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Checks all your software and security is up-to-date. MUST HAVE |
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I say: BigFix is a comprehensive third-party patch-and-tune-and-update service for Windows machines. It scans your system to see what software you have installed (and unlike M$'s Windows Update it detects almost everything) and then allows you to check whether updates have been issued. It also watches for common problems in system tuning and security, and can provide automatic, one-click fixes for these problems. Scary? No, not really. The program simply checks the list of fixes posted by software creators to the BigFix, Fixlet Central and Tucows sites to see which updates and 'fixlets' are relevant to your machine. Fred Langa's assessment was that while it was not to be relied upon as one's only source of update info, it would be of use to anyone who wasn't a paranoid expert (my words). Mine is that if you haven't heard of it yet, this is a MUST HAVE program.
They say: "To help organizations meet compliance needs, improve security, and insure operations continuity, BigFix delivers highly scalable, security configuration management solutions that provide real-time visibility and control of servers, desktops and laptops – no matter where they are or how they connect to the network. With BigFix, discovery, assessment, deployment, remediation and removal of a software vulnerability or non-compliant configuration or application can happen in seconds or minutes instead of hours or days. All without adding expensive infrastructure or additional staff!"
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FIFTY FREEWARE FAVOURITES - A GENERAL NOTE
Please Don't Contact Me...
About any app NO LONGER in my 50 Favourites... I simply don't want to know...
For help... Please don't contact ME for help using any program. I only recommend it, I don't (and can't) offer a free support service for every program I recommend.
What you can do for yourself is...if you have any problems with anything I've recommended, contact the author of the program, or Google it.
Re: broken links... Links change. I have stated above the date on which I last checked the links. When I next update this section I'll check all the links again. So please don't contact me if the links don't work - I'll find out eventually.
What you can do for yourself is... if the links I give are broken, try searching for the program using Google or FileMirrors - that's what I'd do!
Re: it's not freeware! All of the programs I recommend in this section are 'free' in the sense that they were at one time distributed as fully functional software with no payment required for their continued use. However... some software companies withdraw their freeware, or offer programs as freeware for a short period before 'upgrading' them to shareware. So please don't contact ME to say any program I recommend is no longer freeware. I'll find out when I next update.
What you can do for yourself is... search the net... As I understand it, if you can find the original freeware distribution, and it still works, there's nothing to prevent you from legitimately using it. You could try the Last Freeware Version or OldVersion.com.
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