The utility for updating Intel drivers is free program for devices Microsoft Windows, which allows to find, download and install updates for Intel drivers.
Updates for drivers are usually quite important, especially in cases where a new version The driver fixes errors of the past or adds functions that you need.
Of course, sometimes we try not to touch the computer, if it already works well, but driver updates can improve the performance of components, stability or other parameters, for example, temperature.
If you want to update the drivers for Intel components, you can go to the official Intel site and download the latest versions manually from there. This way also works, but it will take you time. To begin with, you'll need to know the device name and version installed driver, and then find the driver you need.
Pay attention: when it comes to installing services, tasks and the like into the system, the program can show itself from the negative side. At the end of the article, we added information and instructions on how to uninstall the utility.
Utility for updating Intel drivers
The utility for updating the Intel drivers speeds up the processes. It allows you to scan the computer for the presence of Intel components and the corresponding driver updates, and then download and install them.
At the moment the utility supports the following components:
- Graphics Drivers
- Sound Drivers for Desktop Boards Intel
- Drivers for wireless network
- Drivers for a wired network
- Chipset INF
- Intel NUC Drivers
- Intel Compute Stick Drivers
- Intel Desktop Board Drivers
The program is very easy to use. On startup, it displays a welcome screen. You can click the setup button to change the download directory, the maximum of simultaneous downloads, the logging level and the language of the utility.
Clicking on the "Start Search" button starts the scan. It takes no longer than a couple of seconds. The scan result window shows how the list of operating system devices that found the Intel Driver Update utility and the new driver versions for the components.
The list of drivers can consist of several items, but only one is selected. As a rule, this is the driver of the latest version, but you can choose to download another driver, displayed on the screen.
You can switch to the "Earlier versions of drivers" tab to download an earlier version of the driver for the device or the universal driver.
The program shows the name of the driver, installed and the latest version of the driver, as well as a description and information about compatibility.
You can also change the download directory manually before you start downloading the selected Intel drivers to the local system.
The downloads are saved to the IntelComponents directory. You can install the downloaded drivers directly from the Utility to update the Intel drivers or run the driver files from the download directory.
Typically, a restart is required to complete the process.
Other Functions
The utility has several interesting features.
First, you can open the history and check whether the driver you have downloaded is already used, and whether it is installed or not. Driver updates can be removed from the history, but they will be saved to the local system.
Second: you can search for Intel drivers manually. This is a little tricky, since you can not just beat the name of a component or part of it. You need to choose a product line, operating system and existing name from the list of proposed.
Drivers are provided exclusively for Intel Desktop Boards, Intel NUC board, and Intel Compute Stick. This means it's better to go directly to the Intel Download Center on the site, and then find and download the drivers.
Uninstall Utility for updating Intel drivers
The program from Intel installs some services, scheduled tasks and drivers during the installation. Some of them are directly indicated as telemetric, others seem to control the system in order to increase its productivity.
You can not choose what to install and what is not. If you can refuse quality improvement programs software, the planned telemetric tasks will continue to be started.
- Energy Server Service queencreek - Intel (r) Energy Checker SDK. ESRV Service queencreek
- Intel (R) System Usage Report Service SystemUsageReportSvc_QUEENCREEK - Intel (R) System Usage Report Service SystemUsageReportSvc_QUEENCREEK
- eUser Energy Server Service quencreek - Intel (r) Energy Checker SDK. ESRV Service queencreek
- USER_ESRV_SVC_QUEENCREEK - description missing
- Intel \\ Intel Telemetry 2 - Bootloader for Intel (R) Product Improvement Program.
The program creates the following folders on the system:
- Program Files \\ Intel \\ SUR \\ QUEENCREEK
- Program Files \\ Intel \\ Telemetry 2.0
- Program Files \\ Intel Driver Update Utility
- Program Files (x86) \\ Intel Driver Update Utility
In addition, it establishes new driver semav6msr64.
When you uninstall the program, some components can stay. I advise you to check services, scheduled tasks and the above folders manually and make sure that everything has been deleted. If not, then remove them manually.
To uninstall the driver, do the following:
- Press the Windows key, enter cmd.exe, hold down Shift and Ctrl at the same time, press Enter. The command line will run.
- Allow her to make changes.
- Type sc delete semav6msr64 and press Enter.
- Close the window.
Intel is no different from installing any other program, despite such a world-wide popular name. Nowadays under the Intel logo, not only processors are produced, but also motherboards, budget video adapters ... Times have changed a lot, so Intel has significantly expanded its sphere of influence. Today's article is a visual aid on how to perform the installation of the fireballs of this company, as well as where to look for them at all.
What is a driver?
