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Choose How to Install Updates on Windows 8
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
updated onOctober 4, 2023
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There are certain updates that you’d rather not want installed on your Windows 8, 8.1 or Windows RT system, or you just need to have more control over them. Here’s a brief explanation on how you can choose to install or not install certain updates on your Windows 8 devices.There are certain big updates that are regarded as “mandatory” by Microsoft, for example – the first release of Windows 8.1 for all Windows 8 and Windows RT devices. Once installed, it was pretty hard, if not, almost impossible touninstall it. So, the best scenario in that case would’ve been not to get the update, even if you were being prompted with all kind of system messages. What you can do to make sure that you have control over how you install updates is to understand how exactly these are being installed.
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To do this, you need to go to the Search charm bar (or you can press Windows logo key + W) and type there “install updates” like in this screenshot from theright. From there, choose the following “Choose whether to automatically install Windows updates“. Once you will get into that settings, you should have in front of you something like in the above screenshot. From here on, things are pretty much self-explanatory and all you need to do is select the option that suits you better.
Understanding how to install updates on Windows 8
Let’s briefly explain all choices:
Also, there are two other options there –recommended updates:give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updatesandMicrosoft Update: give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows. You can enable the first one as it’s only for your own good. As for the second one, it might force you to make the jump to new versions of third-party software. If you prefer to install them manually, then leave this unchecked.
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Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
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