Nowadays, most software providers provide web based installers for their software. While this helps in delivering the latest software with the latest components so that you don’t have to update it again, it can be a real problem for the users who want to install the programs on multiple computers.
It is total waste of Internet bandwidth to install the web installers which will, in turn, use the Internet to download and install additional components.
On this tag page, you will find the offline installers for some of the most popular software available on the Internet.
It has been quite a number of days when Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 RTM Final version was released. This article remained in my drafts for quite sometime because I was not able to get my hands on a Windows 7 PC for testing (All my test PCs have been upgraded to Windows 8). […]
The users of Microsoft Security Essentials 4 (MSE4) have been quite satisfied with the product because of its effectiveness and performance. If you have installed MSE on your Windows computer, you will barely realize that it is installed and running. Microsoft Security Essentials 4 got a performance score of 99.3 in AV-Comparitives latest performance tests. […]
Adobe has released yet another security update for Adobe Reader 11. The new Adobe Reader 11.0.2 is available for download (direct download links at the end). Since Adobe was the founder of Portable Document Format (PDF), their native reader for PDF documents is the most popular software for reading and manipulating PDF files. Since the […]
Oracle had released an out of the band patch for Java which was Java 7 Update 13 on 1st of February. This was because the vulnerabilities found by experts were critical and were already being exploited by hackers and pirates. There were some vulnerabilities that remained un-patched at the time. Java 7 Update 15 deals […]
Firefox 19 Final has been released by Mozilla. As of now, the main website of Firefox does not mention Firefox 19 as the latest stable build but it has been uploaded to Mozilla’s FTP servers and may be downloaded from there (direct download links at the end of the article). There have been two major […]
Skype has been updated to version 6.2. Microsoft has recently released Skype 6.2 with two major features including a redesigned toolbar and eGifting. I was unable to update Skype through the “Check for Updates” help menu so I had to download it and upgrade to the latest version manually. The new toolbar introduced in Skype […]
Java 7 Update 13 has been released by Oracle today. The latest update fixes at least 50 vulnerabilities and security flaws in Java. According to the Oracle advisory the critical patch update is a collection of patches for multiple vulnerabilities. The update also includes non-security fixes to the language and run-time. The actual Java 7 […]
Oracle has released a new version of Java 7 Update 11. The direct download links to the offline installers are included at the end of this article. Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allows users to run programs and applications programmed in Java language. Java became popular because of its portability. Programs developed in Java could be […]
Microsoft has released the new version of Skype. Skype 6.1 comes with complete integration with Microsoft Outlook and many enhancements and features. Now the users who are using Outlook along with Skype will be able to send instant messages and call call to any Skype ID, mobile or landline right within Outlook. The most visible […]
If you don’t have access to the Internet in any case but want to run Windows Update on your computer, Microsoft makes it almost impossible to do so. They have provided WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) which can run only if you have a network with Windows Server as the hub. There are third party […]