更新您的计算机软件很重要。新的(New)更新可以带来更大更好的功能和可用性，但更重要的是，它们还提供错误修复、性能改进和其他与安全相关的补丁。
最重要的是，您应该始终保持软件更新。但是你是怎么做到的？好吧(Well)，不幸的是，除了它为您的操作系统提供的更新之外， Windows并没有提供太多的自动更新方式，我们将在下面进行介绍。(Windows)
至于您使用的其他软件，例如您下载到计算机的应用程序和游戏，对自动更新的支持通常非常少。有些软件允许您启用自动更新，但对于其他软件，您必须依靠第三方软件更新程序才能做到这一点。
无论您是刚刚获得一台新计算机并在其上安装新程序，还是您已经使用了一段时间但注意到您多么讨厌手动更新内容，以下提示将帮助您确定如何更新您的 PC 软件自动地。
使用 Windows 更新
Windows本身、整个操作系统和内置的工具都需要尽可能频繁地更新。Microsoft
每周发布更新，因此这很容易：启用这些更新以每周获得新的保护，有时还可以获得新功能。
微软(Microsoft)提供了一个工具，恰如其分地称为
Windows Update，它随操作系统一起在需要时更新它。
注意：运行 Windows 10？在此处了解如何保护 Windows 10(how to secure Windows 10 here)以获取该操作系统的具体说明。(Note: Running Windows 10? Learn how to secure Windows 10 here for specific instructions for that OS.)
第 1 步(Step 1)：打开Windows 更新(Windows Update)。您可以通过“开始(Start)”菜单或“控制面板(Control Panel)”搜索Windows Update来执行此操作。
第 2 步(Step 2)：选择检查更新(Check for updates)
链接。
第 3 步(Step 3)：选择安装更新(Install updates)以确保您的计算机具有最新可用的更新。
更新第三方软件
让您的个人应用程序保持更新并不像更新Windows操作系统那么容易。您总是可以每隔一段时间重新下载您的程序以确保它们得到更新，但这很乏味并且通常会被证明是浪费时间，因为您的某些软件可能会被开发人员放弃并且从未发布过更新。
相反，您可以安装专门的程序来更新您的其他程序(update your other programs)！是的，这看起来很奇怪，但它们存在并且非常有用。一些更好的免费软件包括IObit Software Updater、Patch My PC和FileHippo App Manager。
另一个只关注安全更新的免费程序更新程序是Thor。CCleaner是一个包含软件更新程序的程序示例，但该功能不是免费的。
要使用这些程序，只需安装它们，然后配置一些设置来告诉它何时以及检查什么。这些应用程序非常适合更新其他软件，因为它们中的大多数会在程序需要更新时通知您，有些甚至会为您完成所有更新。
但是，自动更新程序并不能捕获所有内容，原因很简单，因为它们不能(can’t)。那里有很多软件，没有任何一个更新程序可以对所有软件进行编目。
可以购买一些更新程序来支持比免费版本更多的程序，但即便如此，您也一定会遇到软件更新工具不支持计算机上的程序（或两个或十个）的情况.
提示：不同的程序更新将支持不同的程序。如果您发现您使用的程序没有自动更新您希望它支持的特定程序，请尝试使用其他更新程序。随意运行几个以捕获所有内容。(Tip:
Different program updates will support different programs. If you find that the
one you use doesn’t auto-update a specific program that you want it to support,
try a different updater. Feel free to run a few at once to catch everything.)
