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Hi Glenn, I am having a hard time understanding the relatively technical discussion here, I simply wanted to say that I didn't notice any issues with previous versions, but as soon as I downloaded the last one (R822) and new indexes, two things happened:
1. some drivers/devices were detected, that I had never seen before, some realtek effects blahblah, a "voice clarity" thingy, etc.
When I hovered with the mouse on these new drivers, it was showing that they were already installed, with that same name. It seemed to be just an update. I thought "ok, maybe they changed name now? Voice clarity doesn't sound dangerous anyway".
I tried installing them, some worked, some failed.
Tbc, although I had just downloaded the new exe and the new indexes, I had not closed the app and clicked on the new exe, I was still in the window of the previous version.
2. after the restart, I clicked on the R822 exe, and it does not show ANY driver. Not even when I select "current". It's completely blank.
Unfortunately I have already deleted the previous exe.
How can I solve this?
Thanks
Oh, maybe I am misunderstanding something about how this software is supposed to work, but I have found a behaviour that seems wrong to me:
if I only select newer or current, NOTHING is shown (it has never been like this until now, it would ALWAYS show all currently installed drivers if I would select current).
If I select current and better match, nothing is shown.
If I select current and worse match, seemingly all currently installed drivers are shown, with the red text saying "already installed (not signed)".
If I select better match, nothing is shown.
If I select worse match, three drivers are shown.
If I select worse match and better match, many drivers are shown and most of them make no sense to me (things like "Intel Core 4xxxU and 4xxxY processor line power engine plug-in", never seen before, but it's marked as an updated and more optimal version of a supposedly installed "intel power engine plug-in")
If I select newer and better match, nothing is shown.
If I select newer and worse match, lot of stuff is shown. If then I also add better match, more stuff is shown.
Etc etc.
It all feels honestly very random and confusing/unreliable compared to the behaviour I was used to.
@innerbrat We'd really need to do a side by side comparison to understand what's different. Also zip your latest log file and post.
Hi Glenn.
FYI, this version and the previous version do not auto detect new Win 11 drivers and I can't change it to Win 10 to see if the old way still works.
@fc2xbs I've been working on Win 11 this week. Should have a new release for you to test in a day or two.
