Driver Booster 6 is a powerful and easy-to-use driver updater. With the best 1-click solution and a large database, Driver Booster 6 can help you rapidly & securely update outdated drivers, install missing drivers, and fix incorrect drivers. By solving these driver issues, it keeps your PC away from system crash, BSOD, no audio, bad resolution, network failure, etc. to increase your system compatibility and stability while saves you plenty of time and effort.
Besides, the brand new feature -Boost in Driver Booster 6 offers very easy solutions for ultimate gaming experience and top system performance.
System Requirements
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10
- 1 GB of free disk space mainly for driver download and installation
- 1024*768 screen resolution and above
Install Driver Booster
- Click here to download the latest Driver Booster 6.
- Double-click the downloaded driver_booster_setup.exe to start the installation.
Uninstall Driver Booster
- Windows 8 & earlier:
- Windows 10:
Open Start > Click Control Panel > Click Uninstall a program > Find Driver Booster 6 and click Uninstall > Follow the on-screen prompts.
Open Start > Click Settings > Click System or Apps on the Settings menu > Select Programs & features or Apps & features from the left panel > Find Driver Booster 6 and click Uninstall > Follow the on-screen prompts.
Activate Driver Booster PRO
Note: A valid license key is required to activate the PRO version. You can click here to purchase one. Already have one but forgot? Go here to get it back.
Click the 
icon at the bottom right of Driver Booster 6 interface, COPY & PASTE your license code into the box, and click the 
icon at the right side. Or visit here for step-by-step activation guidance with screenshots.
icon at the bottom right of Driver Booster 6 interface, COPY & PASTE your license code into the box, and click the icon at the right side. Or visit here for step-by-step activation guidance with screenshots.
Update Driver Booster
PRO users can always enjoy the latest version automatically with the Update automatically checkbox ticked by default in the Settings. FREE users can manually update Driver Booster 6 with either of the options below:
- Click the
icon on the top left and select Check for Updates. - Right-click the
icon in the system tray, and select Check for Updates.
Glance at Main Interface
When opening Driver Booster 6, you will see Driver Status of the last scan and an eye-catching SCAN button.
Driver Booster 6 supports updating the following:
- Device Drivers, including Graphics Driver, Audio Driver, Network Driver, Chipset Driver, and Printer Driver.
- Game Components, including PhysX, DirectX, VCRuntime, Unity Web Player, Adobe Flash Player, Java SE Runtime Environment, and OpenAL, which provide games with necessary support, effect enhancement, and performance tuning.
Note: Game Component update is only available in the PRO edition. So if you are a PRO user, you may see Game Components outdated and can update them to the latest versions.
Scan / Update
Driver Booster 6 can assist you to update the outdated drivers effortlessly. Read the following introduction of Scan for Drivers, Scan Result, and Update Driver to know how it works.
Scan for Driver Updates
Click SCAN to start. You can STOP the scan and re-scan at any time you want.
Note: By default, Driver Booster 6 scans automatically when it's launched. Go to Settings to disable automatic scan if you dislike it.
Scan Result
You can see the total quantity of outdated device drivers and outdated game components that need to update in the top of the scan results screen.
Scan result depends on your PC condition. And Driver Booster 6 scans for 4 issues:
- Outdated drivers, dates of both the current version and available version are provided.
- Missing drivers, the current status is "Missing Driver".
- Faulty drivers, the current status is "Faulty ".
- Not installed game component, the current status is "Not Installed".
Update Drivers
You can follow either of the methods below to start the update:
- Click Update Now on the top right to update all selected drivers.
- Click Update at the right side of each driver line to update drivers one by one.
Generally, there are 3 stages for driver update:
- Download drivers. With breakpoint resume technology, you are allowed to stop anytime and it will continue the download next time instead of starting over again.
- Create a restore point ('Automatically create a system restore point before a driver is installed' is ticked by default in Settings).
- Install the downloaded drivers.
Note: For PRO users, there may be one more stage – automatically back up a driver before it is installed. Check it in Settings:
The time needed for the update depends on driver size and download speed. You can choose Automatically reboot PC or Automatically shut down PC on the updating screen, and click the 
icon on the top right to minimize the whole window, then leave it and forget it. After it's completed, you will get a countdown message to reboot PC or shut down PC accordingly.
icon on the top right to minimize the whole window, then leave it and forget it. After it's completed, you will get a countdown message to reboot PC or shut down PC accordingly.
Boost
Driver Booster 6 adds a new module Boost which offers two features: Game Boost and System Optimize.
Game Boost
Game Boost stops unnecessary apps/services to help you get a better gaming experience.
In Game Boost Configuration, some unnecessary services/processes are already selected by default, so you only need to click the Turn On button to end them and boost your computer for better gaming. Or you can click the Configure text link and select the items you want to end to boost your game performance.
After the boost, you can click Details text link to view all the stopped processes/services/apps. And you can click the Turn Off button to turn off Game Boost at any time.
System Optimize
System Optimize helps clean up junk files, privacy traces and redundant registry entries, optimize your internet speed and system with the all-in-one product Advanced SystemCare.
If you haven't installed Advanced SystemCare yet, clicking the Optimize button will guide you to install Advanced SystemCare for further optimization.
Or click the Details text link to view all the items can be optimized. And click the Install to Optimize button to install Advanced SystemCare to optimize them.
If you've already installed Advanced SystemCare, you can click the Run Now button to optimize your system with Advanced SystemCare.
