obsolete drivers

[leonardalan]

I have been getting prompts about the number of my unused drivers (25) - one from MacAfee and the other from Windows driver upgrade service for Windows 7 Home premium. In each case it seems that I would have to pay an annual fee. Presumably my Housekeeping processes do not perform this task, but, is there a way of deleting these unnecessary drivers without incurring a cost?
I use a Dell Inspiron 1545 model.
Thankyou

[HansV]

Welcome to Eileen's Lounge!

In general, there is no pressing need to remove unused drivers. Disk space is not a problem with today's hard disks, and unused drivers don't consume resources.

If you still want to remove unused drivers: Comodo Programs Manager is free (at least, so it claims, I haven't tried it myself).
Or AutoRuns is a free utility from Microsoft that lets you delete individual drivers if you so wish. It doesn't tell you which ones are unused, though.

[DaveA]

I would not waste my time or money on using the likes of Windows driver upgrade service.

This "Windows 7 driver upgrade service " is not a service from Microsoft but from a third party.

Like Hans said, there is no need in removing any "unused" driver.

[viking33]

You should be able to at least get rid of the Microsoft "nags" by going to Control Panel> Windows Updates> Change Settings and unchecking the last item on the list about software updates.
I don't use McAfee myself but would imagine there is a similar option for their program.

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[viking33]

BTW, are you sure they mention unused drivers, not outdated drivers?