Installing drivers, do you reboot after each one or install them all then reboot once?

[lordofdusk95]

Only reboot if it force me to, otherwise I click reboot later.

 

[_JP_]

You see, the great thing about Vista onwards is WDDM. I just install everything at once, the computer takes it like a champ and then reboot.

 

[peche]

Install order and reebots:
chipset / motherboard,
sound / ethernet
gpu / video controllers
Antivirus
office
Reboot,
Steam
uPlay
origin
EVGA Precision X
itunes
Reboot
then run W10 updates for a while, leave the install left, then last reboot,

Regards,

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I dont have the patience to reboot after each so Ill do it all in one go.

When reinstalling Windows especially, I have a bat file that points to my NAS that has a shared folder for "exes" which also contains my drivers for my computer and the bat file installs everything I want one thing at a time. This way I dont have to hunt around or try and remember what to install.

 

[lexluthermiester]

When reinstalling Windows especially, I have a bat file that points to my NAS that has a shared folder for "exes" which also contains my drivers for my computer and the bat file installs everything I want one thing at a time. This way I dont have to hunt around or try and remember what to install.

I use to do something like this. Discovered how easy it was to work it all into an unattended setup and never looked back..

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I use to do something like this. Discovered how easy it was to work it all into an unattended setup and never looked back..

I havent done an unattended setup since the XP days. I was offput by MS killing the ability for us to wrap up windows updates into our builds.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I havent done an unattended setup since the XP days. I was offput by MS killing the ability for us to wrap up windows updates into our builds.

?!? When did this happen?

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

?!? When did this happen?

Well it happened YEARS ago. There was a website that you could go to that would host all the Windows updates and you could download them in bulk or individually rather than from MS yourself since it was harder to navigate. Then MS caught wind, took the sites down. I haevnt seen or heard of any site where I could do that since. So I stopped doing streamlined installs .

 

[dirtyferret]

I install everything then reboot once, never had an issue.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Well it happened YEARS ago. There was a website that you could go to that would host all the Windows updates and you could download them in bulk or individually rather than from MS yourself since it was harder to navigate. Then MS caught wind, took the sites down. I haevnt seen or heard of any site where I could do that since. So I stopped doing streamlined installs .

I'm not sure that's right. Have downloaded cumulative updates recently, .MUI files, and slip-streamed them into a Win7 ISO. It never fails. What have you been using for creating ISO's?

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I'm not sure that's right. Have downloaded cumulative updates recently, .MUI files, and slip-streamed them into a Win7 ISO. It never fails. What have you been using for creating ISO's?

I don't anymore. I install everything and then create an image with acronis. But I used to use nlite

 

[lexluthermiester]

I don't anymore. I install everything and then create an image with acronis. But I used to use nlite

Acronis is very good and that's a great method. I used RT-7Lite. The main website has disappeared, but can still be downloaded form most download sites.

 

[Athlonite]

Chipset drivers then reboot
GPU, Sound, whatever else then reboot
after that the only time you should need to reboot is newer GPU drivers or some system updates from MS

 

[GoldenX]

I only restart when asked, except for the video drivers, I always restart after them.
First i go for chipset (and all the Intel crap), then video, after that sound, and finally the rest (lan, wlan, card reader, etc).