Global Windows Software Updater

Is there a way like in Linux how you update ALL your software a way to also update ALL your Windows software at the same time? Or just to check and see which applications are outdated and need to be manually updated.

I know mac has MacUpdater for example and Linux uses Yum and Apt-get.

Solution 1:

There are several software for this, for example.

• UpdateChecker - FileHippo(Free, works on Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP)

  

• Update Notifier(Free, works on Windows XP, Vista, 7)

  

• SUMo (Software Update Monitor)

  

Solution 2:

Scott Hanselman has an nice post on Chocolatey. Don't know any more about it than what I read there, but it does seem similar to apt-get and friends.