To work properly, X-Update requires Internet Explorer 4.0 installed and configured properly (reads: you can enter an URL in Internet Explorer and view the page).
X-Update automatically uses the settings from Internet Explorer so once Internet Explorer is configured, X-Update will be able to connect to the Internet.
It should work with most Proxies but if you have trouble, try to use X-Update without a Proxy.
The main "data" X-Update uses is stored inside CSV (Comma Separated Values) files that are provided by plug-in developers. These CSV files are download from the internet and compared to the files you have currently installed.
X-Update then displays this list and allows you to select which files you wish to download. If you finally press the "Update" button, X-Update downloads the selected files, extracts the selected files and copies them to the correct folders.
You can always control which CSV files X-Update download by checking the "Sites" tab inside the "Options" Window of X-Update.
X-UPDATE IS NOT SPYWARE!
X-UPDATE DOES NOT SENT ANY INFORMATION FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO THE INTERNET NOR DOES IT READ, WRITE OR TRANSFER ANY COOKIES!
X-UPDATE IS ONLY AN APPLICATION TO UPDATE YOUR COPY OF X-SETUP, NOT A TOOL TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT YOU!
Xteq Systems uses the following components to create X-Update. We would like to thank these people; without their great work X-Update wouldn't exist.