nefcon

While most of us make sure to keep the security software up to date, we tend to neglect a set of equally important parts of the computer, the drivers. Not only do up-to-date drivers provide an extra layer of security, but they also ensure smooth functionality, high reliability and the overall stability of the system.

nefcon is a tiny console utility that can provide some assistance with the driver installation and management. Since it is a console tool, it addresses mostly advanced users who know how to use commands and may be a turn off for the less tech-savvy users. Nevertheless, the lack of an interface as well as dependencies, also means less resources used by your system during installation.

As far as its capabilities are concerned, the tool allows you to install and uninstall drivers where you solely need to add the path to the INF file to manage. Another noteworthy function includes the creation and removal of device nodes, where you are required to include information about hardware ID, class name and class GUID. Other functions of the program include adding and removing class filters, creating and removing driver service and INF default installation and uninstallation. As per the first functions, you need to provide extra info when using the commands.