Snappy Driver Installer R165

System Requirements: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/10

Language: Armenian, Azerbaijan, Belorussian, Portugal, English,
Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Description:

Snappy Driver Installer is an application for installing/updating drivers on PCs running Microsoft Windows using driverpacks or included folders with drivers. It can be used to install drivers on newly assembled PCs at places where Internet isn't available. Users can also use the software to keep their drivers up to date.

Features:

Written in C/C++.
Licensed under GNU GPL v3 (Open source).
The state of the art in algorithm of finding best matching drivers for any devices.
Tiny size(less than one megabyte).
Fast indexing of driverpacks, start up, driver installation.
Automatic updating of driverpacks and the application over the Internet.
Support for installation from both driverpacks and folders at the same time.
Unattended installation(/autoinstall switch) with PC rebooting when necessary.
Creation of snapshots of systems so other users could emulate foreign systems.
Virus warnings informing user that the media with the application compromised.
Multilingual interface.
Themes.

How to update torrent.

Snappy Driver Installer downloads updated driverpacks and the application via the torrent technology. This is why it’s important that torrent users on trackers seed this torrent for as long as possible and when it’s updated they should update their torrent as soon as possible.

Make sure settings.cfg contains “-checkupdates” so that you’ll be notified when updates are available.

Method 1(simple)
1. Delete the old .torrent + Data.
2. Download the updated torrent and start downloading.
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!


Method 2(advanced)
1. Delete the old .torrent while keeping Data.
2. Download the updated torrent.
3. Uncheck “Start downloading” or stop it if it’s already started.
4. Right click on the torrent in your torrent client and choose “Force re-check”.
5. Start downloading.
6. Clear readonly attribute on files in the Drivers folder.
7. Run del_old_driverpacks.bat.

What’s difference between Snappy Driver Installer and SamDrivers?

SamLab makes all driverpacks for SamDrivers and includes three application for driver installation. SamDrivers is released as ISO which makes it impossible to download individual driverpacks and it's awkward to use since most users run SDI from a flash drive or an external HDD anyway.

Snappy Driver Installer has integrated mini torrent client which is used to keep driverpacks and the application up to date. Torrent users can join the swarm by seeding this torrent.

Snappy Driver Installer release is based on SamDrivers with a few changes:
1. Deleted “Soft” folder.
2. Deleted DriverPack Solution and Drivers Installer Assistant.
3. Torrent is released as folder instead of it being an ISO image.
4. SamDrivers is released each month. However SamLab updates driverpacks each week and Snappy Driver Installer always has latest driverpacks.

Why is Snappy Driver Installer is better than the competition?

Snappy Driver Installer is the only truly Open Source project and is free to use. It doesn’t have ads, bloatware or premium features for which you have to pay. Unlike many applications of this class, Snappy Driver Installer can be used without the Internet connection because it has a full set of drivers in its driverpacks.

Let’s narrow down to driver installers which work using driverpacks. SamDrivers includes three application for driver installation:

1. DriverPack Solution(DPS) by BadPointer(formerly) and ArtX
2. Drivers Installer Assistant(DIA) by Romeo91
3. Snappy Driver Installer(SDI) by BadPointer

First release
DPS - 22.06.2008
DIA - 12.05.2009
SDI - 09.02.2014

Development status
DPS - only interface and bloatware have been being updated over past year.
DIA - Latest release: 28.04.2014.
SDI - active development.

Size
DPS - 34 MB (291 files)
DIA - 44 MB (189 files)
SDI - 1.3 MB (42 files) Without localization and themes - 1 MB(one file).

Dependance and standaloneness
DPS - Depends on IE. Writes to registry.
DIA - Depends on vbscript libraries. Installs them without asking the user.
SDI - Works on Windows 2000 and above. Doesn't leave traces in the system.

Indexing time
DPS - 280 secs (4:40)
DIA - 123 secs (2:03)
SDI - 19 secs (13 secs on indexing and 6 secs on compressing)

Start up time
DPS - 10 secs
DIA - 3 secs
SDI - 0.5 sec

Driver selection algorithm
DPS - It has many well known problems which are fixed in SDI.
DIA - It used to lag behind DPS but at this point it has catched up with DPS.
SDI - It takes in account much more information about devices and drivers. It's possible to see a full list of compatible drivers for each device and pick a driver manually but it's not required since the list is sorted that best drivers end up being on in the beginning of the list. The point is DPS doesn't do driver ranking.

Installation method
DPS - devcon.exe. It is as reliable as installing via Device Manager.
DIA - DPInst.exe. It often fails to install even correctly picked drivers.
SDI - Win32API. It is as reliable as installing via Device Manager. Automatically clicks on "Continue" when asked about installing unsigned drivers.