How to configure Automatic Updates

[Dharmesh Arora]

Hello Friends

I would like to know that how can i configured my Automatic updates? I have set the Automatic updates at "download updates but let me choose when to install them", but it gets downloaded as well as it get installed automatically. Can any one help me out how can i resolve this problem? Any help on it would be appreciated.

Thank you

[Solomon]

To update your PC now

1) Go to the Windows Update website.

2) Then, do one of the following:

• Click Express to check for High-priority updates. Windows Update will check for High-priority updates for your PC and display them for your review. Select the updates you want, and then click Install Updates.
  
• Click Custom to check for Optional updates. Windows Update will check for the latest updates for your PC.

Note: If you click Custom, High-priority updates will be presented for your review. Select Optional updates from the left side of the web page by type: "Software, Optional" or "Hardware, Optional. "

[MrChris-]

If you prefer to use a different web browser, you can obtain updates from the Microsoft Download Center or you can stay up to date with the latest critical and security updates by using Automatic Updates. To turn on Automatic Updates:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. Depending on which Control Panel view you use, Classic or Category, do one of the following:

• Click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab.
• Click Performance and Maintenance, click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab.

3. Click the option that you want. Make sure Automatic Updates is not turned off.

[Dr. V]

Options for setting up Windows Automatic Updates on your computer.

To choose when and how updates will be delivered to your computer, you have four options:

1) Automatic - Recommended Option

When you are connected to the Internet, Windows finds and downloads updates in the background. You are not notified or interrupted during this process and the updates do not interfere with other downloads. If you do not change the default schedule, updates that have been downloaded to your computer will be installed at 3 A.M.

If your computer is turned off during a scheduled update, Windows will install the updates the next time you start your computer. If you need to help complete the installation process, Windows will notify you. For example, you might need to accept an End User License Agreement (EULA) before some updates can be installed. If you need to restart your computer for an update to take effect, Windows will notify you and will restart your computer at the scheduled time.

2) Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them

To receive alerts, you must be a member of the Administrators group for your computer. When you are connected to the Internet, Windows finds and downloads updates in the background, you are not notified or interrupted during this process and the updates do not interfere with other downloads.

After downloading is complete, the Windows Update icon appears in the notification area (bottom right of screen) and an alert pops up, letting you know that the updates are ready to be installed. To review and install available updates, click the icon or the alert. You can install all or some of the available updates.

3) Notify me but don't automatically download or install updates

To manually download and install updates, you must be a member of the Administrators group for your computer. Windows checks for important updates and notifies you if any are available; updates are not delivered or installed on your computer until you choose to do so. When Windows finds updates for your computer, the Windows Update icon appears in the notification area and an alert pops up, letting you know that updates are ready to be downloaded. After you click the icon or the alert, you can select some or all of the updates to download.

Windows downloads the updates in the background—you are not notified or interrupted during this process and the updates do not interfere with other downloads. When downloading is complete, the Windows Update icon appears in the notification area again, this time to let you know that the updates are ready to be installed. You can choose to install all or some of the available updates.

4) Turn off Automatic Updates

You will never be notified when important updates are available for your computer, and you will never be asked to download or install them. This means that your computer can be vulnerable to security threats and harmful viruses that can damage your computer or your files. Viruses can also spread over the Internet to other people with whom you exchange e-mail, share files, or work with on a network.