You may have seen advertisements for online driver scanners on the Internet, or seen them pop up in various search engine results lists, and these are important programs that provide computer users with a very useful way to ensure that their drivers are up to date and working efficiently.  All computers are loaded with standard drivers at the point of manufacture, but there are thousands of different devices available these days, and often computer users will need to load updated drivers in order to make new devices compatible with their systems.