Using Internet Explorer, go to the microsoft update site and allow it to scan your system for required updates. It will give you a list of things that you need and you can select the ones you want to download/install. Each time you visit, it will give you an updated list of what's available for your system.
You can also manually download the entire batch of updates to your HD all at once and then just double-click to install them whenever you're ready.
That works for most if not all Microsoft applications.
Many apps turn off the icon after an update is installed. It won't necessarily know you only downloaded one of several updates available for that app, only that you went to the site in search of updates.
The updaters are usually set to look for new updates after a certain amount of time. So when that time period passes again, the icon will probably reappear. There may be an option in the program itself to set the length of time before it searches for the next updates. Updates don't come out all that often, except for things like antiviral and anti-spyware programs, so there's really no need to search more than perhaps every 2-3 wks. Unless there's a warning that some app is suddenly vulnerable to infection.
There's usually an update option in an app to "search now" so you can always use that.
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November 15th, 2005 17:00
You can also manually download the entire batch of updates to your HD all at once and then just double-click to install them whenever you're ready.
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November 15th, 2005 19:00
I was going to do that but isn't that just for Windows updates?
On the screen on my PC there was other programs like Dell Print Shop plus a bunch of others.
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November 15th, 2005 23:00
Many apps turn off the icon after an update is installed. It won't necessarily know you only downloaded one of several updates available for that app, only that you went to the site in search of updates.
The updaters are usually set to look for new updates after a certain amount of time. So when that time period passes again, the icon will probably reappear. There may be an option in the program itself to set the length of time before it searches for the next updates. Updates don't come out all that often, except for things like antiviral and anti-spyware programs, so there's really no need to search more than perhaps every 2-3 wks. Unless there's a warning that some app is suddenly vulnerable to infection.
There's usually an update option in an app to "search now" so you can always use that.
Ron