Enabling automatic updates

To turn on Automatic Updates yourself, follow the steps in the following table for the operating system that your computer is running.

If your computer is running:

Follow these steps:

Windows 11

  1. Select the Start  button, then select Settings > Windows Update . If you want to check for updates manually, select Check for updates.

  2. Next to Get the latest updates as soon as they're available, set the toggle to On.

Note Whether you set the toggle to Off or On, you'll still get the regular security updates as usual. The toggle determines how quickly you get the additional non-security updates, fixes, feature updates, and improvements.

Windows 10

  1. Select the Start  button, then select Settings  > Update & security  > Windows Update . If you want to check for updates manually, select Check for updates.

  2. Select Advanced options, and then under Choose how updates are installed, select Automatic (recommended).

Note Windows 10 is a service. This means that automatic updates are turned on by default and your PC always has the latest and best features.

Windows 8.1

  1. Open Windows Update by swiping in from the right edge of the screen (or, if you're using a mouse, pointing to the lower-right corner of the screen and moving the mouse pointer up), select Settings  > Change PC settings > Update and recovery > Windows Update. If you want to check for updates manually, select Check now.

  2. Select Choose how updates get installed, and then under Important updates, select Install updates automatically (recommended).

  3. Under Recommended updates, select the Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates check box.

  4. Under Microsoft Update, select the Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows check box, and then select Apply.

Windows 7

  1. Click Start Win 7 start icon, point to All Programs, and then click Windows Update.

  2. In the left pane, click Change settings.

  3. Click to select Install updates automatically (recommended).

  4. Under Recommended updates, click to select the Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates check box, and then click OK. If you are prompted for an administrative password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Go to step 3.

Download the MSRT. You must accept the Microsoft Software License Terms. The license terms are only displayed for the first time that you access Automatic Updates.

Note After you accept the one-time license terms, you can receive future versions of the MSRT without being logged on to the computer as an administrator.

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