Auto detection of uninstalled drivers in xp...

Is there any software to auto detect the uninstalled device driver software in windows xp and installs them from a CD/DVD.. ?

If such software is not available (IF not ONLY), can we detect them using any programming and installs appropriate software ?

How would you expect anything what was actually uninstalled?

Ouija board? 

Most of the driver software available is not on your computer.
And a list of all the drivers not installed on your computer,..
 or mine,
will be very long.

I want a software that tests our computer hardware and finds the appropriate drivers if there are installed or not...... If not installed it will automatically install the software from a CD/DVD.

That's I really want.

Updating drivers in bunches is a total mistake.
Drivers should be updated only in case, they don't work, or they're missing.
If some driver doesn't work, you'll know right away.
If some driver is missing, Device Manager will tell you.

I want a software that tests our computer hardware and finds the appropriate drivers if there are installed or not...... If not installed it will automatically install the software from a CD/DVD.

That's I really want.

We don't recommend any of the driver detective type programs, they are marketing ploys and usually don't identify your hardware correctly.

Like Broni says, only update drivers if they are problematic or missing.

OK, I was just trying  to be funny.
You own a a Acer 470 notebook, -Right?
Your specs indicate that you have a main stream PC that should not have any driver problems. The driver problems come when we start to play the mix and match game with our new toys. The Acer 470 is a mass-produced item that has been tested by both the maker, Acer, and the marketplace. It is a good little machine you can take anywhere.

If you want the best, latest updates for that machine, start here:
http://www.acer.com/
And yes, stay away from the so-called 'Detective'. If he was a real defective, his license would be suspended for...
 reckless driver -ing.   

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He's talking about a bunch of workstations at work...

Basically looking for an easy solution that does not exist.

Ofcourse all you told is right, I agree. I post the question because of my desktop driver cd......

After fresh installation of windows xp I put the driver cd in the DVD-Drive and it automatically recognizes the devices and provided me the information about which harware driver is installed and which is not and do you want to install ?

I browse the cd for the software program, and its an .exe made by intel and it's only created for desktop board and it didn't work on any other........

So i asked any other related programs are exist or not ?
Ofcourse I donot recomment them but i want to know the technique....

To be honest, I still don't understand what your real question is 

The technique behind the softwares that detect our hardware.....

They scan the hardware for unique identifiers and then try to match them up with appropriate drivers.  Most of these fail, quite brutally I might add.

Do it manually, there's no grief that way.  Well, less grief.

Oh, I can't do it manually. If there is any software like intel (provided for my hardware) then only i'l try.

I think we can do the detection using C language ? or any other....

No, there isn't.

You have to do it manually.  Like the rest of the IT's out there.

If there was an automatic way, why would they keep you on?

Then which language the intel uses to make its softwares ?

I can't do it manually

Because...?

Look, you have to do it manually.  There is no if and or *censored* about it.

I had to do the same thing when I was an IT for NWI for the Department of Defense.  You have to do it now, if you don't like it, then maybe now is the time to get a new career.

I understand Tim Hortons is hiring.

Ok, i'l do it. But I need a language to do it ? Which language is better to do it.
I know C,C++,VB,Core java

Part of the issue is to get the details of how each chip works.

Example. You want to write a driver for a new wireless card. You get the data sheet from the Chip maker about how the chip is to be programmed, The you confer with the hardware engineer that did the layout design for a card your company has made using another company's chip.

So now you have to dig  into the data sheets from one source and then talk to someone else about the implementation. Did he wire up the **** feature. ? He says "No, that is not needed, you can do it in software. We can save 50 cents a card by not having the extra components on the card."

Let's cut to the chase. Much later: "What will we call the new card? Just call it the *** Wi-Fi card, no need for a model number."

Three months later.
"Where is the driver for the new card?
Was it revision A or B or G or maybe the B-2?
Uhh, I think it is the f the Jolly wood retail package.
The you have to use the revision for the f A 2,
but only if  it was made after June of last year.
Uhhh, let me get back to you.

That's how easy it is to make a software driver!.

Yes, now i understood..... it's so difficult. If we can create a device driver then we can definitely invent a new operating system.....my opinion.

Good luck with that, let me know how it works out for you.

Yes, though, that is a good analogy.  There is too much work involved for just one person, that's why it has to be done manually.

Hmmmmm, nothing not even a single percent....... i realized  i can't create my own driver.
there is thousands of hands behind a single software, with only one hand it's highly impossible.....

Exactly, like we were saying.

You have to this manually.

To do this manually according to geek posted, i have to know the device hardware programming and their properties in different circumstances and their behaviour ,their hardware equipment........ and so on......


If i can do this, i can create not only os but my hardware also......
But nobody in this world can do this........yes.

a single hand can't do...

I mean that you have to do each computer manually.
Just remember though that only drivers that aren't working right need to be replaced. 

Newer isn't always better.