Snappy Driver Installer 1.12.21

Snappy Driver Installer (SDI) is a powerful free driver updater tool for Windows that can store its entire collection of drivers offline. This allows the program to access fast driver updates, even if it can't find an active internet connection.

Snappy Driver Installer Pros & Cons

I've used this software off and on many times, and I can't find much to dislike about it.

More About Snappy Driver Installer

• Snappy Driver works with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
• Drivers are downloaded through Snappy Driver Installer in what are called driverpacks, which are just collections (packs) of drivers for various hardware like sound devices, video cards, etc.
• Options off to the side of Snappy Driver Installer (in Expert mode) let you filter the results to show drivers that aren't installed but need to be, drivers that are newer than what is installed, and display current or older drivers only
• You can use Snappy Driver Installer to locate and open the INF file for installed drivers
• Updates that require you to restart your computer are called out as such so that it's easy to distinguish them from the rest; restarts don't happen automatically so that all the drivers have a chance to install
• Snappy Driver Installer can also show duplicate drivers and invalid drivers
• Information for drivers can be seen like the manufacturer and HardwareID as well as the installed driver's and available driver's date and version number
  

My Thoughts on Snappy Driver Installer

This is a nice program for not only finding which of your devices require a driver update but also finding the specific, proper driver that devices need, as well as actually installing the driver for you.

Unfortunately, Snappy Driver Installer isn't nearly as easy to use as similar programs like Driver Booster, but it's still pretty self-explanatory. After having the program download the driver updates your computer needs, you can use the side menu to select and install all of them.

Something I should mention again is how Snappy Driver Installer can be used for offline driver updates. I love this feature because it means I can download lots of drivers for many different devices at once, but not install any of them on my computer. I can then load those drivers into Snappy Driver Installer on any computer, even if it doesn't have a network connection.