How do I update drivers?

Question

I just bought a new hard drive and reinstalled windows XP on it. I am working on my Dell Dimension E510, which is at least 4 years old.

I had the old driver CD still, so I used that after installing XP and the service pack, etc etc.

Everything is working fine, but I wanted to try and update my drivers, seeing as how I installed the original ones that shipped with the computer when I first purchased it.

I tried using Dell's website (entering my computers ID number), and it gave me a list of drivers, but they were all dated around 2006-2007.

My questions:

Would the Dell site actually have up to date drivers, or do I have to go to each individual piece of hardware's website to find the newest drivers?

Is there an easy way of going about updating drivers?

Thanks!

Davet50 · Answer

Dell only updates drivers while the system is current. Once it goes out of production unless there is a safety reason driver updates will be over. The drivers on the web are as current as it will get.

Davet50 · Answer

you will most likely only find video and sound. You might end up with one or two but most will most likely not be much newer

onipar · Answer

Okay, so I have to gather the hardware info and search all the separate developers pages, right?

onipar · Answer

Right on, thanks.  I actually found this Intel scanner that helps determine if updates are necessary: http://www.intel.com/support/detect.htm

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How do I update drivers?

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