Is it better to upgrade computer drivers?

I have a Dell Inspiron 1525, and I had to upgrade the touchpad driver and WLAN wireless card driver because both were not working right. On Dell’s website, there are many other drivers for my specific computer that they “recommend”. One is for the audio, which works fine at the moment. I make restore points before I upgrade anything like this, but I still worry about upgrading too much and messing something up. So, is it better to upgrade computer drivers or leave them alone if they’re working fine?

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4 Responses to 'Is it better to upgrade computer drivers?'

1. wiztek - February 5th, 2010 at 3:09 PM

   If your Lappy is working well i would leave it alone. Sometimes newer drivers cause problems you didn’t have before.

2. acknex programmer - February 8th, 2010 at 10:50 AM

   generally, you don’t upgrade drivers until you need to. the only drivers you have to upgrade regularly are the video card drivers.
   hope this helps…

3. Jerry J - February 11th, 2010 at 5:35 PM

   Leave them alone if they are working

4. James S - February 11th, 2010 at 6:01 PM

   If its not broke don’t mess with it. Sometimes newer drivers create more issues or add features or make the devices work better.

   I only use newer drivers when I reformat and reinstall windows to test the drivers to make sure they do not mess up the system.

   But usually the Dell drivers don’t give out problems if you do decide to use them. But its up to you on what its worth for someone else to fix the computer if the upgrade does mess up. But the odds of something going wrong is 50/50 and it varies from pc to pc.

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