How am I supposed to take the driver updater seriously when it says all my drivers were last updated in 1970?
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Do you have a screenshot to share?
SA
Ouch!! This, is the very reason that many across the forums recommend NOT using Driver Updater. It is not a mature product in any fashion. Its my personal recommendation as well. Check the Intel site and/or your OEM website for the computer manufacturer for the latest drivers, Windows update offers drivers as well and they DO work hand in hand with the OEM’s to ensure compatibility.
Who makes the computer in question? I can find the latest drivers for you to ensure you will get the correct and compatible drivers.
SA
Hi @Sean_McCown , @SoulAsylum
The 1970 dates in that screenshot are not install dates, and they are not evidence that Driver Updater is treating “old calendar date” as “outdated driver.” Date is not how drivers are selected. You can read how Windows ranks them here: How Windows selects a driver.
Intel (and Microsoft) deliberately put very old dates in some driver packages so those packages stay at the bottom of the queue and do not overwrite a more specific driver already on the system.
Intel documents this for Chipset Device Software with 18 July 1968 (the day Intel was founded). The same ranking trick also appears as dates around 1970 on other Intel packages. Device Manager shows those dates too. Three related Intel components dated 3, 4, and 5 June 1970 is Intel’s own package metadata, not a scan error and not a 50-year-old driver.
Microsoft does the same thing: many Windows inbox drivers are dated 21 June 2006 so they lose to a more specific vendor driver. Intel just goes further back (1968 / 1970).
Please let me know if you have any other questions or doubts.
Thank you,
Chock
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