So a week or two I turned off windows update when reinstalling nvidia drivers. Im sure I put it back to normal, but what exactly are the deafult settings? Today I had a notification saying windows will install updates as scheduled, which I havent really seen before, so im guessing I may have miscondigured the settings.
Go to Start Menu and type = Update = Near the top you will see = Windows Update = Click on that and it takes you to where you can make changes. Click on = Change Settings =. It should be = Install Updates Automatically = and there are four boxes at the bottom. I have the first three checked. The one on the bottom is not necessary.
And the schedule time? Mine is at 3am, everyday. Thanks.
Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
This tutorial should show you the default settings,
Windows Update Settings - Change
I set windows update to check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them. I don`t won`t my pc doing anything without my knowledge. Plus the fact that there are some updates you do not need.
There are very few updates 'you don't need' - almost all of those are in the 'optional update' listing, and can be hidden and ignored (at least until they are again updated - Bing desktop and toolbar being prime examples).
There are a few which you may choose not to install, because of either hardware or software incompatibility, but generally it's best to install ALL security updates and 95% of other updates.
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