Comments on: 4 Free Software Update Checker that Keep Your Windows Software Up to Date

By: May 2008 Monthly Highlights | My Tech Quest

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By: Ellie

Ellie — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:29:08 +0000

I use FileHippo. The older, less fancy (yet secure) version has a small size and doesn’t write to my hard drive, so it is perfect for putting on a flash drive and taking with me when I need to update friends’ computers.

There are some programs that get missed by FileHippo, but that is easily remedied by utilizing the manual update in various programs.

By: ameo

ameo — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:42:51 +0000

true and i can’t agree with you more .

it’s just that i’m an OLD-SCHOOL -[ doesn't mean that i'm old dude ]- i don’t do updates unless the current application fails , or i needed something in the next release ,

but if i’m happy with the current old version so why upgrading !

for example ,, i kept using winamp 2.6 till version 5.0 came out

By: Steve Yu

Steve Yu — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:41:13 +0000

ameo > why we want to update the software to its newest version in the first place? One of the reason is to protect our computer from any security vulnerability. Anyway, you have your good reason not to use these software update checker as long as the software is updated somehow.

By: ameo

ameo — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:18:16 +0000

true .. but if some software you don’t use frequently ..

why updating it then

By: Steve Yu

Steve Yu — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:21:41 +0000

Syahid , Aseem Kishore > Filehippo is nice, but I prefer radarsync cos I can update my windows drivers as well.

ameo > Ya, almost every software has built-in update checker, but not all software I use it frequently. So this software update checker is an essential tool for me.

Atin > we are on the same boat!

By: Atin

Atin — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:36:49 +0000

I use radarsync for my driver updates. It used to just list the updates and you had to find the download links yourself, but now it gives you the links for free, so i’m happy.

By: ameo

ameo — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:10:42 +0000

nice ,
i didn’t thought to use any , coz EVERY software has it’s built-in update checker and it’s always running .

i think if i use a certain software each day i’ll notice the popup saying that there is update for it

yet i’ll see one of these freewares , and what can they do ..

thanks

By: Aseem Kishore

Aseem Kishore — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:50:52 +0000

I use FileHippo and love it. I had used others before, but didn’t like them as much because they didn’t find as many updates as FileHippo.

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:25:28 +0000

Nice collection of apps Steve! I use the first one frequently to keep my system and app updated all the time.