June 6, 2008 6:11 PM PDT

DriverMax gets an Agent

by Seth Rosenblatt
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Freeware driver back-up utility DriverMax gets a full point upgrade, but the big feature promised for this version doesn't seem to be quite ready for prime time. DriverMax Agent, which is supposed to bulk out the program with a customizable driver update check, currently only works on the Windows Vista 32-bit operating system. Sorry, XP users.

DriverMax Agent works well on Windows Vista--but not at all on Windows XP.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

The irony of this product update coming during a week when Redmond has spectacularly backtracked on Vista isn't lost on me.

The agent does seem to work well on Vista, in so far as I can both manually check if my drivers are out of date and have the agent automatically scan for new ones. However, none of my Vista drivers were out of date, so I was unable to test the download and installation features.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

Other than the agent, there's nothing new in the program. It feels like it runs a bit faster from when I last looked at it back in October, but that's empirical and hasn't been benchmarked. Without a doubt, DriverMax is a good program, with both driver backup and restoration features, and those work well. Until the Agent is extended to Windows XP users, though, there's not much that sets it apart from its freeware competitors.

Seth peers into the deep, dark corners of software so that you don't have to. He has yet to suffer a single nightmare about OS/2. You can follow him on Twitter.
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by 0zSpit June 6, 2008 7:35 PM PDT
i have a 2 week old xps, it said every one of my drivers were outdated. i downloaded what they said i needed. (after i registered twice) i get to my download file only to find i can't open anyone of the drivers with any known program. thanks for revo uninstaller :)
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by hadi beh June 7, 2008 11:56 AM PDT
thanks
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by reedjaguar June 7, 2008 7:25 PM PDT
spam....LOL


by the way, DriveMax's a useless program in my opinion
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by gregrogers June 7, 2008 10:54 PM PDT
drivermax is ok but there are better free products out there. try radarsync http://www.radarsync.com for driver updates and filehippo http://www.filehippo.com for software updates.
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by ptzkiler June 8, 2008 3:35 AM PDT
Always update your drivers for newest versions is really good for your computer performance. I saw many driver update softwares in net. there is many ways to make your computer fast and reliable How to make your computer speed double
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by chaos26062 June 9, 2008 2:12 AM PDT
i tried useing that radar sync it did nothing but crash its worthless
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