Should I remove Driver Wizard?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
42% remove it58% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #23,634
United States Rank #12,535
Reach 0.0079%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 290.44 days
936.40 days >
Average installed length: 492.01 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 12.0 |
0.65% |
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| 11.0 |
29.03% |
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| 10.0 |
50.32% |
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Driver Wizard
What is Driver Wizard?
Driver Wizard is an application designed to check the computer's installed drivers against a database of available drivers for a number of software and device hardware applications. If driver updates are available the software will automatically download them from the manufacturers web site and install them.
About (from Driver-Soft)
Your computer is an amazingly powerful tool that lets you connect thousands of different peripherals and devices. A Windows PC lets you scan photos, print newsletters, download camera pictures, use webcams and do it all without leaving your home. Device Drivers are the software piece you need to make it all work.
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Overview
The most used version is 10.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is driverwizard.exe. The software installer includes 13 files and is usually about 18.18 MB (19,058,996 bytes). LiveUpdate.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released.
Program details
URL: www.driverwizard.org
Help link: www.driverwizard.org/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverWizard\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\DriverWizard\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 18.18 MB
Files installed by Driver Wizard
| Program executable: | driverwizard.exe |
| Name: | Driver Wizard |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\driver-soft\driverwizard\driverwizard.exe |
| MD5: | 1f80ba0cb13b3d35fde85204663b812a |
Additional files:
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TaskTray.exe - Driver Wizard Task Scheduler
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LiveUpdate.exe - LiveUpdate
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HWiNFO32.dll (by Martin Malík - REALiX) - HWiNFO32 Client Library (HWiNFO32 Dynamic Link Library)
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zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
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aspr_ide.dll - ASProtect IDE Helper
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- DriverWizard.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{94E54AAD-00F7-45B7-8D09-D924A72570CC}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- DriverWizard.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Driver Wizard.
How do I remove Driver Wizard?
You can uninstall Driver Wizard from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Driver Wizard, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Driver Wizard.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 69%
Win XP 1%
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HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 42%
Keep it 58%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
70.51% |
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| Windows XP |
11.54% |
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| Windows Vista |
10.26% |
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| Windows 10 |
7.69% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
59.48% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
11.11% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
9.80% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.50% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
5.23% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
2.61% |
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Geography
94.19% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
94.19% |
| United Kingdom |
1.55% |
| Belgium |
0.78% |
| Canada |
0.78% |
| Brazil |
0.39% |
| Norway |
0.39% |
| Australia |
0.39% |
| New Zealand |
0.39% |
| Netherlands |
0.39% |
| Germany |
0.39% |
| Slovakia |
0.39% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
55.46% |
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| Dell |
27.73% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.56% |
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| ASUS |
4.20% |
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| Acer |
1.68% |
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| Sahara |
1.68% |
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| Compaq |
0.84% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.84% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.07% |
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| HP G72 Notebook PC |
2.44% |
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| Gigabyte P55M-UD2 |
2.44% |
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| Dell Inspiron 580 |
2.44% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1564 |
1.63% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
1.63% |
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About (from Driver-Soft Inc.)
Our company owns many years of software developing experiences, advanced production designing and researching experiences.
Publisher URL: www.driver-soft.com