Windows 10: System Devices / System Timer Driver

HelloI was looking to install and update newer versions of drivers. One driver in particular, system timer, says it is from 2006. I found an update for that driver on Intel's website here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19446/intel-nuc-watchdog-timer-utility.html?wapkw=watchdog%20timerI have windows 11 on my PC and I only see downloads for windows 10 on the website for this driver. Is it safe to install the windows 10 version of the driver on my windows 11 PC? I have downloaded drivereasy and it said that driver was outdated. It recommended that driver in the link above for i

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System timer - No drivers are installed for this device

It's interesting that scan reports the System Timer as up to date...

Out of curiosity I ran DriverMax on mine (2 free/day / commercial) - I have used this 3 or 4 times over the years to find an odd driver not found in the normal way, and for that it has indeed been useful.

Of the updates it listed, none were timer related. But of course, the hardware is quite different.

However, Driver Easy produces a different list, including

 

System timer - No drivers are installed for this device

Background

After having issues with recurring BSODs with error FAULTY_HARDWARE_CORRUPTED_PAGE, I took measures according to this page https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge...ows-10-solved/. Apart from the Driver Easy software I also ran the Driver Booster software (Driver Booster 9 Free: Official Free Driver Updater Tool for Windows 2021).

I updated approx. 15 drivers to the latest revisions. However, Driver Booster reports that all drivers are up-to-date, while Driver Easy reports that some drivers are outdated, one of them being the Intel(R) Watchdog Timer Driver (Intel(R) WDT). When viewing the details of this driver in Driver Easy it shows information according to the picture below:





As I understand it these drivers are both related to the System Timer driver in Windows Device Manager - System Devices. Looking at the Properties of System Timer in Device Manager it shows information as follows:






When downloading the Intel(R) Watchdog Timer Driver (Intel(R) WDT) with Driver Easy and trying to update the System Timer driver with the downloaded driver, Windows Update Driver reports that the best driver for this device is already installed, see pics below:







Questions

Why is Device manager reporting "No drivers are installed" while at the same time reporting Driver details of the driver installed, such as Driver version 10.0.15063.0? Is the driver installed or not???

Why is Driver Easy reporting that the driver needs to be updated, and providing a newer version, while Windows reports that the best driver available is already installed?


Any ideas that could bring some light upon these mysteries are much appreciated. Thanks!

 

System timer - No drivers are installed for this device

I've executed a couple of scans now with some different driver tools: Driver Easy, Driver Booster, DriverMax and SlimDrivers. They all give different results on which drivers that are out-of-date. I have learned not to trust everything these tools detect. For instance DriverMax reports that my Dual Band Wireless driver is out-of-date:



However, checking with the download pages at Intel shows that I have the latest version: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/dow...?product=75439 .

I feel rather comfortable now with the drivers I have installed so I'll just wait and see if there will pop up any more BSODs. Thanks for all the help!