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  • 13-01-2006 5:38pm
    #1
    iMax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭


    Is there a (3rd party possibly) piece of software that you can run to check software on your system other than MS for updates ?


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  • #2
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    You could grab the AutoPatcher XP for Windows XP..a newer version is released each month containing the updates released over windows Auto-Updates ;)


  • #3
    iMax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭iMax


    Thanks TV, but I meant apart from THE MS stuff (use autoupdate for that)


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    www.secunia.com - lists all the holes in common apps, it does not make it clear what patches you need but handy.

    www.shavlik.com - also does patches for many third party programs , not an exhaustive list by any account, and it ain't free.

    Nothing in windows comes close to any of the update apps in open source OS's. Stuff like apt-get in debian , but that's mainly due to the propritery nature of the different windows vendors involved.

    Another option would be to replace stuff that needs constant patching - eg: ditch Acrobat reader for FoxIt Reader. ( 2.6 MB file vs. bi-monthly patches of twice that size )

    download psinfo in pstools on http://www.sysinternals.com
    at command prompt run psinfo -s to see what it sees of the installed software list - might be possible to use that to compare to the latest version - though my pc is saying it needs Run Exctrlst from the Windows Resource Kit to repair the performance counters at the moment so can't confirm it lists patch levels for third party apps. Plan B would be to generate MD5 checksums of the apps to see if the match the latest ones - but AFAIK no central MD5 repository exists for latest apps.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Fix for
    Run Exctrlst from the Windows Resource Kit to repair the performance counters
    http://www.sysinternals.com/Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=71&PN=1
    To solve the problem, for sure you need to start exctrlst and search for "PerfOS". After enable the "Performance Counters Enabled" check box, you can run pslist again without problemes!
    Works :)

    Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools - download on http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=49AE8576-9BB9-4126-9761-BA8011FABF38&displaylang=en&Hash=H65M5T5


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Psinfo -s > sw.txt

    it doesn't list everything or all versions but may be helpful and can be put in a batch file - possibly useing sget to pull down updates if you know the link

    Adobe Acrobat 7.0.1 and Reader 7.0.1 Update 7.0.2
    Adobe Acrobat 7.0.2 and Reader 7.0.2 Update 7.0.3
    Adobe Acrobat 7.0.3 and Reader 7.0.3 Update 7.0.4
    Adobe Reader 7.0 7.0.0
    looks like I need yet another Adobe patch :(
    ...
    Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 1.1.4322
    Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
    Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB886903)
    Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 2.0.50727
    Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
    ...
    Real Alternative 1.46 1.46
    RealPlayer
    note how real alternative tells you version but real player doesn't


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