• ccuappz
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Topic: Possibility of updating newer drivers?

Hi,
First of all I'd like to appreciate all the time and effort which you make building driver packs. smile
I'm going to integrate the driverpacks to XPSP2+RyanVM addon packs, the question is :
If I install the updated XPSP2 on my system, can I update newer drivers, say gfx or chipset drivers, if they come out?

Thanks in advance

  • Helmi
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Re: Possibility of updating newer drivers?

You mean, update them after you have already installed the system and not just integrate the newer drivers into your CD, right?

Yes, that's quite possible, don't see why it wouldn't.
All the DriverPacks basically do is update the already included (by MS) drivers and add some missing ones.
When you install Windows, it checks for the latest available driver for each device and uses that.

If new drivers have been released, just go to the device manager, open properties for the specific device and go "update drivers".
Windows will update them provided they are newer than the already installed ones.

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