Automatic Updates

You use Windows Update to manually scan your computer for security problems. After the scan, you can select the required patches to download. Windows Update suggests the patches that you must download to keep your computer safe and secure. You can set the update to run at a specified time using Automatic Updates. You can also select whether you want to only download the patches. In addition, you can specify to install the updates at a specified time.

To configure Automatic Updates:

1. Open the System Properties dialog box. The System Properties dialog box appears.

2. Click the Automatic Updates tab. The Automatic Updates tab appears.


The different options available on the Automatic Updates tab are:

Keep my computer up to date - Enables the automatic update feature

Notify me before downloading any updates and notify me again before installing them on computer - Alerts before downloading and installing updates

Download the updates automatically and notify me when they are ready to be installed- Saves the patches to the computer and alerts before installing them

Automatically download the updates, and install them on the schedule that I specify - Saves the patches to the computer and installs them on the specified time

3. Select the Download the updates automatically and notify me when they are ready to be installed option.

4. Click OK.