Trying to get Intel 82578DM driver for Windows 10 on old PC

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coltrain15

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is driver booster safe or is the alternatives that are better, because my computer is old and can't get driver for it at all anymore is there way that it helps me find my drivers?
 
coltrain15 said:
is driver booster safe or is the alternatives that are better?
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This question should be its own thread. Driver install programs are unnecessary except in the niche scenario where you're talking about old hardware that has become impossible to find drivers for. Always use the latest, official drivers from the manufacturer of the hardware, or if that isn't available, search the Microsoft Update Catalog for drivers, use Windows Update, or if you're still stuck resort to a 3rd party driver program.
 
Hellbovine said:
This question should be its own thread. And the answer is no, driver install programs are unnecessary except in the niche scenario where you're talking about old hardware that has become impossible to find drivers for. Always use the latest, official drivers from the manufacturer of the hardware, or if that isn't available, search the Microsoft Update Catalog for drivers, and then if you're still stuck resort to a 3rd party driver program.
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ok and is driver booster a virus? or is they a better 3 party software.
 
To answer this properly we have to work through each step:

1) What hardware are you missing drivers for?

2) Did you visit the manufacturer, and what was the result?

3) Did you try Windows Update for missing drivers?

4) If Windows Update found the drivers, then you can go to the Microsoft Update Catalog and manually find/download those drivers to keep on a spare USB and/or integrate into your images using NTLite.
 
Mod note: Merging duplicates.

is driver booster safe or is the alternatives that are better, because my computer is old and can't get driver for it at all anymore is there way that it helps me find my drivers?
 
Driver updaters are a mixed bag. They work by scouring (random?) sources for lists of manufacturer HW ID's and trying to find the latest version based entirely on that. None of those companies actually test any driver works on your OS, or is stable. Nor can you provide feedback that their recommended driver crashed your PC.

What they're useful for is suggesting whether a new driver does exist.

Microsoft Update Catalog doesn't have the latest drivers, but those are verified to work (as submitted by the OEM).
 
garlin said:
Driver updaters are a mixed bag. They work by scouring (random?) sources for lists of manufacturer HW ID's and trying to find the latest version based entirely on that. None of those companies actually test any driver works on your OS, or is stable. Nor can you provide feedback that their recommended driver crashed your PC.

What they're useful for is suggesting whether a new driver does exist.

Microsoft Update Catalog doesn't have the latest drivers, but those are verified to work (as submitted by the OEM).
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i have and no luck i am trying to get the intel 82578dm driver for my computer the new version I can't find Anyware at all
 
you won't get a w10 driver for it. 7 is the last and final.

have you tried uninstalling the driver FULLY then after a reboot, installing the latest driver ? sometimes that works.
 
Intel hates you people worse than MS. I had to download a driver from 3rd-party site, extract the Intel readme.txt to find out when they discontinued 82578DM. It might in later versions, but I don't have the patience to download them and check.

But this one has 82578DM clearly in the INF.
 
If you can't install it, 7-Zip extract the EXE and manually add/search for drivers under PRO1000\Winx64 folders.
 
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