DriverMax 4.8 released
occam
http://www.drivermax.com/download.htm
"DriverMax is a new tool that allows you to download the latest driver
updates for your computer. No more searching for rare drivers on discs
or on the web or inserting one installation CD after the other. Just
create a free account, log in, and start downloading the updates that
you need."
Klaatu
FYI: Registerware. Basically unusable unless and until you register.
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Victor Delta
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> FYI: Registerware. Basically unusable unless and until you register.
As the only freeware driver update programme I'm aware of, surely this is a
small price to pay - especially as registering does not seem to lead to spam
or other unwanted marketing emails?
V
Caesar Romano
wrote Re Re: DriverMax 4.8 released:
Ditto on that.
Franklin
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:26:26 GMT, occam posted to
> alt.comp.freeware:
>
>> The latest version 4.8 of this driver updater has been
>> released.
>>
>> http://www.drivermax.com/download.htm
>>
>> "DriverMax is a new tool that allows you to download the latest
>> driver updates for your computer. No more searching for rare
>> drivers on discs or on the web or inserting one installation CD
>> after the other. Just create a free account, log in, and start
>> downloading the updates that you need."
>
> FYI: Registerware. Basically unusable unless and until you
> register.
>
It doesn't make register-ware into freeware but BugMeNot can
sometimes deal with the need to register.
http://www.bugmenot.com/view/drivermax.com
Some background for new users:
Klaatu
alt.comp.freeware:
"price to pay" means it's not freeware. QED.
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John Corliss
> Victor Delta wrote:
>> Klaatu wrote:
>>>
>>> FYI: Registerware. Basically unusable unless and until you register.
>>
>> As the only freeware driver update programme I'm aware of, surely this
>> is a small price to pay - especially as registering does not seem to
>> lead to spam or other unwanted marketing emails?
>
> "price to pay" means it's not freeware. QED.
Registerware has almost always been considered on-topic by most
participants of this group. YMMV though, obviously.
However, as far as the program itself, I wonder what the authors get in
the deal. Better yet, who are these people? Doing a whois on the site
referred to in the OP results in little or no information.
However, I downloaded the Drivermax setup file and busted it open with
Universal Extractor, then noticed that the license file says the website
for "Innovative Solutions" is:
The "agreement.rtf" file says the following:
____________________________________________________________________________
The DriverMax Agent enables you to check for driver updates
automatically. It also allows you to download and install driver updates
from the DriverMax community web site.
In exchange for these benefits, you must share with the DriverMax
community the drivers already installed on your computer. Using the
DriverMax Agent helps you be a part of the large community of DriverMax
users, who always keep their drivers up to date and benefit from the
latest advances in driver development. Everyone contributes to this
large community.
By accepting this agreement, you accept the fact that, in exchange for
being able to download driver updates from the DriverMax web site, the
DriverMax Agent will automatically upload a copy of your drivers to the
DriverMax web site.
The DriverMax Agent will NEVER upload or transmit on the Internet any
personal or private information; only a copy of your hardware drivers
will be uploaded.
If you don't accept this agreement, copies of your hardware drivers
won't be uploaded to the DriverMax community web site, but you will not
be able to download drivers using DriverMax, or check for updates
automatically.
DriverMax does NOT contain any spyware, adware or any other possible
type of malware.
DriverMax has been certified by Softpedia as “100% Clean” and by CNet
Download.com as “Tested spyware free”. It has won 5 stars awards from
CNet, Softpedia, NeoWin and other important download sites and computer
magazines all over the world.
____________________________________________________________________________
So basically, it's a specialized file sharing program.
Not a bad idea I guess, but not my cup of tea. I'll continue to get
driver updates, when I need them, directly from the hardware
manufacturer's website OR from this site (which I have an account with):
http://members.driverguide.com
The nice thing about DriverGuide is that you can find older drivers that
are no longer available from the manufacturers too.
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Klaatu
>> "price to pay" means it's not freeware. QED.
>
> Registerware has almost always been considered on-topic by most
> participants of this group. YMMV though, obviously.
Yep, I've been here more than long enough to know that most consider
registerware on-topic here. I am not among them. I more often than not
agree with your definition of what is and what is not freeware. Which
obviously (to most anyway) does not match this group's definition of what
is and is not on-topic here. c'est la vie.
I'll still try to point out certain aspects of a program (like something
being registerware) that may make it non-freeware to me if not mentioned by
the previous poster. I'd say "buyer beware" but that doesn't quite fit,
does it? :)
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Klaatu
> Yep, I've been here more than long enough to know that most consider
> registerware on-topic here. I am not among them.
Actually that's not quite what I meant. I realise registerware is on-topic
here. What I meant was I am not among those who consider registerware to be
freeware.
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John Corliss
> Klaatu <kla...@nospam.invalid> wrote in
> news:Xns9B8D4D3912AF7...@individual.net:
>> I'll still try to point out certain aspects of a program (like something
>> being registerware) that may make it non-freeware to me if not mentioned
>> by the previous poster.
>
> your program files. I don't know what the eula states, but somewhere down
> the line, all the information collected about programs installed must be
> given or sold to some other concern.
>
> The same could be said of Secunia's program updater, but that one seems to be
> of more use.
You may have me killfiled and not noticed that in MID
<wvKdnR6CjP2Je_jU...@posted.ccountrynet> I said:
The "agreement.rtf" file says the following-
Bear Bottoms
news:C7idnSrXR7n40frU...@posted.ccountrynet:
> The DriverMax Agent enables you to check for driver updates
> automatically. It also allows you to download and install driver
updates
> from the DriverMax community web site.
>
> In exchange for these benefits, you must share with the DriverMax
> community the drivers already installed on your computer. Using the
> DriverMax Agent helps you be a part of the large community of DriverMax
> users, who always keep their drivers up to date and benefit from the
> latest advances in driver development. Everyone contributes to this
> large community.
>
I don't really have a problem with this. Kinda like a driver repository
and a good way to build a huge diverse one. Of course, the company could
try to exceed the bounds of this agreement, and if found out, it would
kill them. Another issue could be you might not get the best driver
either. Pros and cons to just about anything.
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Ranrad
I like it, I use it, but it is nagware.
A pop-up for Advanced Uninstaller Pro pops up with the option to have it
pop up weekly, monthly & something else, but no option to 'don't show this
again'