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    What is wrong with Asus Live Update?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by stzd8, Jul 15, 2007.

  1. stzd8

    stzd8 Notebook Guru

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    when I got my W7J I just turned it off, but I was curious about it and tried it today. Man, the unit started eating all my memory resources and getting my notebook warm... I had to shutdown by force since it wasn't responsive.

    Is the utility is a PS?
     
    stzd8, Jul 15, 2007
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  2. Persuasion

    Persuasion Notebook Consultant

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    Yes. Its a memory hog. From what I gather from these boards, it only provided updates for a few people. Everyone pretty much uninstalled it.

    The only update it ever told me about was the latest BIOS last year. Other than that, it was useless.

    I suggest you uninstall it, and look at the ASUS website for updates or ask around here.
     
    Persuasion, Jul 15, 2007
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  3. Nrbelex

    Nrbelex Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    - Useless (does not actually update anything)
    - Unstable and a Memory Hog - occasionally decides to eat all RAM you've got
    - Bandwidth stealing - granted only a little, but still

    Uninstall immediately and never look back.

    ~ Brett
     
    Nrbelex, Jul 16, 2007
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  4. andy15

    andy15 Notebook Consultant

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    It didnt update anything. I uninstalled after two weeks
     
    andy15, Jul 16, 2007
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  5. bravesdave

    bravesdave Notebook Guru

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    i used it to upgrade my bios, but now its trying to do it again. so i'm just gonna uninstall again.
     
    bravesdave, Jan 16, 2008
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  6. stamar

    stamar Notebook Prophet

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    it is an unfinished software.

    It would be like a download manager program like comes with sonys or hps or dells.
    Which would be arguably worthless even if it did work, which it doesnt.
     
    stamar, Jan 16, 2008
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  7. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's been around for ages and I never found it to be particularly useful.
    I installed it... found it useless... uninstalled it. Never installed it ever again.
     
    AuroraS, Jan 16, 2008
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  8. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Should I add my opinion?

    Uninstall that piece of cr_p. together with a lot of other ASUS bloatware, check my Vista guide for a list.
     
    E.B.E., Jan 17, 2008
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  9. stzd8

    stzd8 Notebook Guru

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    How about Asus Security Protect Manager or Asus Mult******? Can I uninstall those too?
     
    stzd8, Jan 17, 2008
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  10. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    thats for the finger print reader
     
    Geared2play.com, Jan 17, 2008
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  11. azelexx

    azelexx Notebook Evangelist

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    I kept my security protect manager cos it's just sitting on my system tray doing nothing lol. If it started hogging resources i'd kill it.... also people mentioned about how fingerprint program caused stuttering and performance drops... I'm not getting any of that, is anyone?
     
    azelexx, Jan 17, 2008
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  12. J-Bytes

    J-Bytes I am CanadiEEEn NBR Reviewer

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    is asus just like, oblivious to the flaws of its software?
     
    J-Bytes, Jan 17, 2008
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  13. Nrbelex

    Nrbelex Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Short answer... yes. They must be if they keep repackaging the same buggy software into every computer they make.

    It's really bizarre - the program does absolutely nothing but routinely eats up RAM...

    ~ Brett
     
    Nrbelex, Jan 18, 2008
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  14. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    If it's sitting on your systray, it is eating resources.

    And yes, ASUS is either oblivious or it doesn't care. Do their clients buy less of their machines because of this? No (or they do, but ASUS don't know they do). So they don't care.
     
    E.B.E., Jan 18, 2008
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  15. HevJ

    HevJ Notebook Enthusiast

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    ASUS Live Update has never ever worked since I first purchased my laptop over 6months ago.

    Dialog with Asus Technical Support suggest I update to the latest version V2.5.4 - which I gladly did.

    Guess what? No updates - and the message "Failed to connect to Asus web server" on every occasion.

    ASUS should hold its hands up, admit LiveUpdate doesn't work, and recommend its removal.
     
    HevJ, Oct 8, 2008
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  16. commendatore

    commendatore Notebook Enthusiast

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    According to a friend who has a store, he says that that crappy live updater works only in china!
     
    commendatore, Oct 8, 2008
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  17. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Or maybe only on the Moon? :) Just remove it... it's not worth wasting time over.
     
    E.B.E., Oct 8, 2008
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  18. commendatore

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    Yeah. nothing but garbage.
     
    commendatore, Oct 8, 2008
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  19. HevJ

    HevJ Notebook Enthusiast

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    Live Update now Uninstalled!

    On another note how important is it to keep updating BIOS / drivers?
    Suggestions are
    1. Only update when there is an issue
    2. Update regularly, to latest drivers whenever thay become available

    I have BIOS 208, but the latest is 301?
     
    HevJ, Oct 8, 2008
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  20. commendatore

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    What is your model??

    Actually, i believe BIOS suffer updates in order to correct issues detected as time goes by and as costumers complaint or they detect that it needs improvement...so, I guess you should keep up-to-date
     
    commendatore, Oct 8, 2008
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  21. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    I was suggested by the Asus Customer Service Officer not to update the Bios if there's no problem using the current Bios :)
     
    niGht kiD, Oct 8, 2008
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  22. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Generally true -if it ain't broke don't fix it - as (among other things) the BIOS update if done improperly can brick your notebook and Asus' engineers have a tendency to mess with thermal and power management settings to the detriment of the user or make them more annoying (fanspeed higher and earlier, for example) in the revisions.

    But Live Update still needs to go.
     
    ClearSkies, Oct 8, 2008
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  23. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I would say, always check the BIOS release notes/changelog and only update if it fixes a problem that affects you. Although, the changelogs written by ASUS are quite uninformative...

    As to the drives, you can adopt a more relaxed policy where you update once every 6 months, let's say -- perhaps more often for performance-critical components such as the GPU.
     
    E.B.E., Oct 9, 2008
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  24. HevJ

    HevJ Notebook Enthusiast

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    Model : V1S AK015E - T7500, 2GB RAM, 8600M GT 512MB, 200GB HD, Vista Biz
     
    HevJ, Oct 9, 2008
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