To manage your options and see available updates, select Check for Windows updates. If you get an error when trying to update, see Fix Windows Update issues. If you're trying to activate Windows 11, see Activate Windows for more info.
If you're having trouble installing updates, see Troubleshoot problems updating Windows. To get the latest major update of Windows 11, see Get the latest Windows update.
Check for Windows updates. In Windows 10, you decide when and how to get the latest updates to keep your device running smoothly and securely. If you're trying to activate Windows 10, see Activate Windows for more info.
To get the latest major update of Windows 10, see Get the latest Windows update. The certificate is used solely to protect updates to the Windows Update client. Version 7. This issue was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:. These issues were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:.
Windows Update helps keep your computer up-to-date and secure by downloading and installing the latest security and other updates from Microsoft. Windows Update determines which updates apply to your computer. Microsoft periodically makes software updates available to users of Windows and other Microsoft software.
These include updates that improve reliability and performance, updates that provide new protections against malware and other potentially unwanted software, and upgrades to Windows features.
To improve the performance or the reliability of hardware components on the computer, Microsoft may also provide updates to device drivers that are supplied by the computer manufacturer.
If you turn on Windows Update, software components that are directly related to Windows Update will have to be updated occasionally on your computer. These updates must be performed before Windows Update can check for required updates or before it can install other updates. You can set active hours to make sure automatic restarts for updates only happen when you're not using your device. Get updates when you're away from your PC with active hours in Windows.
For more tips on freeing up disk space, see Free up drive space in Windows. This way, if updates are installed outside active hours, your device will have enough power to complete the installation. An update history is available so you can see which updates were installed, and when.
You can also use this list to remove specific updates, although we don't recommend this unless it's necessary. View update history. However, if you must remove an update, you can do so in update history. Feature updates are typically released twice per year and include new functionality and capabilities as well as potential fixes and security updates. Quality updates are more frequent and mainly include small fixes and security updates.
Windows is designed to deliver both kinds of updates to devices through Windows Update. To find which version of Windows you're running, see Which version of Windows operating system am I running? Reserved storage will be turned on for new devices with Windows 11 preinstalled, or devices on which a clean install of Windows 11 was performed. In Windows 10, you decide when and how to get the latest updates to keep your device running smoothly and securely.
If other questions come up when you update Windows 10, here are some other areas that might interest you:. Get started with Windows When you only want info about updating Windows 10, you'll find answers to many of your questions here:. When the Windows 10 November Update is ready for your device, it will be available to download and install from the Windows Update page in Settings.
Choose a time that works best for you to download the update. After that, your device will be running Windows 10, version 21H2. To get help updating to the latest version of Windows 10, go to the Microsoft software download page and download the Update Assistant. Under Get up and running , select Windows Update. Then choose one of the following options:. Select Advanced options. Then, in the Pause updates section, select the drop-down menu and specify a date for updates to resume.
Reserved storage is not automatically turned on by Windows in any update scenarios. Note If the No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations policy setting is enabled, this policy has no effect.
Note The Specify intranet Microsoft update service location setting must be enabled for this policy to have effect. Note This policy applies only when Automatic Updates is configured to perform scheduled installations of updates. Note This policy applies only when the computer is configured to connect to an intranet update service by using the Specify intranet Microsoft update service location policy setting.
Note This policy applies only when this computer is configured to support the specified target group names in WSUS.
Important This policy applies only when Automatic Updates is configured to perform scheduled installations of updates. Note This setting is related to option 4 in Configure Automatic Updates. Note If the operating computer's power-wake policy is explicitly disabled, this setting has no effect.
Note By default, unless otherwise noted, these settings are not configured. Note To perform these procedures, you must be a member of the Domain Admins group or its equivalent. Submit and view feedback for This product This page. View all page feedback. In this article. Windows operating systems that are still within their Microsoft Product Support Lifecycle.
Specifies that updates are not immediately installed. Local administrators can change this setting by using the Local Group Policy Editor. Specifies that Automatic Updates immediately installs updates after they're downloaded and ready to install. Specifies that users will always see an Account Control window and require elevated permissions to do these tasks.
A local administrator can change this setting by using the Local Group Policy Editor. Specifies that Windows Automatic Update and Microsoft Update will include non-administrators when determining which signed-in user will receive update notifications. Non-administrative users will be able to install all optional, recommended, and important update content for which they received a notification.
