For those that need drivers.

[imported_Pemalite]

Made a list on the various types of hardware and drivers.
If some of you are wonder, "What the hell is a driver?".
Well, Drivers are pieces of software that tells your computer what the hardware does, for example a Graphics card.
A graphics card has many different graphical effects like, Pixel Shading. Without the driver, your hardware cannot communicate to windows properly, thus you miss out on special effects like Pixel shading in a game, Provided you could run the game at all, because of the lack of the driver. Theres a lot on how a driver works, But if you want your hardware to work the best they can, with as little problems as possible, then its always advised you keep your hardware fully updated!
It also helps with issues that some software+Hardware combinations may cause!


Nvidia Graphics Cards:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Ati Graphics Cards:
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html]http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

Via Chipset/graphics/other:
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2

S3:
http://www.s3graphics.com/en/resources/drivers/

Voodoo:
http://www.voodoofiles.com/category.asp?x=2

Creative:
http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/

Omega's (Modified ATI/NVIDIA Drivers):
ATI - http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati.php
Nvidia - http://www.omegadrivers.net/nvidia.php

NGO's (Modified ATI/NVIDIA Drivers):
ATI - http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=...q.com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=9
Nvidia - http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=....com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=10

Cmedia:
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/?q=en/driver

MSI:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_list.php?part=1

Gigabyte:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/

Asus:
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

HP:
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers

Dell:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

Acer:
http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/fo...id=7&formid=3394&LINKTEXT=Drivers & Downloads

Intel: (Thanks Overlord!)
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Support_Intel.aspx

AMD: (Thanks Overlord!)
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871,00.html

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Driver Toolkit, A good program that will allow you to identify hardware that only have the "?" Symbol in device manager.
Living in a small town, and people don't feel like paying through the nose to get their computers fixed, they get me instead! so instead of opening the computer looking at all the cards, then googling for it, I use this to find out what it is Saves on time, and makes things easier!

http://www.driverguidetoolkit.com/read/index.php?page=docs__toolkit__download

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Please don't make posts, I would like to keep this thread clean, If you would like a driver added I would rather you just PM' Me with the manufacturer's website download section. I'll be adding more to the list as they hit me in the head from a-far.

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Uninstalling/Re-Installing/Updating drivers!
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Allright, first up, To Uninstall drivers, goto:
- Start
- Control Panel
- Add Remove Programs

Find the device, Say its your graphics Drivers and its a Geforce...
Find: "Nvidia Forceware" or similar and click "change/Remove"
Simple as that, Just reboot, and install your newer drivers!

Now, what about drivers that don't appear in Add/Remove?
Simple! Goto:
- Start
- Control Panel
- System
- Hardware
- Device Manager
Find the Piece of hardware that you wish to uninstall, right click on it and click "Uninstall".
Reboot the computer, and install your updated driver
There are 3rd party Uninstall programs to remove graphics drivers.
Head over to www.guru3d.com and have a look around!
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Video Codecs!
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Added some Video Codecs and Video players!

DivX:
http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/index.php

VLC Media player:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Winamp:
http://www.winamp.com/player/free.php

Xvid Codec:
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

Codec Packs - Features All the codecs you ever need in small packages!
http://www.free-codecs.com/Codec_Packs.htm

Real Player Alternative:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

Quicktime Alternative:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

Media Player Classic:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Media_Player_Classic.htm

Hopefully the codecs and video players help someone out!

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Other Important Programs!
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Winrar:
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
Winrar, a tool to compress/decompress .rar archives.

7zip:
http://www.7-zip.org/
7zip, a tool to compress/decompress .7z archives.

Alcohol 120%:
http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/
Alcohol 120% although it sounds drinkable, one of the best burning programs Ever, Plus you can mount images in a virtual drive!

Daemon Tools:
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php?mode=ViewCategory&catid=5
Daemon Tools, Good for uh... mounting your backed up CD's/DVD's!

AVG:
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/Programs/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
AVG, A good FREE virus scanner, Not bloated with crap like Snorting, and Mc' Crappy's.

Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Ad aware, A good program, to remove those pesky spy ware!

uTorrent
http://www.utorrent.com/download.php
uTorrent, My favorite program for download legal .torrent files. Alot of music artists are now offering their content free via bit torrent. Bit torrent can be legal and use full y'know

TCP Optimizer:
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
TCP Optimizer, Its a little handy tool that will allow you to change your MTU and other such settings for your internet connection, it also has a speed test!

Nero:
http://www.soft32.com/download_263.html
Nero, A feature packed burning proggy! a must!

CCleaner (Crap Cleaner):
http://www.ccleaner.com/download/
CCleaner, removes allot of **** out of the computer, really quickly! plus it cleans the registry.

Mozilla Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
Mozilla Firefox, Regarded as one of the best internet browsers at the moment.

TweakXP
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakutility/]http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakutility/
Tweak XP is a utility which allows you to modify settings in the Windows Environment, to gain better performance,
or fix an issue.

PCI Latency Tool
http://www.dvhardware.net/software/303]http://www.dvhardware.net/software/303
PCI Latency Tool, is a program that allows you to adjust your PCI latency, Which can help performance and prevent stutters.

Edit: Updated links and added NGO's Optimized drivers, PCI Latency Tool and Tweak XP.
(Thanks to the guys at the OldOblivion Forums).

 

[.Guzzie.]

Oooo,that Driver Toolit was usefull I could finally figure out those anooying "????" in the Manager XD

-GuZzie

 

[imported_Pemalite]

Oooo,that Driver Toolit was usefull I could finally figure out those anooying "????" in the Manager XD

-GuZzie

Glad I could be of help

Edit: Added Video Codecs and players, and some programs!
SSJ Edit: Added explanations on what the program is under the program section.

 

[imported_Pemalite]

Just wondering if anyone wants anything added?

 

[nsd_2400]

I like that list as it is.

 

[|Overlord|]

The link to the intel drivers page seems to be broken. Edit the list and replace the url with this url and all should be fine .

 

[Smith|]

If you spruce the sticky up by detailing your sentences and improving the grammar slightly, I may sticky this thread as a Christmas present for you.

 

[imported_Pemalite]

Will do, need something to do during this weekend.