Not sure how well this will go down but a service I've found very useful in the past and free :smiley: so thought I'd post.
Simply select the packages you want, download the installer and run.
It automatically fetches and installs the latest stable version and installs them with no further user intervention and catches sneaky junkware tick boxes so no unwanted toolbars etc.
Great for when you get a new PC and want all the software you had on your last one.
start working as soon as you run it
not bother you with any choices or options
install apps in their default location
say no to toolbars or extra junk
install 64-bit apps on 64-bit machines
install apps in your PC's language or one you choose
do all its work in the background
install the latest stable version of an app
skip up-to-date apps
skip any reboot requests from installers
use your proxy settings from Internet Explorer
download apps from each publisher's official site
verify digital signatures or hashes before running anything
work best if you turn off any web filters or firewalls
save you a lot of time!
Top comments
Jameseh to gorgo2015
23 Jan 175#10
Sure thing, which one runs Photoshop?
Sin_of_nature
22 Jan 175#1
Used the site for a very long time. Very good. https://patchmypc.net/download is also another very good one (updates software too)
Latest comments (33)
tjc2005
23 Jan 17#29
All the people wanting credit for saying they've been using it for years... What do you want? a medal?
Thanks op. Looks like a good time saver.
whyme to tjc2005
23 Jan 17#32
Please!!!!! or just a old cocoa tin lid.
rejcomp to tjc2005
23 Jan 17#33
Personally I've been using it for awhile and was surprised when a search yielded no deals so I'm glad that the community have backed up my assertions :smile: I understand your point of view but think posters with more cred than me hold a little more weight with members, just my thoughts..
Thanks for the thanks, and to everyone else I also appreciate it.. just got a heat wave badge, no taksey backsies :smiley:
upset brown pant
23 Jan 17#31
i have done. it was an awful overly convoluted process that added nothing to how I use a computer. i'm sure it's fine for the geekmandem, but the average computer user doesn't want anything to to with that guff, let alone learn a new way of using a pc. they just want it to work. which a lot of things won't do without spending lots of time learning command line code.
lol at equating IT skills with intelligence. you just the online equivalent of the little smug snort IT bods make when a layperson asks a simple question. you come across as a very rational and logical, yet somehow single, fedora wearer.
ninite is very useful. HOT
whyme
23 Jan 17#30
I don't use windows anymore. Found doors are a lot better.
whyme
23 Jan 17#28
Always used ninite, but just tried patchmypc.
Installed one old update and knackered my software, but found some old software that needed deleting manually.
Sticking with ninite.
dreamager
23 Jan 17#27
Provocative accusations from the person who came here just to tell people to avoid using Windows? :wink: *goes to make a cup of tea in gorgo2015*
upset brown pant
23 Jan 17#25
yeah, i'll add even more hours to the installation process by using an open source OS that i've never seen before
gorgo2015 to upset brown pant
23 Jan 17#26
And you'll never see, because you're not smart enough. Goodbye!
gorgo2015
23 Jan 172#24
If this is the case, good for you and please stop asking half-assed provocative questions, because this only makes you look stupid.
dreamager
23 Jan 17#23
I like the idea of Microsoft telling me I can play my hyper-realistic games in well optimised VR, rather than the open-source ones saying I can't, or at most, functioning badly
gorgo2015
23 Jan 171#22
No open source operating system will optimise its software for your proprietary peripherals. The kernel contains usually all the drivers for the most common pluggable devices. If the manufacturer of your peripheral follows the standards, fine. If they don't, but provide a closed source binary for the drivers, fine. Otherwise you're welcome to spend a fortune on an expensive graphics card and then be told by Microsoft what to do with it.
