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Computer Runs Slow It May Be Time To Look Into a Driver Scanner

Computer Runs Slow It May Be Time To Look Into a Driver Scanner

Many times, a computer will slow down, sometimes aggravatingly so only to find there were incidents of malware to blame. Other times, a computer will lose speed because there was corruption in the registry. These are common problems and usually running a spyware/virus cleaner and registry cleaner respectively will solve the problem. However, what happens when neither of these things is to blame for the slow running computer?

There are other reasons a computer could slow down and perform erratically. In this article, we will discuss one often-overlooked contributor to bad computer behavior. Also, we will talk about how you can deal with this problem.

Communicating Through Drivers

A computer needs a software program so it can talk to its peripherals, like the monitor or the printer, or anything else the computer is hooked up to. This type of software program is called a device driver. Sometimes they are installed from a CD-Rom and sometimes they are already a part of the operating system.

Whether the driver is installed from the operating system package or another CD, it is vital to the operation of the computer system because without a device driver, the PC will be unable to communicate with the external hardware.

Device drivers often cause problems because of the simple fact their early versions are many times unstable and need to be upgraded. If this is not done, due to the drivers inefficiency, the computer will lose speed and generally speaking, not work well.

A Not Quite Perfect Driver

Sometimes a driver will cause problems for no other reason than it is cheap. A cheap driver will often be included in a package with of a generic brand of hardware and even though the hardware itself is good the driver is not and this will cause troubles for the PC.

Sometimes there is nothing wrong with the driver and it is in fact, a high quality piece of software. However, the driver starts to cause problems immediately after a Microsoft operating system upgrade. At this point, the driver may well need an upgrade of its own to "keep up" with the upgraded OS.

Its True - Device Drivers Can Be a Hidden Source of Trouble

So you see, device drivers can cause problems in a computer. These problems often manifest themselves by slowing down the PCs overall operations.

There was a time when it was a tedious job to find a driver that was gumming up the works in a computer. Fortunately, there are now driver scanners that will find outdated and misfit drivers automatically and then upgrade them to better ones.

I believe a driver scanner, at least a good one, may end up being the most important computer tool to come along in a long time. I also believe every computer owner should have one installed on each one of his or her PCs. This tool, along with a spyware/virus cleaner and a registry cleaner have the ability to keep a computer operating efficiently and without slowing down for a long time to come!

Youve learned about how the old standby problems and a not-so-well-known one invade our computers and slow them down to where they are a chore to use. Youve also learned how you can eliminate these problems forever. Now find out how to get a free scan to see if you have any such problems brewing in your PC at: Repair Slow Computer and: Registry Repair Review

Posted by eric at 3:45 PM

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