No windows update for the last month

dannyboy2005 · 28 Dec 2009

I have changed windows update option as soon as i installed 7 so that i can download and install updates manually.

Anyway, I've been doing updates probably once a week like you should, and for the last month I've not had any updates. Any ideas why?

Thanks
Dan

mark39 · 28 Dec 2009

Windows updates only come out on the 2nd Tuesday of the month.

dannyboy2005 · 28 Dec 2009

Thanks, i never knew that!

pparks1 · 28 Dec 2009

It's also known as Patch Tuesday. On rare occasions (if a security vulnerability warrants it), Microsoft might release a patch out-of-band (meaning not on patch Tuesday)...but that is pretty rare.

ccatlett1984 · 28 Dec 2009

well, thats patch tuesday. They regularly release updates on that day, if its a critical patch it will be released "out of band" meaning as soon as its ready.

ccatlett1984 · 28 Dec 2009

pparks1 said:

It's also known as Patch Tuesday. On rare occasions (if a security vulnerability warrants it), Microsoft might release a patch out-of-band (meaning not on patch Tuesday)...but that is pretty rare.

I was a slow typer on that one.

richc46 · 10 Jan 2010

dannyboy2005 said:

I have changed windows update option as soon as i installed 7 so that i can download and install updates manually.

Anyway, I've been doing updates probably once a week like you should, and for the last month I've not had any updates. Any ideas why?

Thanks
Dan

If you use Windows Defender, updates come every few days.

Pikey · 12 Jan 2010

Definition updates for Microsoft Security Essentials come in every day usually!

LynneKPL · 04 Aug 2011

I was getting many updates weekly also, and often one or more would fail. Then one week they had all installed successfully. Haven't had ANY for about 3 weeks.