I want... NEED to go to a different build

Paul S. · Sep 28, 2021

Stigg said:
How old is that Laptop?
Those driver dates look odd.
Can you go into history of IOBit Driver Updater and see if it updated any of them?

And I don't go by the dates in IObit as some of them have such inaccurate information. Like this one for instance:

Stigg · Sep 28, 2021

Paul S. said:
And I don't go by the dates in IObit as some of them have such inaccurate information. Like this one for instance:

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I don't think they are your problem. There is a story behind those Intel dates.
Intel has stated in the past that they use the 7/18/1968 date for older drivers that should not be selected by Windows 10 when offering driver updates. This date is Intel's foundation day.

Windows 10 is offering a confusing mess of Intel driver updates

Windows 10 2004 is offering optional updates for Intel drivers that are a confusing mess for users who attempt to install them.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Paul S. · Sep 28, 2021

Stigg said:
I don't think they are your problem. There is a story behind those Intel dates.
Intel has stated in the past that they use the 7/18/1968 date for older drivers that should not be selected by Windows 10 when offering driver updates. This date is Intel's foundation day.

Windows 10 is offering a confusing mess of Intel driver updates

Windows 10 2004 is offering optional updates for Intel drivers that are a confusing mess for users who attempt to install them.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

Interesting.

Stigg · Sep 28, 2021

Paul S. said:
Interesting.

A lot of Intel based systems will have those dates.
I've discussed it many times before.
I am pretty sure they're not your problem.

Paul S. · Sep 28, 2021

Stigg said:
A lot of Intel based systems will have those dates.
I've discussed it many times before.

Well I'm new here so not too sure what you have discussed before, and I haven't noticed that date on anything else before... but then again I haven't been looking for that specific date either.

Stigg · Sep 28, 2021

Paul S. said:
Well I'm new here so not too sure what you have discussed before, and I haven't noticed that date on anything else before... but then again I haven't been looking for that specific date either.

I wasn't meaning you. And I wasn't meaning on this forum.
Although the question has been raised before on the Windows 10 sister forum.

Stigg · Sep 28, 2021

I would be looking at your IObit Driver Booster history.
You should be able to work out when drivers were updated and when your problem started and easily restore the drivers.

Paul S. · Sep 28, 2021

Stigg said:
I wasn't meaning you. And I wasn't meaning on this forum.
Although the question has been raised before on the Windows 10 sister forum.

I get their reason for doing it, as you pointed out... but still gives an inaccurate picture of the drivers as well.

Paul S. · Sep 28, 2021

Stigg said:
I would be looking at your IObit Driver Booster history.
You should be able to work out when drivers were updated and when your problem started and easily restore the drivers.

I am looking into them now as a matter of fact. Once you mentioned it.

Stigg · Nov 7, 2021

Paul S. said:
Off-topic question for ya though.... how do you decide which drivers to update and which not to? I mean I understand for specific drivers but overall, how do you make that decision. I am not familiar enough with every driver on my system and even what each of them does, so I am curious.

Here is an example of why you need to be selective when using driver updater tools.
They can come in handy at times for difficult to find drivers, but they can also bring you unstuck.

In this example, I doubt if installing this driver would be detrimental, but in my opinion, the only reason that it has been flagged is because of the date. If you look at the version number, it appears to be an older driver. And quite a bit older. In this case, the versioning format matches, but sometimes the versioning format can look completely different. So avoid those. Sometimes the publisher can also differ. I never update to those either.