Application for software updates. Best Software to Automatically Update Windows Drivers

To maintain the normal operation of the computer, it is necessary to update drivers from time to time, but searching for and installing them manually is boring and time consuming. And why? After all, this work is easy to automate. Today we will consider the ten best programs for updating drivers on PCs and laptops of all brands and models.

Intel Driver Update Utility Installer is a proprietary utility for finding and updating drivers for any Intel products (processors, system logic, network devices, drives, server components, and more). Compatible with Windows XP, 7 and newer editions of this system.

The hardware of the PC on which it is installed is automatically recognized by the utility. Checking for new driver versions on the Intel website is done by clicking the "Search" button, downloading and installing - at the request of the user.

In addition, the Intel Driver Update Utility Installer allows you to find and download drivers for any other Intel devices of your choice from the list (option "Search manually").

The developers warn that the application installs only typical drivers that do not take into account the features of a particular brand of computer. Therefore, before launching it, it is worth visiting the website of the manufacturer of your PC or laptop and checking if there is anything suitable there.

AMD Driver Autodetect

AMD Driver Autodetect is a similar proprietary tool from AMD. Designed to keep drivers of video cards of this brand up to date (except for AMD FirePro).

After installation, the utility will monitor the relevance of video drivers and ensure their timely updates. It automatically detects the model of the video card installed on the PC, as well as the bit depth and version of the operating system. When launched, it checks to see if there is a fresh driver on the AMD website. If there is, it informs about it and offers to download it. To start the installation, the user just needs to confirm his consent by clicking on the "Install" button.

AMD Driver Autodetect is also available exclusively for Windows.

NVIDIA Update

NVIDIA Update is a proprietary Windows utility for installing drivers for NVIDIA devices. Like AMD Driver Autodetect, it independently recognizes hardware models and checks for the latest driver on the manufacturer's website. The decision to install is up to the user.

Driver Pack Solution

DriverPack Solution is a lifesaver for service engineers, system administrators and those who earn extra money by providing services for Windows installation and programs. The application is a huge collection of drivers for devices of various brands and models, as well as a module for installing them.

Driver Pack Solution released in two versions - online and offline.

• The online distribution is designed to be used on a PC that has an Internet connection. Its difference is a small file size (285 Kb). Once launched, the program scans Windows for installed drivers and the relevance of their versions, after which it connects to the database (on its own server) and performs automatic updates.
• The offline distribution (size 10.2 Gb) is intended for installing drivers on a machine that is not connected to the Internet. In addition to the installer, it comes with a base of 960,000 drivers for Windows 7, XP, Vista, 8 (8.1) and 10, both for 32 bit and 64 bit. After launch, the scanning module recognizes device types and installs drivers from its own offline database.

The online version of DriverPack Solution is convenient for permanent home use. In addition to monitoring the relevance of drivers, it allows the user to automatically install and update individual applications, remove software junk, view a list of equipment, information about operating system and computer security.

The offline version is an emergency solution. Its task is not to select the best, but simply the right driver to start the device. And then update it online.

DriverPack Solution and the proprietary utilities listed above are completely free.

Driver Genius

Driver Genius is a universal driver management tool. The latest edition of the program is the sixteenth, optimized for Windows 8 and 10, but can also run on older systems.

In addition to updating the versions of installed drivers, Driver Genius can:

• Create backup copies of drivers and save them as archives - regular and self-extracting, as well as in the form of an installer (exe). To restore from a backup, you do not need to use Driver Genius.
• Remove unused and failed drivers.
• Display information about computer hardware.

The backup feature is a real treasure for those who frequently reinstall Windows. However, the program itself is by no means a gift: the cost of one license is $29.95. You can use it for free only for 30 days.

Snappy Driver Installer

Snappy Driver Installer is an application created by one of the developers of DriverPack Solution and has a lot in common with the latter. Also available in two versions: SDI Lite and SDI Full.

• The SDI Lite variant is a module for recognizing devices and searching for suitable drivers on the Internet. Its size is 3.6 Mb. It does not have its own base.
• The SDI Full option is an installation module plus a base (31.6 Gb). Designed to install drivers regardless of Internet access.

Features of Snappy Driver Installer:

• Works without installation (only portable version, can be run from a flash drive or DVD).
• Completely free - no premium features or ads.
• With an improved selection algorithm, which is based on the principle of "do no harm".
• It has a high scanning speed.
• Creates a system restore point before installing the driver.
• Allows you to change themes according to the user's choice.
• Multilingual (there is a version in Russian, Ukrainian and other national languages).
• Adapted for Windows 10.

driver booster

iObit Driver Booster is an application loved by gamers. Available in editions Free - free, and Pro - paid. The subscription price for the latter is 590 rubles per year.