确保您的第三方程序自动更新的另一种方法是查看程序是否在设置中具有自动更新选项。有些程序会检查更新但不会为您安装它，但其他程序会检查和安装而无需您做任何事情。
例如，如果您在Chrome浏览器中打开“(Chrome)帮助(Help )” > “关于 Google Chrome(About Google Chrome) ”菜单，它将检查并安装任何可用的更新。这也会在Chrome
中定期自动发生。
自动更新游戏
使您的 PC 游戏保持最新通常由游戏中的设置决定，例如上面的Chrome示例。
如果您使用Steam下载和玩游戏，它内置了自动更新功能。默认情况下，当开发人员向用户推送更新时，每个视频游戏都会更新，因此您实际上不需要做任何事情来保持Steam游戏的更新。
如果有更新可用时Steam游戏没有更新，请从程序的(Steam)LIBRARY部分右键单击该游戏，然后转到Properties。
在更新(UPDATES)选项卡中，确保选择以下选项之一：始终保持此游戏为最新(Always keep this game up to date)，仅在我启动时更新此游戏(Only update this game when I launch it)，或高优先级：始终在其他游戏之前自动更新此游戏(High Priority: Always auto-update this game before others)。
How to Keep Your PC Software Updated Automatically
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your software updated. But how do you it? Well, unfortunately, Windows doesn’t
provide much in the way of automatic updates aside from the updates it provides
to your operating system, which we’ll go over below.
As for other software you use, like the
applications and games you download to your computer, support for automatic
updates is usually pretty slim. Some software lets you enable auto updating but
for others, you have to rely on third-party software updaters to do the trick.
Whether you’ve just obtained a new computer
and are putting new programs on it, or you’ve had yours for a while but notice
how much you hate manually updating things, the tips below will help you
determine how your PC software can be updated automatically.
Use Windows Update
Windows itself, the entire operating system
and the tools built-in to it, needs updated as often as possible. Microsoft
releases updates weekly, so this is a no-brainer: enable these updates to get
fresh protection every week, and sometimes new features, too.
Microsoft provides a tool, aptly called
Windows Update, that comes with the OS to update it when needed.
Note: Running Windows 10? Learn how to secure Windows 10 here for specific instructions for that OS.
Step 1: Open Windows Update. You can do so by searching for Windows Update through the Start menu
or Control Panel.
Step 2: Select the Check for updates
link.
Step 3: Choose Install updates to
ensure that your computer has the most recently available updates.
Update Third-Party
Software
Keeping your individual applications updated
isn’t as easy as it is to update the Windows operating system. You could always
re-download your programs every so often to ensure that they’re updated, but
that’s tedious and will often prove to be a waste of time since some of your
software might be abandoned by the developer and updates never released.
Instead, there are dedicated programs you can install that will update your other programs! Yes, it seems weird, but they exist and can be extremely helpful. Some of the better free ones include IObit Software Updater, Patch My PC, and FileHippo App Manager.
Another free program updater that focuses on just security updates, is Thor. CCleaner is an example of a program that includes a software updater, but that feature isn’t free.
To use those programs, just install them and
then configure a few settings to tell it when and what to check for. Those
applications are great for updating other software because most of them will
notify you when a program needs updated, and some will even do all the updating
for you.
However, auto-updaters don’t catch everything for the simple reason that they can’t. There’s a lot of software out there, and not any single updater can catalog all of them.
Some updaters can be purchased to support more programs than the free versions, but even then, you’re bound to run into situations where a program (or two, or ten) you have on your computer isn’t supported by the software updating tool.
Tip:
Different program updates will support different programs. If you find that the
one you use doesn’t auto-update a specific program that you want it to support,
try a different updater. Feel free to run a few at once to catch everything.
Another way to ensure that your third-party
programs update automatically is to see if the program has an auto-update
option in the settings. Some programs will check for updates but won’t install
it for you, but others will do the checking and installing without you having
to do a thing.
For example, if you open the Help > About Google Chrome menu in the Chrome browser, it will check for
and then install any available updates. This also happens in Chrome
automatically, periodically.
Auto Update Games
Keeping your PC games up to date is usually
determined by a setting in the game, like in the Chrome example above.
If you use Steam to download and play games,
it has auto-updating built-in. By default, every video game will update when
the developer pushes an update out to the users, so there really isn’t anything
you need to do to keep Steam games updated.
If a Steam game isn’t updating when updates are available, right-click the game from the LIBRARY section of the program and then go to Properties.
In the UPDATES tab, ensure that one of these options is selected: Always keep this game up to date, Only update this game when I launch it, or High Priority: Always auto-update this game before others.
