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| Thread ID: 113833 | 2010-11-05 20:39:00 | Driver and Software Updates | Krad (7878) | Press F1 |
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| 1150577 | 2010-11-05 20:39:00 | How important is it to update your drivers and software? Zone Alarm is offering their updater (US19.95) which will scan and install the latest updates from the original manufacturer etc. It sounds like a good deal. Has anyone got any comments on this? | Krad (7878) | ||
| 1150578 | 2010-11-05 20:45:00 | I might get myself into trouble here ... but I've always gone directly to the manufacturer for updates of any hardware ... for free. Google is your friend :D | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1150579 | 2010-11-05 20:49:00 | I might get myself into trouble here ... but I've always gone directly to the manufacturer for updates of any hardware ... for free. Google is your friend :D No disagreement from me anyway, the exact opposite actually - always go to the manufactures site rather than some third party for FREE. As for driver updates -- general rules if it aint broke dont fix it. Some so called "updates" can cause more troubles than "fixes" :D |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1150580 | 2010-11-05 20:54:00 | And its usually better if you go to the maker's site rather than trust another program for driver updates. What it detects and installs, doesnt always work Altho, in ASUS's case, their drivers dont always work either :lol: I've had 2 cases with ASUS drivers where they've stuffed up. Vidcard drivers, pixels appeared on the screen. And via Sound drivers conflicted with 1394 for some reason. Both were fine until I plugged the DV cam in.The firewire wouldnt work. In the end, I had to uninstall the Via sound drivers and use Vista sound drivers instead |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1150581 | 2010-11-05 21:08:00 | And its usually better if you go to the maker's site rather than trust another program for driver updates. What it detects and installs, doesnt always work As I found out a few weeks back Also do a google check for any problems others may had with installing the updates. It could save you a lot hassles. |
rebels181 (14841) | ||
| 1150582 | 2010-11-08 02:56:00 | No disagreement from me anyway, the exact opposite actually - always go to the manufactures site rather than some third party for FREE. As for driver updates -- general rules if it aint broke dont fix it. Some so called "updates" can cause more troubles than "fixes" :D Thanks - will follow your advice. Cheers! |
Krad (7878) | ||
| 1150583 | 2010-11-08 03:41:00 | Filehippo.com will give a heads up on what software you computer has and what updates are available. Quick and free and effective for me so far (about 2 months). Called Free Update Checker. | leonidas5 (2306) | ||
| 1150584 | 2010-11-08 05:39:00 | You should know what you have if you installed it. And most programs have an update option. Whether it works all the time is another matter tho | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1150585 | 2010-11-08 07:21:00 | Zone Alarm is offering their updater (US19.95) which will scan and install the latest updates from the original manufacturer etc. Hah. Why? I update hardware drivers mostly never. The GPU I do, occasionally when I think it might benefit from an update, other than that if it isn't broken don't fix it. And certainly never get drivers from anywhere except the hardware manufacturer. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1150586 | 2010-11-08 07:28:00 | Hi Krad it's really important to keep software applications and the operating system up to date . Applications like Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader are getting a lot of attention from malware writers now . Web browsers get attacked a lot too . There's a useful report about malware trends here for those who really like a lot of detail: . microsoft . com/security/sir/default . aspx" target="_blank">www . microsoft . com Has anyone tried Secunia's free scanner? cheers W |
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