How to update all your drivers without paying

Question

Recently Blue Screen Of Death ( BSOD ) has been occurring on my computer and its because i have some drivers which needs updating.Each time my computer recover from it , I would get the message from Winzip prompting me to update all my drivers

Upon pressing the "Update all" button , i realised i needed to subscribe to the software before i could do so .

The technical specification of my computer

I need to know if theres any way to update all my driver without using Winzip , I do not wish to pay just to update my drivers.

FYI : windows update does not solve the problem

Here is the link which contains all my dump folders

Solution 1

Why dont you download drivers from alienware's site. http://ftp.dell.com/Pages/Drivers/alienware-m14x-r2.html

Solution 2

The Solution is a bit of a pain.

You just have to visit the Website of the manufacturer of the single Components.

• Get the exact name of the Hardware e.g Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230

• Find the official product website

• Then download the matching driver for your Operating System

• Rinse and Repeat

Solution 3

ok, the Intel WIFI driver is the cause of this odd crash:

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MANUALLY_INITIATED_CRASH1 (deaddead)
The user manually initiated this crash dump.
Arguments:
Arg1: 000000000f010012
Arg2: 000000000125025b
Arg3: 0000000012bc22ce
Arg4: 0000000068ec005e

Debugging Details:
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CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT

BUGCHECK_STR:  0xDEADDEAD

PROCESS_NAME:  dwm.exe

CURRENT_IRQL:  2

ANALYSIS_VERSION: 6.3.9600.17029 (debuggers(dbg).140219-1702) amd64fre

STACK_TEXT:  
nt!KeBugCheckEx
Netwsw00!tfdQueueMgrCheckForHang
0x0


IMAGE_NAME:  Netwsw00.sys

FAILURE_ID_HASH_STRING:  km:x64_0xdeaddead_netwsw00!tfdqueuemgrcheckforhang+1c2


start             end                 module name
fffff880`08664000 fffff880`091a8000   Netwsw00 M (pdb symbols)          d:\sym\blue9600\Netwsw00.pdb\D36060AACCA8428B81D527C80BD122BA1\Netwsw00.pdb
    Loaded symbol image file: Netwsw00.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\Netwsw00.sys
    Image name: Netwsw00.sys
    Timestamp:        Mon Feb 20 19:26:23 2012

Download and install the latest ProSet/Wireless driver from Intel and look if this fixes your issue.

Solution 4

Right Click on My Computer > Manage > Device Manager Choose the device or which you want to update driver then Right Click Choose Update Driver Software after that Choose Search automatically for updated driver software . If available then latest driver for your device will be installed automatically free of cost by Microsoft.

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Comments

[magicandre1981]

share the dmp files (cloud service like Dropbox, OneDrive), so that we can see which driver is the cause.

[David Schwartz]

I very much doubt your blue screens are due to your drivers needing to be updated.

[Computernerd]

@magicandre1981 what are dmp files and where could they be found

[Computernerd]

@DavidSchwartz I am getting a 0xDEADDEAD: error , how do i find the cause ??

[David Schwartz]

That could be caused by your wireless driver. I'd try upgrading that. Download it directly from Intel's web site.

[magicandre1981]

the dump files are located here: C:\Windows\Minidump Copy the folder to your desktop, zip the folder and upload the Zip to a cloud service

[Computernerd]

@magicandre1981 Done I have already shared the link in the question via DropBox

[Keltari]

Im surprised no one has said anything about the "driver updater" usually those applications are scams

[DavidPostill]

Please read How do I recommend software for some tips as to how you should go about recommending software. You should provide at least a link, some additional information about the software itself, and how it can be used to solve the problem in the question.