This article describes how to configure the Automatic
Updates feature to prompt you before you download updates.
How to Configure the Automatic Updates Feature
To configure the Automatic Updates feature to notify you before
updates are downloaded and installed on your computer, follow these steps:
- Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
- Click the Automatic Updates tab.
- Under Settings, click Notify me before downloading any updates and
notify me again before installing them on my computer, and then click OK.
When Windows finds updates on the Windows Update Web site that
apply to your computer, an icon appears in the notification area at the far
right of the taskbar. The icon displays a message to notify you that updates
are ready to be downloaded. When you click the message or the icon, you can
select the specific updates that you want to download. Windows then downloads
the updates that you selected in the background. When the updates are
downloaded, the icon displays a message to notify you that updates for your
computer are ready to be installed. You can then select the specific updates
that you want to install.
For more information about Windows updates, visit the
following Microsoft Web site:
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