Abstract: Systems and methods for downloading and updating software, in which a plurality of manifest files are obtained, each manifest file containing information corresponding to one or more components. Information contained in each manifest file is displayed in a dual-list format, where a first list displays a component name for each component listed in each manifest file, including components installed and not installed on the computer, a second list displays the component name for each component of the first list that is installed on the computer, and the component names in the first list are displayed aligned with the component names in the second list such that the component name of each installed component that appears in the first list is displayed aligned with the component name of the same installed component on the second list.