Normally you can check for updates in any software under a "Help" or "About" tab (or menu).  It all depends on which software you are using.  Perhaps it is settings as well and when the software starts there is a message that tells you there is an update.  You can turn that off (or on) by checking some box in settings (preferences) for that software.

"I am actually sitting in the server building waiting for a call back from SAFARI Montage support right now.  We upgraded supplemental content drives this morning and it did not go as expected, but they haven’t figured out the problem yet.  I had tested some of the content to make sure at least it still played, and what I tested worked, but this makes me think that maybe it is a bigger problem than I thought"