Driver Booster has one single function - scanning the system for outdated drivers and installing updates in one click. And not simple updates, and (according to the developers) tuned to increase the performance of games.

- free and very simple utility to install and update PC drivers on Windows base 7, 8 and 10. Its database includes only original, signed drivers from the official websites of equipment manufacturers.

The application is designed for users with no experience. Support for the Russian language, a minimum of settings and one-button control practically exclude the possibility of confusing or breaking something. And if new driver proves to be inappropriate, DriverHub will remove it from the system and return the old one to its place.

All features of DriverHub:

• Search for missing, update outdated drivers and additional software. Automatic installation.
• Simple and expert mode of operation. In expert mode, the user can select a driver from several available ones, in simple mode, the program itself selects the optimal version.
• Daily replenishment of the database of drivers.
• Storage of download history.
• Recovery - roll back drivers to previous versions.
• Display basic information about the computer.
• Launching system Windows utilities from your interface.

DriverMax Free

DriverMax is a free, uncomplicated, English-language utility, the main purpose of which is the same driver update. Unlike others free apps it has another useful option - creating a system rollback point and backing up installed drivers of the user's choice. As well as restoring from a backup.

After installing DriverMax, it persistently reminds you that it would be nice to register on the site and buy a paid license with advanced features, one of which is completely automatic operation. Annual usage starts at $10.39.

Driver Magician

Driver Magician is the last hero of today's review. I had 2 versions in the recent past, one of which was free. Today there is only a paid one with a 13-day trial period. The cost of the license is $29.95.

There is no Russian language in Driver Magician, but it is not difficult to use it. The set of features is about the same as in Driver Genius:

• Scanning and updating.
• Creating backup copies of drivers with the ability to restore both with and without using the program (the backup is saved as a zip archive or an installer application).
• Uninstalling the driver.
• Backing up and restoring individual user folders - Favorites Internet Explorer, Desktop and Documents, as well as the system registry (one file).
• Identification of devices unknown to the system.

In the trial period, the program is fully functional. Compatible with any version of Windows.

That, perhaps, is all. Choose what you like best and enjoy.

Legacy Versions software not only deprive us of the opportunity to use new software features, but also pose a security risk. Crackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in programs, and developers patch these holes.

In addition, updates fix various shortcomings and errors, which allows us to more comfortably use programmers' products.

Today we’ll talk about how to quickly check and update the software on your computer using the Update Software program. The program scans all installed software for updates and offers to download new versions from the official websites of developers.

Scanning

1. After installation, the program starts scanning the computer.

2. After a short period of time, the results of the scan are displayed, which indicate how many programs are installed on the computer and the number of available updates. In the list opposite the program name, the current one is written this moment version.

Update

1. Here you need to choose which programs we want to update. You can do this by clicking on the name in the list, or you can get a list of all updates on the Update Soft website by clicking on the "Download Updates" button.

2. By clicking on the name, we get to the page indicating the version of the updated program on the Update Soft website:

3. Next, go to the next page by clicking on the "Download program" button.

4. By clicking on the link indicated in the screenshot, we get to the developer's website,

download the distribution and install it on your computer.

The update list looks like this:

The sheet contains a list of programs that need to be updated. By clicking on the link, we immediately get to the page leading to the developer's site.

Upon completion of the update, you can continue the procedure with other software, or minimize Update Software. The program remains in the system tray, from where it can be called at any time and continue working.

Programs for which updates are available are highlighted in pink.

1. When installing Update Software, uncheck these checkboxes,

if you do not want to install the presented software.

2. Updating programs with a paid license can lead to the loss of the latter, so contact the software support service for details.

If you have an Android smartphone, you will surely appreciate the convenience of installing and updating programs from PlayMarket. Similar functionality has a similar app store for Windows - Windows Store, but, unfortunately, it does not work with desktop applications. Today we will look at several ways in which you can update third party programs Windows.

There are many different opinions about the need for an update, and you can judge the expediency for yourself: in new versions of programs, manufacturers add additional functions, fix found errors, fix conflicts with hardware. Therefore, we can say with full confidence that it is necessary to update applications. This is especially true for browsers and other similar applications.

Manual update

Many programs provide auto-update, or at least check for a new version. This option usually located in the "Help" menu section, from where you can immediately download new version. You can also update from the developers' website, the address of which is usually indicated in the menu section "About the application".

