Re: Tutorial: How to update a driver that Windows just doesn't want to update

UPDATE

MajorGeeks offers this tutorial for updating a Windows driver
(but it doesn't have all the hints/examples we discussed prior).
o How to Download the Latest Drivers for Windows (9/9/2020)
<https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/how_to_download_the_latest_drivers_for_windows.html>

They suggest the following driver-update apps:
(Note: I've already tried _all_ of these and found them lacking.)
o Driver Booster
  <https://www.iobit.com/en/driver-booster.php>
  <https://driver-booster-free.en.softonic.com&Filename=driver_booster_setup.exe>
  Name: driver_booster_setup.exe
  Size: 26263360 bytes (25 MiB)
  SHA256: 0068B9B06EB62B6DF2831B87DCA70FFF589133A4579A43381E08A79A6991D3B6
  <https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/iobit_driver_booster.html>
o SlimDrivers
  <https://slimware.com/>
  <https://slimware.com/download/driverupdate>
  Name: DriverUpdate-setup-859da7ff-1dbf-4de1-a4f0-8755bae46ede.exe
  Size: 703344 bytes (686 KiB)
  SHA256: 6ABC527558906887F817DB0791D68F091E2181006874D1688F45B08C94D79461
  (Note that MalwareBytes considers this a PUP which it quarantines.)
  <https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/slimdrivers.html>
o Snappy Driver Installer
  <https://sdi-tool.org/download/>
  <http://sdi-tool.org/releases/SDI_R2009.zip>
  Name: SDI_x64_R2009.exe
  Size: 5376000 bytes (5250 KiB)
  SHA256: 480A1E1118758A6D0637AA4D77359FC18639984BB21AC32C2307087EBE3E58B9
  <https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/snappy_driver_installer.html>
o Snappy Driver Installer Origin
  <https://www.snappy-driver-installer.org/>
  <https://snappy-driver-installer.org/downloads/SDIO_1.6.8.718.zip>
  Name: SDIO_x64_R718.exe
  Size: 5340520 bytes (5215 KiB)
  SHA256: B8C012B5E41C8B6077BFE34AEADF4A40E198BC3DEEFA48E1F17413AC0F2A077A
  <Snappy Driver Installer Origin 1.6.8.718>
o SnailDriver
  <https://snailsuite.com/>
  <https://snailsuite.com/manufacturers/snail-driver-download?wpdmdl=8920>
  <https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/snaildriver.html>
o DUMo (Drivers Update Monitor)
  <http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?dumo>
  <https://www.kcsoftwares.com/files/dumo.zip>
  Name: DUMo.exe
  Size: 2237376 bytes (2184 KiB)
  SHA256: 902798AD309B778382896775F798899448538E3B13096C7F01B4D0D072A5BC41
  <https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/dumo_(drivers_update_monitor).html>

Note: In this thread we tested _all_ these supposed driver updaters:
o What's the one free Windows 10 driver update tool you prefer most & why?  
  <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/-yDz26GC6zA>

Video:
o NVIDIA GeForce Experience
  <https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx>
o AMD Driver Autodetect
  <https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/gpu-131>
o Intel Driver & Support Assistant
  <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/80939/Graphics>

Sound:
o Asus
  <https://www.asus.com/support/Download-Center/>
o Creative Labs (Sound Blaster)
  <https://support.creative.com/Products/Products.aspx?catid=1>
o M-Audio
  <https://m-audio.com/support/drivers>
o Realtek
  <https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/advanced-search/74?Itemid=276>
o Turtle Beach
  <https://support.turtlebeach.com/hc/en-us/categories/202689847?tb-us>

Periphials:
o Kensington
  <https://customer.kensington.com/us/us/7566/software-drivers>
o Logitech
  <https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024361233>
o Mad Catz
  <https://www.madcatz.com/En/Support/Downloads>
o Microsoft
  <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/driver.aspx>
o Razer
  <https://legacy.razer.com/thx-spatial-audio>
o Roccat
  <https://en.roccat.org/Support>
o Saitek
  <https://www.saitek.com/uk/down/drivers.php>
o SteelSeries
  <https://steelseries.com/engine>
o Thrustmaster
  <https://support.thrustmaster.com/en/>
o Zowie
  <https://zowie.benq.com/en-us/support.html>

While that tutorial is missing a ton of productive steps, 
it does at least have a basic link to most web sites.
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