{"id":106526,"date":"2020-09-28T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T04:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=106526"},"modified":"2020-09-28T00:01:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T04:01:18","slug":"how-to-patch-my-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-patch-my-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Patch My PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-2680865955\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of us has a number of non-Microsoft programs that need to be updated when new releases become available. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/patchmypc.com\/home-updater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patch my PC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a large collection of those programs. It scans your PC locating all of the non-Microsoft programs and checks to see if they need updating. Then with one click, you can sit back and let it locate and update all of those programs. The list of programs is quite extensive (over 300 programs) and might contain some programs that you would like to add to your collection. All you have to do is scroll through and check the ones you want. Then in addition to updating the out-of-date programs already installed, it will install these as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of the installations are done in silent mode which means that you will not have to answer any questions or have any additional software automatically installed for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scan-Results-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-106533\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scan-Results-1-640x375.jpg\" alt=\"scan-results\" width=\"640\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scan-Results-1-640x375.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scan-Results-1-350x205.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scan-Results-1-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scan-Results-1-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Scan-Results-1.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes a few minutes to run while it looks through your PC to see what software is installed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Color-Codes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106529\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Color-Codes.jpg\" alt=\"color-codes\" width=\"297\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Color-Codes.jpg 297w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Color-Codes-150x33.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The colors indicate the status of the software. Black would only occur if you had scrolled through the list and added a new choice.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"daves-2476870403\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-Many.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106530\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-Many.jpg\" alt=\"how-many\" width=\"459\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-Many.jpg 459w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-Many-350x52.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/How-Many-150x22.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice at the top of the windows it shows that I have 27 apps installed and 8 of them need updating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Perform-Updates.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106531\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Perform-Updates.jpg\" alt=\"perform-updates\" width=\"298\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Perform-Updates.jpg 298w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Perform-Updates-150x23.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the lower right, click <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perform Updates<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and wait for the program to do all the work without you having to answer any questions and without any additional programs being installed without your knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Performing-Updates.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-106532\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Performing-Updates-640x375.jpg\" alt=\"performing-updates\" width=\"640\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Performing-Updates-640x375.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Performing-Updates-350x205.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Performing-Updates-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Performing-Updates-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Performing-Updates.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may take a while depending on how many updates there are and the speed of your Internet connection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Updates-Finished.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-106534\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Updates-Finished-640x376.jpg\" alt=\"updates-finished\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Updates-Finished-640x376.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Updates-Finished-350x205.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Updates-Finished-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Updates-Finished-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Updates-Finished.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When completed, the bottom right will show <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No Software Selected<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a completed message appears above it.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"daves-3767476673\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can start it and then walk away. It needs no intervention on your part to complete the task. To close out, just click the <em>X<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another great tool for the toolbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FURTHER READING<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-use-ninite-installer\/\">How To Use Ninite Installer<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-where-to-safely-download-software\/\">How &amp; Where To Safely Download Software<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-avoid-toolbars-other-unwanted-programs\/\">How To Avoid Toolbars &amp; Other Unwanted Programs<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/top-notch-free-software-updater\/\">Top Notch (Free) Software Updater<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dick<\/span><\/p><div id=\"daves-1678332477\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-2163150279\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each of us has a number of non-Microsoft programs that need to be updated when new releases become available. 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