RadarSync and DriverMax are two well-known free device driver updater utilities - while both of them do a decent job keeping your device drivers updated RadarSync has issues with proper device detection and DriverMax being accurate is not much user friendly requiring compulsory user-registration.

Now to make things simpler a new free device driver updater utility Device Doctor for Windows 7, XP and Vista is here allowing fast and easy driver updates.

Microsoft Windows 7 comes loaded with lots of new features, and one of the most exciting new feature is Device Stage which introduces a brand new way to interact with your hardware devices from Windows desktop; Out-of-the-box support for hardware devices is one of the major strength for Windows over competing operating-systems and Windows 7 takes this to all new level with even more device-support allowing users to utilize services offered by their devices via new visual interface of device-stage without the need to install additional software or drivers.

Newly introduced Device Stage is not just a visual interface to interact with your devices but also offers automatic media conversion suited for devices plugged-in as I found it while working with Creative Zen MP3 player as demonstrated ahead.

Keeping your computer driver's and applications updated is always recommended to maintain system stability and security, Automated software solutions exist for scanning system drivers and performing these update tasks, However, majority of these solutions like Driver Detective, DriverAgent, and DriverMagic are not free, but RadarSync 2008 Free Edition wont cost you a penny and is far better then many of these paid driver update scanning softwares.