Drivers..the bane of PC existence

Drivers and more drivers..you’d think once you’d bought a machine the stupid thing would just work. But no the thing about computers is that they need drivers, sound drivers and printer drivers and all manner of bits that make the wheels go round.

I’m not talking about some crazy dude in your car, it’s these irritating little software addons that if they aren’t available or I’ve deleted them or they’ve been corrupted….my computer will let me down. You know, you’ve been there too. It won’t work just when I need to get a job done quickly. Or I can’t get the thing to print because the printer is asking for a driver which I don’t have and I end up missing a deadline.

Computer drivers are the grease that make all the big clunky programs actually work, I suppose that’s why they are called drivers. Something like herding cattle I guess. I don’t have a big bag of them around, but Driver Access is a site which has some software which will tell you what drivers you have, what needs updating and then it’ll update your system for you with all the current drivers you need to optimize your machine. It’ll tell you what your problem is for free and then if you choose to, you can buy the software and fix it all. Simple business model.

Definitely worth a look if you’ve ever been frustrated by this stuff.