Updates!
It is always recommended by all software vendors to update their product frequently. There are many reasons for this, updates help the product to gain stability and fixes the bugs found so far. A computer may contain many installed programs and it very difficult for a normal user to check for an update of every program and install the updates and the required patches. There are many reasons why we may turn off the automatic update option available with the program.
For this purpose there are many programs to perform the updating process. TechFlag has selected few top performing programs to help a common user to keep their installed programs up to date.
UpdateStar
UpdateStar is known for its user friendly interface, a ribbon style interface which we find in Microsoft Office 2007. It can provide you with direct download links for the available updates. At present UpdateStar has a data base of 80,000 programs. The main disadvantage of of UpdateStar is it can not do a through system registry scan for finding installed programs.
From the developer’s desk of UpdateStar:
“UpdateStar lets you stay up to date and secure with the personal software installations on your PC. The Free Edition provides basic protection against outdated major versions of your software with limited features.”
Click here to download UpdateStar. (Freeware)
Update Checker
Update Checker can detect the updates for more than 200 programs hosted at FileHippo.com. It can check the updates for many freeware applications like Winamp, Adobe Reader, IrfanView, CCleaner. Update Checker gives you the direct download links.
From the developer’s desk of Update Checker: (FileHippo.com)
”The Update Checker will scan your computer for installed software, check the versions and then send this information to FileHippo.com to see if there are any newer releases. These are then neatly displayed in your browser for you to download.”
Click here to download Update Checker. (Freeware)
Software-UpToDate
Software-UpToDate has many reasons which are worth to try it. It takes the information directly from the Windows Installer of an Application and check’s its version. Software-UpToDate makes use of an online database to compare the version of the programs installed. The negative comment of Software-UpToDate is it can not give the direct link to download the program updates but it can detect the manufacturer of the software.
From the developer’s desk of Software-UpToDate:
“This software scans your computer for installed software. This list is compared to a list on a server. After this it shows you more recent versions of your software if there are versions available. New versions are reported thru the client and compared between all software-uptodate users. The version numbers are automatically detected.”
Click here to download Software-UpToDate. (Freeware)
SUMo
SUMo can be considered as the top most in this list of applications. There are many reasons for this:
1) SUMo can detect almost all the software installed on your computer. 
2) SUMo has an online database of about 90,000 most used programs.
3) SUMo can check the program version with this online database and finds the available updates.
From developer’s desk of SUMo: 
“SUMo, which stands for Software Update Monitor. Thanks to SUMo you’ll be able to keep your PC up-to-date by using the most recent version of your favorite software! Unlike build-in auto update features, SUMo tells you if updates are available before you need to use your software.”
Click here to download SUMo. (Freeware)
Personal Software Inspector
This product is from the famous software manufacturer- “Secunia”. The basic
function of “Personal Software Inspector” is to find updates for all the programs installed on your computer. The developer claims that it has a user friendly interface. The database count reaches 4000 for “Personal Software Inspector”.
Click here to download Personal Software Inspector. (Freeware)
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