repeatedly.
  • Adds some new hardware support.

New in Driver Genius 7.1.0.622 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Improved compatibility for Windows Vista.
  • Fixed a problem that cause out of memory.
  • Fixed program hang when restore some drivers.
  • Fixed too high CPU usage when backing up drivers.

New in Driver Genius 7.0.2358 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes the 'Out of memory' issue.
  • Program freeze when backup some especial drivers.
  • Removed bad drivers download link.
  • Improvement:
  • Added support for Windows Vista/XP x64/Server 2003 x64/Vista x64.
  • Improved use interface, make the program easier and more friendly to use.
  • Added Device Diagnostics.
  • Improved drivers update function.
  • Added drivers download manager, make user download and manage drivers easier.

New in Driver Genius 6.1.2518 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • The program hangs when restoring some especial drivers.
  • Missing backup NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator driver.
  • LiveUpdate program has no response if the server is busy.
  • Fixes an installation program issue.
  • Improvement:
  • Optimized drivers install process.
  • Optimized drivers searching speed.
  • Improved drivers uninstall function.
  • Added mange drivers update manually function.
  • Added language support for Czech, Danish, French, Hungarian, Portuguese Brazilian, Slovak, Spanish.

New in Driver Genius 6.0.1882 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed some small bugs.
  • Improvement:
  • Improved drivers update function, support more hardware.
  • Extended database, over 30,000 hardware records.
  • Our new drivers download site now is available, the download speed will be faster.
  • Improved drivers backup functionSupport backup drivers in command line mode
  • Improved drivers uninstall function.
  • Italian language interface is available now.
  • Some fine changes.

New in Driver Genius 5.2.728 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Improvement:
  • Arabic language interface is available now.
  • Korean language interface is available now.
  • Malay language interface is available now.
  • Some fine changes.

New in Driver Genius 5.1.915 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • The program hangs when backing up some types printer drivers.
  • Improvement:
  • German language interface is available now.
  • Added 3 mirror sites into the drivers download list, the download speed should be faster.
  • Improve drivers backup function.
  • Some fine changes.

New in Driver Genius 5.0.1082 (Jun 12, 2009)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Unable to backup drivers in Windows 98/ME safe mode.
  • Unable to backup the peripheral's drivers if the device is unplugged.
  • Fix for some small bugs.
  • Improvement:
  • Improve the compatibility of program in Windows server 2003.
  • Scanner, Printer drivers upgrade function is available.
  • Driver auto-setup program command line support.