Users won't see a User Account Control window. Users don't need elevated permissions to install these updates, except in the case of updates that contain changes to the user interface, Microsoft Software License Terms, or Windows Update settings.
Specifies that only logged-on administrators receive update notifications. Specifies that updates from an intranet Microsoft update service location must be signed by Microsoft. Specifies that Automatic Updates accepts updates received through an intranet Microsoft update service location if they're signed by a certificate found in the local computer's Trusted Publishers certificate store.
Specifies that a restart timer will always begin immediately after Windows Update installs important updates, instead of first notifying users on the sign-in screen for at least two days. Specifies that the use of automatic updates is not specified at the Group Policy level. However, a computer administrator can still configure automatic updates in Control Panel.
Specifies that Windows recognizes when the computer is online and uses its internet connection to search Windows Update for available updates. Specifies that any client updates that are available from the public Windows Update service must be manually downloaded from the internet and installed.
Specifies that after updates are installed, the default wait time of 15 minutes will elapse before any scheduled restart occurs. Specifies that when the installation is finished, a scheduled restart will occur after the specified number of minutes has expired. Specifies that Install Updates and Shut Down will be the default option in the Shut Down Windows dialog if updates are available for installation at the time the user selects the Shut Down option to shut down the computer.
If you enable this policy setting, the user's last shutdown choice for example, Hibernate or Restart is the default option in the Shut Down Windows dialog, regardless of whether the Install Updates and Shut Down option is available on the What do you want the computer to do? Starting with Windows Server R2, Windows 8. Specifies that computers can retrieve information from public update services such as Windows Update and the Microsoft Store.
Specifies that Windows will no longer connect to public update services such as Windows Update or the Microsoft Store.
This will cause most functionality of the Microsoft Store app to stop working. Specifies that the Install Updates and Shut Down option is available in the Shut Down Windows dialog if updates are available when the user selects the Shut Down option to shut down the computer. A local administrator can change this setting by using a local policy. Specifies that Install Updates and Shut Down won't appear as a choice in the Shut Down Windows dialog, even if updates are available for installation when the user selects the Shut Down option to shut down the computer.
Specifies that the Install Updates and Shut Down option will be the default option in the Shut Down Windows dialog if updates are available for installation at the time the user selects the Shut Down option to shut down the computer.
Specifies that no target group information is sent to WSUS. Specifies that the specified target group information is sent to WSUS, which uses it to determine which updates should be deployed to this computer. If WSUS supports multiple target groups, you can use this policy to specify multiple group names, separated by semicolons, if you've added the target group names in the computer group list in WSUS. Otherwise, a single group must be specified. Windows Update does not wake the computer from hibernation to install updates.
Windows Update wakes the computer from hibernation to install updates under the previously listed conditions. Specifies that Automatic Updates will notify the user that the computer will automatically restart in five minutes to complete the installation. Some updates require the computer to be restarted before the updates will take effect. If the status is set to Enabled , Automatic Updates won't restart a computer automatically during a scheduled installation if a user is signed in to the computer.
Instead, Automatic Updates will notify the user to restart the computer. A scheduled restart occurs 10 minutes after the prompt-for-restart message is dismissed. Specifies that after a prompt for restart is postponed, a scheduled restart will occur after the specified number of minutes elapses. Specifies that a missed scheduled installation will occur one minute after the computer is next started. Specifies that a scheduled installation that did not happen earlier will occur the specified number of minutes after the computer is next started.
Specifies that the client connects to the specified WSUS server, instead of Windows Update, to search for and download updates. Specifies that Automatic Updates will continue to deliver important updates if it's already configured to do so. Users on computers that are running Windows 7 are not offered messages for optional applications. Users on computers that are running Windows Vista are not offered messages for optional applications or updates. A local administrator can change this setting by using Control Panel or a local policy.
If you enable this policy setting, a notification message will appear on the user's computer when featured software is available. The user can select the notification to open Windows Update and get more information about the software or install it. The user can also select Close this message or Show me later to defer the notification as appropriate. Specifies that users running Windows 7 won't be offered detailed notification messages for optional applications.
Automatic Maintenance will delay starting from its activation boundary by up to the specified amount of time. If you enable this policy setting, Automatic Maintenance will attempt to set an operating system wake-up policy and make a wake-up request for the daily scheduled time, if required. Specifies that the Install Updates and Shut Down option will appear in the Shut Down Windows dialog if updates are available when the user selects the Shut Down option to shut down the computer.
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