Hello Scannan,
Thank you for your response.
My apologies if I was unclear.
1) When I ran ASC there were 6 "Outdated Drivers." (See first image below.) Of those 6 drivers, 4 of them were a variation on the name Intel(R) Dynamic Tuning. If you look at the 4 line items that I highlighted in the image below, they are all "Dynamic tuning" with a variation at the end, each has the same "Current Version" listed, and the same "Available Version" listed. For each of those 4 line items (With different names) when I press the UPDATE link in the action column it downloads the same exact file. So that is where I get the 6 (represents all line items), and the 4 (represents the 4 dynamic tuning line items). and the 3 represents the number of downloads, IE 1 = Dynamic tuning driver, 2 = SPI Flash and 3 = Management Interface.
I hope this clarifies some of the confusion.
2) Something that I thought I clearly stated in my description was about rebooting. Direct quote from my initial description: "I then rebooted the PC and ran another scan." So again, I downloaded the 3 driver packages that ASC recommended and installed it. Why would ASC not recognize the updated drivers? False positive? Bug for Windows 11 OS? Something is clearly occurring. I also rebooted again after installing Driver Booster.
3) If ASC is a basic scan, and Driver Booster is a much more comprehensive scan then why would the comprehensive scan not show the same recommendations and more? Especially considering that the image below, from ASC, CLEARLY shows a recommendation to use Driver Booster to update the drivers. It was that recommendation that prompted my to spend MORE MONEY to correct the issue. I don't mind investing in maintenance of my systems, but I do mind spending money unnecessarily.
4) While I appreciate the suggestion of not updating drivers unless necessary, this was a clean install of Windows 11. I do not update drivers unless recommended, except for when I reinstall the operating system. After a clean install I always update my drivers. But this begs another question. Why should I spend money on an application that regularly scans my pc and sends me alerts if it's better that I ignore said alerts.
One last item of note, I did a clean install on both of my laptops, a Microsoft Surface Pro (That is where the image from above is) and on my HP Spectre (Below image). The same issue occurred on my HP as well, but with a different set of drivers. The same occurred here. I downloaded the drivers using the link in the action column, then manually installed the drivers. I then rebooted!!!!!! And running the scan after the reboot produced the same results. ASC did not recognize that the updated drivers were installed.
It appears to me that there could be an issue with ASC's scan engine and it's producing false positives or there is an issue with Driver Booster not recognizing necessary drivers. Maybe there is an issue with one or both with Windows 11, it's a brand new OS. I am open to user error on my part, but I think IOBit should at least review this thread.
Thanks
Donald.