SUMo is a small but very useful utility for all Windows users from XP to 10 who are interested in timely updates of already installed software. SUMo quickly scans your system and tells you if the software on your computer needs to be updated.
How does SUMo work?
After downloading a utility file that weighs less than 1 megabyte, SUMo will prompt you to scan your computer for installed software. A list of applications requiring updates will appear in the utility's window. SUMo marks recommended updates with a yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark in the center. Unnecessary but available updates are marked with a yellow star, and the most recent software is indicated by a green circle with a "checkmark" in the center.
Next to all the names of programs on your computer, whether they require updates or not, the manufacturer (the company that makes the software), the software version on your computer, and the available update are indicated.
At the bottom of SUMo there are function buttons that you can use to:
- quickly re-scan your computer;
- add recently installed programs for scanning;
- remove items that indicate a needed update.
If you delete certain items, SUMo will not inform you about available updates of the programs removed from the scan. You need to configure the SUMo utility to start updating the selected program.
SUMo settings
In the utility's Settings item, you can change SUMo's default settings to custom settings. You can select options such as downloading when SUMo starts and checking for updates of the utility itself when it starts. The utility can update Microsoft products, scan the registry or ignore this action, you can disable in the utility search for software as soon as it is updated.
When scanning your computer, you can run one of two utility modes: fast or slow, more thorough scans. When setting up SUMo, you choose your own interface language: in addition to English and English, the utility is designed in Hebrew, Turkish, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Ukrainian and other European and Asian languages as well as Arabic.
Updating Software Using the Utility
When you upgrade the selected software, SUMo automatically sends you to the website of the utility's developer, and after that - to the website of the developer of the software selected for the update. At the website of the developer you can choose any of the offered software versions. Most often the developer offers both free versions of programs with minimal features and full paid versions of the software.
SUMo Utility Reviews
In most of the reviews about SUMo users stated in the wishes to the utility developer to simplify the "scheme" of the program, making available direct software updates immediately when you run the utility.