Anyway, the most common graphics card sooner or later will be supported in the kernel. Somebody will eventually reverse engineer the driver if it is not supported straight away.
omfgzbilly
23 Jan 17#21
I've used Ninite for many a year; so good. Thanks for posting OP, a lot of people will find this useful!
mluton
23 Jan 17#20
Used it all the time till adobe reader was removed from it, Not so much now. Superb little installer.
simonspeakeasy
23 Jan 17#19
Ninite has saved me sooo much time over the years. And it means that I can't accidentally install bloatware by forgetting to deselect check boxes.
slharbron
23 Jan 17#18
I have been using Ninite for years.
Very good for new builds and added as a scheduled task to check all the software is the latest version.
gorgo2015
22 Jan 17#8
Alternatively, avoid Windows and install an open source operating system.
Jameseh to gorgo2015
23 Jan 175#10
Sure thing, which one runs Photoshop?
dreamager to gorgo2015
23 Jan 172#17
Will do. Which one is best optimised for my rx480 and HTC vive?
HankHandsome
23 Jan 17#16
I've always got my stuff from filehippo but i'll certainly give this a look. heated.
Looks a great idea, but how does it handle those installers which prompt (sometimes quite slyly, using opt-out rather than opt-in) to install some other third-party software during their install process?
rejcomp to kalico
23 Jan 17#13
It deselects them, it automates the whole process and installs the programs in their default location. No clicking next on an installer :smile: It specifically avoids junkware, I'm guessing before a program goes on the list they run through it manually to catch things like that, similarly after updates but that is just a guess. I've never had any problems and I think it would ruin their business case if they started.
gill21
23 Jan 17#11
Nice one, good to have this. Thanks
philomene
22 Jan 17#9
Good reminder - like marra says, Ninite is a great way of installing multiple programs at once, e.g. after a clean install, and don't underestimate the advantage that avoiding installing all the junk apps is - a lot of these freeware programs come with other junk bundled that you have to remember to untick. Hadn't heard of patch my pc - good one, thanks, Sin of nature.
marra
22 Jan 17#7
Great site I've been using it for years, it gets you back up and running in no time after a format.
jadamso
22 Jan 17#6
Now if they only included Windows Updates :disappointed:
marty-401
22 Jan 17#5
Yes. But still very easy and I think more choice and reviews of products.
Don't you have to install them one at time from there? With Ninite and PatchMyPC you tick some boxes of the software you want, click go and it installs them all automatically (without toolbars and other junk).
Sin_of_nature
22 Jan 175#1
Used the site for a very long time. Very good. https://patchmypc.net/download is also another very good one (updates software too)
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Opening post
Simply select the packages you want, download the installer and run.
It automatically fetches and installs the latest stable version and installs them with no further user intervention and catches sneaky junkware tick boxes so no unwanted toolbars etc.
Great for when you get a new PC and want all the software you had on your last one.
How to geek review
http://www.howtogeek.com/201354/ninite-is-the-only-safe-place-to-get-windows-freeware/
Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninite
From Ninite website
Ninite will
start working as soon as you run it
not bother you with any choices or options
install apps in their default location
say no to toolbars or extra junk
install 64-bit apps on 64-bit machines
install apps in your PC's language or one you choose
do all its work in the background
install the latest stable version of an app
skip up-to-date apps
skip any reboot requests from installers
use your proxy settings from Internet Explorer
download apps from each publisher's official site
verify digital signatures or hashes before running anything
work best if you turn off any web filters or firewalls
save you a lot of time!
Top comments
Latest comments (33)
Thanks op. Looks like a good time saver.
Thanks for the thanks, and to everyone else I also appreciate it.. just got a heat wave badge, no taksey backsies :smiley:
lol at equating IT skills with intelligence. you just the online equivalent of the little smug snort IT bods make when a layperson asks a simple question. you come across as a very rational and logical, yet somehow single, fedora wearer.
ninite is very useful. HOT
Installed one old update and knackered my software, but found some old software that needed deleting manually.
Sticking with ninite.
Anyway, the most common graphics card sooner or later will be supported in the kernel. Somebody will eventually reverse engineer the driver if it is not supported straight away.
Very good for new builds and added as a scheduled task to check all the software is the latest version.