Before installing Intel drivers on your machine, you should familiarize yourself with the short technical help. Surely many users have a poor idea of how it works driver and why he is needed at all. Generally, this is a special software designed to manage any component of your computer. Each chipset, each model, as well as peripherals, needs a special tool that will link them to the proper, this is the purpose of the fireballs - the dialogue of iron with the software level.
Disks in the complete set.
Installing Intel drivers should not take much time and effort from the user. That is why The standard software package with the computer must include a disk with the original software. If you need a fireball, then look for them, in the first place, it is on this disk. You you must insert it into the drive, then start the installation. After everything is completed, restart the machine.
Disks with original firewood are, of course, good, but what if they are not at hand? Especially for such cases, the kernel of the operating system has built-in automatic and manual search function - "Device Manager". Working window of the dispatcher shows a complete list of equipment, focused on the motherboard. A special mark is marked with unknown devices that need to be installed with droves. Right-click on this device and select "Update driver".
In my case, there is an old Intel processor that does not need to be updated. But one of the audio devices is just "unknown". This, of course, is not a processor, but the principle of installation for all devices in the "controller" is the same. In the next window, the system asks you to select the automatic or manual search method. We choose the first option.
Installing Intel drivers "from the specified location" will not work for us, because we agreed that we do not have any fireballs at all. But if you admit they have you on a flash drive, then you can choose a manual installation and in the window that appears, specify the path to the folder where the system should look for the driver for this device. She will find it accordingly, install it, and then most likely will ask you to restart the PC, which in fact must be done after you have installed the driver.
DriverPack Solution.
Surely you already heard about DriverPack Solution. This is a universal program for finding and installing firewood for any modern and outdated iron. The main advantages of this utility are simple interface, high performance and a huge database of system software. Actually, because of the large database, the program has an impressive size, but do not let it bother you.
The main working window is as follows.
The top area contains detailed information about the functionality of the computer. A little lower - an automatic search bar that notifies you that the optimal software for a particular hardware has been found. At the very bottom is a complete list of devices that can be seen in the "dispatcher". Nearby there are buttons for searching for firewood. There is an installation option - automatic (the program will do everything yourself), manual (without your permission the installation will not begin), as well as finding the right drivers on the Internet.
Additional tools are located in the left area of the program. Here there is the same device manager, as well as expert mode with advanced settings. After you have chosen from the list what you need to install, the installation itself will go, after which you must restart the computer.
Official site.
The manufacturer, which we are talking about today, has its own website, where it is possible to download the fireballs for any hardware. After you go to the main page, go to the "Support" section.
Then, the next window will appear.
You can crash the installation of Intel drivers in auto mode by downloading a special utility. To do this, click on the "renewal of firewood" on the left side of the window.
You can search for drivers by name. Enter the name of your device in the top line, then revise the list of results. A similar result will be obtained by using "category search". Enter the device category, PC type, and then select the model you want from the list.
At the last stage, select the desired version of the OS, after which the results will be rebuilt. Downloading the program will start after clicking on the appropriate boot icon.
That's it! Do not forget to install after the download and success in working with the hardware from Intel!
Below, you can watch a video that shows how to install the driver for free using DriverPack Solution. Have a nice work!
Drivers for Intel components are sometimes very difficult to find. However, you can facilitate this process and automatically identify the components of Intel - download the drivers and install them on your computer. Read our instructions.
Often, many users have problems when operating system can not identify a particular device. When you enter the device manager, it turns out that one or more "unknown devices" are displayed there, indicated by an exclamation point in the yellow triangle.
In some situations, errors occur when installing the software video cards Nvidia, when the installer displays a message that you can not continue installing Nvidia, you must first install the Intel drivers. What should I do to solve this problem?
But now, if an Intel motherboard is installed on the computer or other components of this brand are used, you can easily solve this problem with the help of Intel's special program.
The Intel Driver Update Utility will first scan the computer, detect the components of this company and automatically download and install the missing or obsolete drivers. Not only does it provide quick access to the latest versions of Intel drivers, it is in many cases capable of recognizing components designated as "Unknown Device".
How to recognize components using the Intel Driver Update Utility
The Intel Driver Update Utility simplifies the whole process of recognition, installation and upgrade. It is able to recognize the drivers of the following Intel components:
- Video cards (for example, integrated graphics processors Intel i5 and i7);
- Sound cards (integrated on motherboardsoh);
- Network cards Wi-Fi;
- Ethernet network cards;
- Chipsets;
- Intel motherboards;
- Intel NUC (Intel mini-computers);
- Intel Compute Stick (microcomputer in the form of a flash drive).
If a component is installed on the PC from the list above, then Intel Driver Update Utility will recognize it automatically. In addition, if you use miniature Intel NUC or Intel Compute Stick computers, the program will download all the necessary drivers for the correct operation of the system.
