

You can constantly update your computer’s drivers and boost its performance with this feature. This software checks your drivers against a vast database of over 8 million drivers. Afterward, you can download the newest versions for the outdated ones or new ones for the missing ones. It scans all your computer’s drivers and reports back which ones are outdated or missing.

This is the first and foremost feature of IObit Driver Booster 9. Tools is a section that includes some tools for fixing sound errors, correcting network failures, cleaning up data related to unplugged devices, and fixing resolution issues by cleaning up driver data.IObit Driver Booster 9 scans your system and provides you with a list of all of your outdated drivers (Image credit: IObit).An option in the settings lets you have the program auto-delete driver packages after they've been used for an installation, which is an easy way to make sure it's not collecting useless junk files.It also checks for outdated game components, like Microsoft DirectX Runtime.The number of days since you last scanned with Driver Booster is shown on the main screen.Drivers that are already up to date are also shown, but in a separate section from the outdated ones.You can set up the computer to automatically reboot or shut down when the installation finishes.The list of drivers found in Driver Booster are labeled according to the severity of the update, two examples being Extremely Old and Old.Installation windows and other pop-ups are hidden to make installation as easy and quick as possible.You can export the list of outdated drivers to a TXT file, which includes the device name, class, vendor, current and available version, hardware ID, and compatible ID.A driver's version number, size, and release date are displayed next to each driver that needs to be updated (in the Driver Details window), helping to identify the size and age of a new driver before it gets updated.Definitions for those devices update automatically and frequently, meaning there's no need to manually update the program every time a new driver is added to the database.

