I haven't updated in a couple of years now (it's been so long I'm half afraid to). I don't go to the forums anymore because of the heavy handed, uneven moderation by moderators who think they are gods and some of the jerks that haunt the forums.
I know what you mean Jeannie. It has changed quite a bit in the last two years but should still be OK to update. In the worst case you may have to uninstall before the install and just point it at your library.
I didn't knew about that lower case spelling...: Caliber vs. calibre
@Lady, just uninstall previous without rebooting, it does keep your files safe in the calibre library with the new install.
What I'm afraid of is my data base and library is so old, a new version might not be able to read it or, as has happened in the past, it will update the old version, meaning it will no longer be compatible with the earlier version. If I didn't like the newest version, I would be SOL unless I went to the trouble to backup the old library and db and make an image of my C: drive just before updating. I've had other priorities lately.
Are you familiar with Gizmo's Freeware, a categorized freeware directory? It's fantastic. Favorites are rated and reviewed, very selectively, and after many years of using the site I'm constantly surprised how it has remained non-commercial, non-bullshitty and intelligent.
Year after year, more and more freeware sites have turned into the worst kind of shitty clickfarms that barely list freeware at all (Softpedia) or/get flooded with dishonest trial versions and shareware that masquerade as true freeware to lure in users. I don't recall seeing any of this on Gizmo's.
Me too and for the ads the trusted bleeping computer is going down the gurgler in that respectAre you familiar with Gizmo's Freeware, a categorized freeware directory? It's fantastic. Favorites are rated and reviewed, very selectively, and after many years of using the site I'm constantly surprised how it has remained non-commercial, non-bullshitty and intelligent.
But there you go too much money to be had and probably more companies desperate to sell their products.
I've read Gizmo's for a long time. I even got a mention of one of mine on there one time(Topmost Toggle for setting a window stay on top.) The main drawback to it lately with Windows versions coming out left and right, is many of the categories are a year or two since last update. But often reader comments include some newer not so well known software. You can find a gem in the comments but it's more work.Me too and for the ads the trusted bleeping computer is going down the gurgler in that respectAre you familiar with Gizmo's Freeware, a categorized freeware directory? It's fantastic. Favorites are rated and reviewed, very selectively, and after many years of using the site I'm constantly surprised how it has remained non-commercial, non-bullshitty and intelligent.
But there you go too much money to be had and probably more companies desperate to sell their products.
I got alerted of VLC vulnerabilities, and version 2.2.0 was released to fix this.
Source: Security Advisory SA62720 - VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - SecuniaMultiple vulnerabilities have been reported in VLC Media Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system
VLC 2.2.0 is available here:
VideoLAN - Download official VLC media player for Windows
This may prove useful in keep some of your software up to date. https://patchmypc.net/download
It can install and monitor the installation of an extensive list of programs for updates...
It installs these without any user input and no toolbars or other crapware are included.List of Supported Products
7-Zip
Adobe Air
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Plugin
Adobe Reader
Adobe Shockwave
Any Video Converter
Audacity
AutoHotkey
Avant Browser
AVG AntiVirus FREE 2015
CCleaner
CDBurnerXP
Classic Shell
Core FTP LE
CPU-Z
DAEMON Tools Lite
DavMail
Driver Booster
EditPad Lite
eMule
Evernote
FeedDemon
File Zilla Client
Foobar2000
Foxit Reader
Free Download Manager
FTPRush
GIMP
Glary Utilities
GOM Player
Google Chrome (x64)
Google Chrome (x86)
Google Earth
Hotspot Shield
HWMonitor
iCloud
Imgburn
IrFanView
iTunes
Java 7 (x64)
Java 7 (x86)
Java 8 (x64)
Java 8 (x86)
jetAudio Basic
KeePass
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
Launchy
LibreOffice
Magic ISO
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Media Player Classic
MediaInfo
Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft Silverlight
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
MP3Tag
Nokia Ovi Suite
Nokia PC Suite
NotePad++
NoteTab Light
OpenOffice.org
Opera
Origin
ownCloud
Paint.Net
PDFedit
PeaZip
Picasa
Pidgin
PNotes
PotPlayer
Process Hacker
PureSync
PuTTY
qBittorrent
Quicktime
RealPlayer Cloud
Revo Uninstaller
Safari
Samsung Kies 3
SandBoxie
SCCM 2007 Toolkit
Simple System Tweaker
Skype
SMPlayer
Sony PC Companion
Spybot: Search & Destroy
Startup Delayer
Steam
SumatraPDF
SUPERAntiSpyware
TeamSpeak 3 Client
TeamViewer
TeraCopy
TortoiseSVN
Unchecky
UPlay
µTorrent
Virtual Box
VLC Media Player
Vuze
WhoCrashed
WinAMP
WinDirStat
Windows Repair
WinRAR
WinSCP
WinUAE
Wireshark
Wise Registry Cleaner
WorldWide Telescope
Yahoo! Messenger
Zoner Photo Studio
Nice find Kado, there's quite a bit on the list that would be useful to me, but I'm going to have to watch if there's any conflict with the resident program updaters.
Have you been using it long?
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