I know how to check for and push a system update in Windows 7, but how do I accomplish that in Win10? I hear that there’s a system update that’s a must-apply…
Windows 10 has been in the wild for about a week and already Microsoft’s pushing out an update for everyone, whether you were part of the beta / early release program, are a developer or are just a regular user like we are at Ask Dave Taylor. Problem is, this particular update, identified as KB3081424, also might have a glitch that’s causing some users to get into an endless restart cycle. Yikes.
The smart solution is to check to see if there’s an update, but then also do a quick search for the update ID and see if there are any warnings about it before you opt to proceed. Or just do it, as we did, without any issues whatsoever. 🙂
To start, as with everything, do a search for a key word or phrase. In this case, “update”:
I’ve typed in the box on the very bottom and you can see that the highlighted match — shown in green — isn’t quite what I want since it wants to update Java (you can tell by the tiny icon) but rather the one immediately below it, “check for updates”, with the gear icon.
Click on that and you’ll be in the Updates area:
After a moment or two, depending on your network connection speed, you’ll learn that either there is an update or you’re up-to-date. In my case, there’s a Windows Defender update, that I choose with “Install Now”. The result:
This is where it’s a bit curious how Win10 works because it’ll install this update and act like it’s done. Then it’ll circle back around and check again, and this second time find that there’s a system update:
As I suggested earlier, this is where you could do a quick search to see if you want to update or not. We just went for it and once it was downloaded we saw:
A click on “Install now” and…
Once it’s ready, however, as with all system updates, this requires a restart. But Windows 10 has a little trick up its sleeve in this regard:
I like the “3:30 AM tomorrow looks good” message, but hey, there’s an update. Why not just apply it and be done?
To do so, a single click on “Restart now” is sufficient…
Followed by a restart and a very subtle update message on the lower right of the Desktop the next time you log in:
And that’s it. Updates downloaded, installed and system restarted. Until the next time. 🙂
Dave,
As always–yes always. You answered my question about Windows 10 updates.
Thanks and God bless,
Wanda