NoDevice.com Eliminates The Hastle

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A few days ago, I encountered a unique problem trying to install some hardware for a friend’s PC. During the installation of an old Phillips web camera, I learned that he had forgotten the drivers disc at home and Windows didn’t come with a set of compatible web cam drivers. “OK,” I thought, “No big deal; I can find exactly what I need somewhere on the Internet.” So off to Google I went; searching for the drivers with make and model would up with no results. As it turns out, the camera I was installing was at least a few years old and was discontinued by Phillips, making installation all but impossible. Enter NoDevice.

NoDevice (www.nodevice.com) is a website operated around the principle that, eventually, you are going to lose your drivers. From what I’ve experienced on the website, NoDevice has over 70,000 files in three major categories: Device Drivers, DLL files, and Manuals. Covering major categories such as printers, web cams, scanners, joysticks, Bluetooth, and USB devices, NoDevice has plenty of content from plenty of companies. To say that this kind of resource was invaluable would be an understatement.

Going above simply providing the files themselves, NoDevice provided plenty of additional reasons to stick around. I was able to read about how drivers operate, what connections certain drivers are responsible for, an article about mobile phone drivers, Windows DLL OCX files, and what is exactly needed to make sure my drivers are installed and running correctly. From their front page, I am able to access English, German, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Indian translations of their website, since, as we all know, driver problems aren’t particular to any particular group of people. They even have a partnership with Kaspersky Labs to provide a free Anti-Virus scan and AV trial software downloads from their website. This is easily one of the most versatile websites I’ve ever come across.

Well, to continue my story, I found the drivers I needed and installed the web cam. Of course, upon initializing the camera, I learned that it didn’t work to begin with…but, in the process, I found this incredible site. Being a major gamer, I’m better off visiting the manufacturer’s main website for drivers for my nVidia 7900GS, but I can easily see the use of such a website. Even if you cannot find the driver you are looking for, there’s a Driver Request utility that you can use to request a specific driver, manual, or DLL file.
Whether you’re looking for a lost .DLL (who hasn’t lost a DLL lately?), or a set of drivers for that old camcorder, chances are, NoDevice has just what you are looking for.

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