Use the utility is simple enough. After launching it, a window will appear, through which you can search for missing or new versions of the drivers. First click on the Start scan button and wait for them to appear in the "Available drivers for your product" section.
Before downloading, you can create a separate folder for storing them. Click on the icon in the Download Directory field first and specify the folder where you will upload the files. To download, click on Download.
After downloading, you can install them directly from the Intel Driver Update Utility or manually do this by running each installer from the specified folder.
The application allows not only to automatically recognize the devices. With it, you can download any other drivers for Intel devices. To do this, first use the "Search manually" option to find the appropriate driver and select the appropriate option. Thanks to it, you can download drivers from another computer.
Alternative installation method
The first thing that needs to be done after reinstalling the system is to install all the drivers for the computer to work properly. This process is rather lengthy and time consuming, but it can be accelerated, and for this, first create a backup of the current drivers before reinstalling the system. Then without much trouble you can put them on a "clean" system.
To create a copy, we use the application Free Driver Backup, which allows you to quickly perform backup selected (or all) drivers.
Backup using Free Driver Backup
The application will automatically scan the computer for all the drivers and display them in a simple list. Opposite each, its name will be highlighted, as well as the recommended action on the Action tab. By default, only recommended (Recommended) is displayed. To display everything, go to the Scan Driver menu and select Scan all drivers.
To start copying, first select the items you want to save or all (Select all) in the list, and then click the Backup button. Unfortunately, the application does not offer to choose a folder to save, so after creating it you can find it in the directory with the program.
The tool allows you to make other data archives - browser history, separate pages from Internet Explorera, and also - which is very important - the system registry. All these options can be found in the Plugins tab.
After reinstalling or "clean" system installation, the drivers can be restored using the Device Manager. First, right click on Start and select Device Manager.
The manager window displays a list of all the components of the PC. If, for example, you need to recognize network card (it can be found by name in the section Network adapters), right-click on it and select "Update driver".
Then select "Find and install drivers manually" in the window that opens, and then specify the path to the folder where the backup copy (by default the folder BackUp in the program directory Free Driver Backup).
Conclusion
Creating a backup is a very convenient solution and will save a lot of time searching. If you install a new driver and want to protect yourself from problems, previous version, then make a backup first. Also this is a very useful option when old components are installed on the PC, for which it is not possible to find drivers on official websites.
Due to the fact that the backup is saved in the directory with the program, we recommend that you install the Free Driver Backup not on the system partition. Thus, protect it from accidental formatting when reinstalling the system. And better copy to another one local disk or on a flash drive.
Modern Windows 10 and 8.1 typically update the drivers automatically, including for Intel hardware, but drivers obtained from the Center windows Updates not always the last (especially for Intel HD Graphics) and not always the ones that are needed (sometimes - just "compatible" according to Microsoft).
In this manual, details on updating the Intel drivers (chipset, video card, etc.) with the help of the official utility, how to download any Intel drivers manually and additional information related to Intel HD Graphics drivers.
Note: Intel's next-generation driver update utility is primarily designed for PC motherboards with Intel chipsets (but not necessarily production). Updates of drivers for laptops, she also finds, but not all.
Intel Driver Update Program
The official site of Intel offers its own utility for automatic updates hardware drivers to their recent versions and its use is preferable to its own update system built into Windows 10, 8 and 7, and even more so than any third-party driver pack.
Download the program for automatic driver updates from http://www.intel.ru/content/www/ru/ru/support/detect.html. After a short installation process on a computer or laptop, the program will be ready to update the drivers.
The upgrade process itself consists of the following simple steps.
This completes the whole process, and the drivers are updated. If you want, as a result of searching for drivers, on the tab "Earlier versions of drivers" you can download intel driver in the previous version, if the latter is unstable.
How to download the necessary Intel drivers manually
In addition to automatically searching for and installing hardware drivers, the driver update program allows you to search for the necessary drivers manually in the appropriate section.
The list includes drivers for all common motherboards with Intel chipset, Intel NUC and Compute Stick computers for different versions of Windows.
About updating Intel HD Graphics drivers
In some cases, Intel HD Graphics drivers may refuse to install instead of existing drivers, in this case there are two ways:
- First completely remove the existing Intel HD Graphics drivers (see) and only after that perform the installation.
- If point 1 has not helped, and you have a laptop, look at the official website of the laptop manufacturer on the support page for your model - maybe there will be an updated and fully compatible driver for the integrated graphics card.
Also, in the context of Intel HD Graphics drivers, the following instruction may be useful:.
This concludes this short, perhaps useful instruction for someone from the user manual, I hope that all of the Intel equipment on your computer is working properly.