Tools
Driver Booster 6 provides you with 7 useful tools: Rescue Center, Fix No Sound, Fix Device Error, Fix Network Failure, Fix Bad Resolution, Clean Unplugged Device Data, and System Information.
These tools can help detect and fix some common problems like no sound, network failure, wrong resolution, clean unplugged Device Data, and check the system & hardware information. Besides that, the tool Rescue Center can backup drivers, restore your drivers and restore your system to a previous good status. You can use these tools anytime by clicking the icon 
on the left side of the main interface and clicking the tool you need.
on the left side of the main interface and clicking the tool you need.
Note:
icon in the driver list, which means they are not plugged into your PC at this moment. It is not a 'problem' and needs no 'fix'. But, if you are sure you won't use them anymore, click the 
button, and select Uninstall to uninstall them one by one.
Note: Clean Unplugged Device Data will remove the unplugged device data only. The unplugged devices are still installed on your computer. When you plug them again, you can use them without any problems.
Action Center
Click the 
icon to open Action Center and learn more about how the other recommended well-known IObit products can help you with your computer. If you haven't installed them yet, it's strongly recommended that you click the Install now button to install them.
icon to open Action Center and learn more about how the other recommended well-known IObit products can help you with your computer. If you haven't installed them yet, it's strongly recommended that you click the Install now button to install them.
If you are using Driver Booster Pro, you can also find an exclusive offer for Driver Booster Premium users only to purchase other IObit programs and IObit trusted Partners' products at a very considerable discount here.
Note: Clicking Hide at the top can keep the recommended programs out of sight if you are not interested in them.
Auto Driver Update
Note: Auto Driver Update is a PRO exclusive feature. You can check it in the Settings.
If the 'Automatically update drivers while the system is idle' option is ticked, Driver Booster 6 will automatically 'download' the updates or 'download and install' the updates in the background when your system is idle.
If you tick the 'Download and install driver & game component updates' option, you can also select the types of drivers which you want to update automatically.
Restore Driver Updates
To minimize the bad effect of any unexpected issues caused by driver updates, Driver Booster 6 provides 3 strategies for easily repair: Driver Roll Back, Driver Backup and Driver Restore, System Restore.
Driver Roll Back
In the scanning result window of Driver Booster 6, you can click the button at the end of every listed outdated driver, and select Roll Back if it is available to roll back the driver to its previous version.
button at the end of every listed outdated driver, and select Roll Back if it is available to roll back the driver to its previous version.
And you can also click the version link (Available or Current) to open Drivers Details window to check whether you can roll back the driver to its previous version.
Driver Backup and Driver Restore
Note: The function of Driver Backup works for PRO users only.
Click the icon on the left side of the main interface and open Rescue Center. If there is any driver version available for backup, it will be listed under Driver Backup tab. To back up them, just tick the checkbox before them and click the Back Up button. Backup Version indicates the version you backed up for that driver while Current Version means the driver version you installed at present. If you find Current Version is newer than Backup Version, you can back up that driver again to its latest installed version.
icon on the left side of the main interface and open Rescue Center. If there is any driver version available for backup, it will be listed under Driver Backup tab. To back up them, just tick the checkbox before them and click the Back Up button. Backup Version indicates the version you backed up for that driver while Current Version means the driver version you installed at present. If you find Current Version is newer than Backup Version, you can back up that driver again to its latest installed version.
In Driver Restore tab, you can select the driver you want to restore and click the Restore button to re-install the backed up (the previous) version.
System Restore
Note: Restoring system will undo all changes made after that restore point. Driver Booster 6 supports manually creating or removing restore points.
Driver Booster 6 creates a restore point before updating the driver by default. Choose a restore point according to Date and Time or Description to restore the system to the previous good state.
Ignore Unwanted Updates
If there is any driver you don't want to update, you can click the button at the right side of a driver line, and select Ignore to ignore this update for that driver.
button at the right side of a driver line, and select Ignore to ignore this update for that driver.
Note: After selecting Ignore, you will see the following confirm window. You can choose either Ignore this update only or Ignore all updates of this device.
The ignored drivers won't be scanned for the corresponding updates until you recover them from the Ignored list in Settings:
Driver Update History
Click the icon at the top left of the main interface and select Driver Update History to check what operation you did about your drivers and components with Driver Booster.
icon at the top left of the main interface and select Driver Update History to check what operation you did about your drivers and components with Driver Booster.
Configure UI
Click the icon, you will see the Skin options at the bottom left of the popup window.
icon, you will see the Skin options at the bottom left of the popup window.
And you can click Settings to quickly change Language, Font Size, and Transparency under General.
Configure the Program
Click the icon, select Settings…, configure each function as per your needs, and never forget to click OK to save the changes. Clicking Recommendedcan restore to default settings.
icon, select Settings…, configure each function as per your needs, and never forget to click OK to save the changes. Clicking Recommendedcan restore to default settings.
Technical Support
Every feedback from you is valued. To ensure you can reach us in time, we provide several feedback channels:
Built-in Feedback
Click the 
icon at the top right of the main interface of Driver Booster 6 to open the Feedback window. Make sure your Email address is correct, choose a proper Request Type, and specify your feedback in Description. Besides, it will be very helpful if you can click the 
icon to send us screenshots of the related error messages if any.
icon at the top right of the main interface of Driver Booster 6 to open the Feedback window. Make sure your Email address is correct, choose a proper Request Type, and specify your feedback in Description. Besides, it will be very helpful if you can click the icon to send us screenshots of the related error messages if any.
Note: In Feedback, it will intelligently provide you with a proper solution as per the Request Type you select. The following picture is an example.
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