Update using special utilities

Availability check process current versions installed programs and downloading their updates will be much easier with special applications. Let's consider some of them.

Kaspersky Software Updater

Found updates will be presented in the form of a list, where you can directly run the update.

The utility is added to startup and then monitors updates on its own.

File Hippo App Manager

After finishing the settings in the area Windows notifications the App Manager icon appears, informing you of the number of available currently updates.

By clicking on the icon, we see a window with a list of programs that can be immediately updated.

SoftSalad Monitor

Utility from the softsalad.ru web resource. When installing, be careful - the installer will offer to install .

After installation is complete, SoftSalad Monitor will scan your computer, checking for software updates.

Any conscientious software developer monitors the errors that users find in the process of work, and promptly eliminates them by releasing updates. If, apart from fixes, there are no significant changes in the program, then the new version is usually assigned an intermediate number, for example, "5.1.14". This numbering allows the user to decide whether to update the program or not. If the application is stable, it is hardly worth spending your time searching for and installing a newer interim release. However, when the program closes with an error or conflicts with the hardware, then an update is simply necessary. Another reason to check for updates regularly is the issue of security. If the program stores sensitive user data (for example, a password storage utility, browser, antivirus, or application for working with systems electronic payments) should be updated as often as possible. The number of installed applications on a computer can be in the tens or even hundreds. For most of them, updates are released regularly. And even if you follow a simple logic and update applications only when necessary, it is not always possible to notice the release of a fresh version. It's good if the program has a function automatic check updates at each launch or at a specified frequency. But if it is not there, constantly monitoring the release of new versions takes a lot of time, because you need to regularly visit the official website of the program and look for an update in the appropriate section.

In most cases, the developers of a particular program offer to subscribe to the newsletter from the manufacturer. This service can be provided on the official website of the program and is offered during its installation. This option is convenient, but not without drawbacks. Emails with notifications of this kind are often identified by anti-spam protection as advertising junk, so finding the right email in the spam folder is again a waste of time. In addition, in addition to information about updates, mailbox really useless messages can come in, for example, about a presentation new utility or discounts on software purchases. However, there is a simple, but very effective method solving the problem of finding and installing software updates - using special applications to monitor new versions of software.

Update Checker 1.032

SUMo 2.6

SUMo can also scan for installed applications. During the scanning process, data about the number will be collected installed version and compared it with the latest available version. Scanning can be performed in two modes - normal and advanced. The second option allows you to more accurately determine the list of installed software, but it will take more time to use it. In the list of detected installed software, you can see the current version number and the name of the developer company. If the program detects that the installed application can be updated, the phrase "Update available" will be displayed in the "Update" column of the list of checked software, and the update number will also be shown.

For clarity, each program in the list is marked with its icon, which makes it possible, having a quick glance at the list of applications, to quickly determine which of the installed utilities are updated, for which it is not necessary to update, and for which vice versa it is strongly recommended. Downloading updates is not very convenient - in order to download an update, you need to perform several actions. If you select the command in the context menu of the program "Update" or use the button of the same name in the SUMo window, the utility will redirect you to the project page, where several links will be generated. Contrary to logic, these are not download links, but search terms, mainly for various large software directories. As a result, we get a somewhat strange picture - Sofware Updates Monitor detects the presence of an update for the application, but the user often has to look for the update distribution package on his own. If the list of installed programs contains those for which you do not need to search for updates, you can create a list of applications that are prohibited for monitoring.

AppSnap 1.3.3

You can download and install updates directly from the AppSnap window. During the download process, a process status bar is displayed on the screen.

Replenishment of the database of programs, the developers have entrusted to users. So, in order for the utility to be able to check the update of a program that is not in the database in future versions, " unknown application" must be entered manually by filling out the appropriate form on the official AppSnap website.

UpdateStar Premium 4

By determining the software installed on the computer and providing information about the programs (the latest version number, application security rating, etc.), UpdateStar focuses on its own online database. Despite the huge number of applications indexed by this utility (about three hundred thousand various titles - from graphic editors and antivirus programs to professional packages for application development, engineering design, etc.), errors and inaccuracies are not ruled out in the process of work, which may be associated both with erroneous entries in system registry, and with the fact that the database may not have a record of the found application. But even in this case, UpdateStar allows you to work around the problems that have arisen. So, for example, a program that the program did not identify can be marked and a request made to the UpdateStar developers about it. After some time, it will already be included in the database for monitoring updates, the volume of which, by the way, is constantly increasing. The accuracy of determining installed applications is quite high, but still, before starting a system scan, it will not be out of place to use the integrated registry cleaner tool. If, as a result of incorrect removal of an application, unnecessary entries remain in the system registry, this tool will allow you to remove them. To be safe, before deleting "junk" entries in the registry, in UpdateStar you can do backup deleted data. In this case, when unplanned errors occur, you can import the data into the registry, returning to the previous state.

