File Hippo for easy program and driver updates

Chris Pirillo was talking about programs that take the headache out of updating program and drivers. I’ve tried a number of products including Driver Agent which will scan your installed drivers and tell you which could be updated. But it doesn’t check program versions and it costs $30/year. I tried it for a year and the time it saved me probably wasn’t worth the money.

Chris mentions a few similar products, but the best of the lot for Windows is File Hippo. It’s fast and free and scans both drivers and programs. It even tells you which are still in beta. Very cool, indeed!

Here is the scan it ran on my Windows XP system. I’ve only tried it on two computers but it looks like a keeper