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Driver download pages

What's a good website to look for drivers?

All my Google searches seem to lead me to either very commercial websites (trying to sell you a software to do it all), shady sites (downloading some free utility), or not up to date (The latest Windows XP drivers!).

Isn't there a legit, community-driven site to download drivers out there?

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You want community, why, what's better than a community wiki version of this dupe? superuser.com/questions/53968/… – Eight Days of Malaise Nov 19 at 5:30

closed as exact duplicate by Diago♦ Nov 19 at 8:56
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Unless you have a really specific need for a 3rd-party, customized driver, I don't see any reason to download drivers from anyone except the original manufacturer. You're right. Most of those driver-search sites are really seedy and very likely malicious.

If the original manufacturer is out of business or no longer offers the driver, do a search for the device and make sure lots of people recommend the same file from a reputable site.

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And it might be worth scanning any dubious files with a service like virusscan.jotti.org, which tells you what multiple AVs think of the file. – Cameron Nov 19 at 5:24
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http://www.touslesdrivers.com/

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