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RadarSync 2008 - new version
« on: June 13, 2008, 09:43:28 PM »
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RadarSync is a program and driver updater that scans a PC, finds and installs the correct updates for the computer. It has a database of thousands of programs which are updated daily, downloads directly from the vendor (no viruses or worms), and more. This should have been a fantastic program -- and early indications were that it was. We installed the program, allowed it to check for its own update, and set it to scan the computer. It found 34 programs and drivers which RadarSync said required updating. Unfortunately, you could not select which program or driver you wished to download -- it was all or nothing. This we felt was wrong because quite often we deliberately choose not to use the latest version of a program, sometimes because the later version is not free and we have chosen to stay with the free version. After some considerable time downloading the hundreds of megabytes of programs of updates, we installed only those programs and drivers which we felt were applicabl
e. We were particularly impressed with the option to create a Restore Point in Windows so we could go back to our previous version if there were problems with the new one. Having installed many dozens of the 34 suggested updates (some, to us, looked like they were the same program or driver but we diligently updated them anyway). We then rebooted the computer so that the new versions would become "live" and we re-scanned our computer. After the second scan there were now 41 items found, our original 34 plus a few more... What happened to all those updates we had already installed? Could all of them have been updated yet again? We doubt it. After about 12 hours we repeated the exercise. We then downloaded a fresh copy of the RadarSync program and tried again. Again, the same 41 items were discovered so we reinstalled most of them, and tried yet again. This time it found 39 items needing to be updated! We have no doubt that RadarSync was able to detect that we had these programs, but it was whether or not they needed to be updated which has caused us some concerns. Our download for the updates was well in excess of 450MB, so we are a little apprehensive about the ultimate value in RadarSync. It should work, it seems to work, but we have our reservations. This is one of those programs you will just have to try for yourself and judge if it is of value to you. We do suggest caution when allowing it to overwrite some programs which what might be paid-for versions of free programs you may already have. This includes some SE or Lite versions of programs obtained with equipment (video hardware, etc) and also updates of paid versions to a new version which requires further payment.


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Re: RadarSync 2008 - new version
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2008, 09:51:46 PM »
oo nice! ;D

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Re: RadarSync 2008 - new version
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2008, 10:48:53 PM »
Interesting.....

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Re: RadarSync 2008 - new version
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2008, 01:35:50 PM »
Just  downloaded now... will reply once going.