[dba-Tech] Updating drivers apps

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

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> 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.
> 
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