Jon Tydda
jon at tydda.plus.com
Mon Jan 5 17:54:11 CST 2015
What John said. Lenovo has their own software that you can download for keeping drivers up to date (I remember you have a T410), and I know HP does too. Viper is pretty good at making sure everything else is up to date too. Jon Sent from my iPhone 7 (Beta) > On 5 Jan 2015, at 15:13, John R Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote: > > Most free driver update programs are a scam and you will notice that you > have all kinds of 'other software' installed. There is rarely a need for > these. I've tried dozens of these and many of their recommendations are > incorrect. > > Your equipment manufacturer will either have an updater installed on your > computer or will have any updates available on their website. > > That said, I have seen good things about PatchMyPC. Just beware Arthur. "If > it ain't broke don't fix it"! > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 8:44 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Updating drivers apps > > A number of commercial programs offer to keep your drivers etc. up to date. > I've just come across a terrific program called Patch My PC, which is > freeware and does a wonderful job. You can download it from > https://patchmypc.net/download. > > Almost forgot: it's also portable, so you can stick it on a thumb drive and > use a single copy to update all your machines. > > -- > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com