If we have installed a large number of applications in our Windows operating system, it would be very difficult for us to monitor each of them to know if they are correctly updated. Only if we have some means of payment, this situation could easily occur. For example, him McAfee antivirus in its full version it has a function that analyzes the different vulnerabilities in the operating system, suggesting updating all tools so that the operating system is stable.
Unfortunately, if we do not have a McAfee paid license, we will not be able to use this function, and therefore must try to use other types of resources with the same objective, that is, to know if the applications installed in Windows have a new version to download. We will dedicate ourselves to this in this article, giving a few alternatives to achieve it easily.
1. Using FileHippo Update Checker on Windows
We are going to offer a few alternatives that will help us to investigate if there are new updates for the tools that we have installed in Windows; the first recommendation comes from the hand of FileHippo Update Checker, this being an application that you can use completely free and that you have to install it in the operating system. Once you run it the internet browser window will open that you have configured as default.
Right there you will have the opportunity to admire which of all the applications installed in Windows requires an update; You should take into account that some of the suggestions refer to the next versions that will come out, which could include a beta to install. It may not be so convenient to update a stable application to a beta version because the latter do not have 100% stability.
2. Checking for updates with Software Updates Monitor (SUMO)
This is another interesting tool that we can use with the same objective, although there are certain details that we must take into account in the installation process, with the aim of prevent annoying apps and intrusive ones get to be embedded in our Windows operating system. The first thing you have to do is head towards SUMo website to download the tool and then proceed to install it.
In this process, the first window that you admire when installing this tool is the one that you must accept with «siguiente«; From then on, you should pay attention to each of the windows that will appear, since in them it is suggested that approximately three or four additional tools be installed, which have nothing to do with SUMo; when you see them, you just have to decline or select the button «skip»To skip the installation of these tools.
Once installed and when you run SUMo you will find a window with the button that will help you scan all applications installed on Windows; those that are up-to-date and those that require attention will appear in the results, having to double-click on the latter.
At that time the Internet browser window will open with the "supposed" addresses for downloading the updates.
We recommend you choose the web option, something that we have highlighted with a red arrow in the previous capture.
3. checking for updates with Software-UpToDate
If the tool we suggested above causes you some trouble or just, you don't want to risk trying to install it Due to the possible threats that you could be integrating into your Windows operating system, then we recommend the use of Software-UpToDate.
With this application, the list of all the tools you have installed in Windows will also be shown, which you can reach at update by selecting only their respective boxes. The graphical interface offered by this alternative is quite simple and easy to understand, so that an ordinary user can use it without any problem.
4. Updating tools in Windows with Software Informer
One last alternative that we want to recommend for the moment is this one, which has somewhat different characteristics than those we previously recommended.
When you run Software Informer in its interface you will be able to admire three tabs mainly; two of them are the ones that could be of interest to us, since the first will inform us about possible updates that are available for applications that we have installed in Windows. The following tab, on the other hand, could help us to update the computer's drivers.
With each of these alternatives that we have mentioned, all those applications installed in Windows can be updated without much effort, with the sole objective that your operating system works well and is stable.