Driver packages?

[Mike Fishcake]

Is there such a thing as a gigantic package of drivers for all different kinds of components that you can download and install in WinXP?

Basically, sometimes we end up reinstalling people's operating systems, but they don't have drivers for them, so we inevitably end up scouting around the internet looking for them.

Obviously nothing will ever cover 100%, but if it goes part way there then that will be pretty decent. Things like the most common graphics, sound, network, wireless drivers etc. It would be nice to just have a collection of the necessary inf files so that windows can find them on searching.

I appreciate that new drivers come out all the time, but if we can find something reasonably recent to do this that would be a bonus, as the quicker it helps us to get it done, the better. I'm aware of websites like DriverGuide, but that does still involve a lot of piddling around.

Cheers

[Olly1234]

I used this a few weeks back on a new xp install, worked a treat http://www.autopatcher.com/

[Mike Fishcake]

Cheers Olly, but I don't think that's exactly what I want - that appears to be Windows Updates rather than driver files (although that is useful anyway )