In order to keep track of the release of new versions of programs, it is not at all necessary that they all be installed on this computer. You can check the availability of fresh releases using a pre-exported list of programs. This list can be saved in UpdateStar's native format or as an HTML file. If, say, the rating of updates used by the program by default does not match the user's ideas about which programs should be updated first, he can use an additional criterion - his own rating. By setting each program to its own priority, in the future you can quickly determine which programs you use should be updated. It takes some time to compile your own rating. If you're too lazy to do this, you can simply focus on the average application rating, which is defined as the average user priority data in UpdateStar. data statistics about installed apps the program also presents in the form of a visual diagram. UpdateStar keeps a history of updates. In the program, you can view statistics that contain data on the installation time of a particular application.

After starting UpdateStar, it analyzes the system and determines the versions of installed programs. By creating a list of installed software on the "Programs" tab, next to each application whose version is outdated, the utility generates a link to download a more recent release. After clicking on this link, a browser window will open, in which it will be presented detailed information about the selected program - screenshots of the application's working window, a link to the developer's official website, training videos demonstrating the program's capabilities (if any), and, of course, a direct link to download the new version. UpdateStar can be automatically downloaded with the system and gives you the ability to run a scheduled update check. The built-in task scheduler allows you to automatically monitor updates daily, every week or every month, in certain time. To download information from the Internet, the program can work with specified settings proxy server, and use a secure SSL connection.

Conclusion

Good afternoon dear readers and subscribers of the blog, modern world, where it is already difficult to imagine a device that does not have access to global network Internet, and this is understandable people want to control everything from a computer or phone. To solve this problem, crowds of programmers every day create a huge number of programs and the same number of programs are simply abandoned, or not properly maintained. What I mean is a recent example where due to another security hole in Windows XP or Windows 7, the world was shocked by the new WonnaCry virus. Every day hackers find holes in software products and the question is how to implement automatic software updates, of which there are a lot, how to follow this. Agree that doing it manually is very time consuming and people often forget about it, and it's understandable that they don't always have enough time for other things. Today I will try to help you with this and keep your computer safe somehow more securely.

Auto update windows 10 programs with SUMo

It is logical that someone has already thought about this and asked the same question that there should be a service automatic update programs that run either on a schedule or manually and check what is installed on the system and compare it with the latest available versions programs. Today I want to talk about the Software Updates Monitor utility.

Software Updates Monitor is free utility designed to monitor the software, has portable version and Russian, which is very nice. You can download SUMo from the link

http://www.kcsoftwares.com/?sumo

Click the Download button.

I want to immediately advise you to download the portable version, as it will not contain additional sponsored software

At the very bottom, click the archive icon, it is highlighted in red circle.

When you first start Software Updates Monitor, it automatically scans your Windows 10 or another version, this is done in order to find all the utilities present on the computer in the Windows registry.

the process itself takes a minute on the strength, but it all depends on your disk or SSD.

Once Software Updates Monitor finds all the software, I advise you to go into the settings and see what is there in order to customize everything for yourself.

• Loading at startup > in Russian this is, if you want the utility to always be on the alert and you don’t feel sorry for a few resources, then I advise you to install it.
• Check for SUMo updates at startup > necessary to keep the utility itself up to date
• Check for updates at startup > if you want a full automatic update of programs on your computer, then leave it, I personally don’t install it, it’s enough for me once a week to run and check it myself.
• Update Microsoft products > you can install, will be downloaded windows updates and additional products.
• Other non-essential settings

And so, as a result of the scan, you will receive a summary list of software. It is marked in red that it is desirable to update, since these utilities are very outdated. Less critical versions in yellow, actual ones in green.

How is the update, here is the algorithm. After scanning, you choose desired program, in my example it will be 7Zip. Click "Update". You will be redirected to a site where you will download the latest stable version.

Personally, I can still advise on my own, try to open the desired program and see if it offers to update, most often it has such functions, but many turn them off

Please note that by default the Download button will take you to the utility store, we don’t need it to buy, just above the button there is always a link to the official website of the program, in my example it is igor Pavlov and the link on the web button, there you will download &Zip, I think you understand the principle.

This utility will help you to know about exit latest versions programs installed in your operating system, I advise you to take it into service.