title: npm update does not do anything
body: <p>When I execute this code in my application folder where the package.json is located:</p>
  
  <p><code>npm update</code> or <code>npm update --save-dev</code> it does not do anything.</p>
  
  <p>But when I do <code>npm outdated</code> is shows many outdated packages.</p>
  
  <p>So how do I update all packages?</p>
  
  <pre><code>OS: Win 10 x64
  nodejs: 6.2.2
  npm:3.10.7
  
  package.json
  
  {
    "name": "tgb-frontend",
    "version": "0.0.0",
    "license": "MIT",
    "angular-cli": {},
    "scripts": {
      "start": "ng serve",
      "lint": "tslint \"src/**/*.ts\"",
      "test": "ng test",
      "pree2e": "webdriver-manager update",
      "e2e": "protractor"
    },
    "private": true,
    "dependencies": {
      "@angular/common": "2.0.0",
      "@angular/compiler": "2.0.0",
      "@angular/core": "2.0.0",
      "@angular/forms": "2.0.0",
      "@angular/http": "2.0.0",
      "@angular/platform-browser": "2.0.0",
      "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "2.0.0",
      "@angular/router": "3.0.0",
      "core-js": "^2.4.1",
      "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.12",
      "ts-helpers": "^1.1.1",
      "zone.js": "^0.6.23"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
      "@types/jasmine": "^2.2.30",
      "angular-cli": "1.0.0-beta.14",
      "codelyzer": "~0.0.26",
      "jasmine-core": "2.4.1",
      "jasmine-spec-reporter": "2.5.0",
      "karma": "1.2.0",
      "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.0.0",
      "karma-cli": "^1.0.1",
      "karma-jasmine": "^1.0.2",
      "karma-remap-istanbul": "^0.2.1",
      "protractor": "4.0.5",
      "ts-node": "1.2.1",
      "tslint": "3.13.0",
      "typescript": "2.0.2"
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Running <code>npm update --dd</code> result in the follow extraction output:</p>
  
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