update process

We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.3. In this release, we added in app scheme launch, finalized our work for localization, massive improvements in accessibility and started our work for Visual Basic support. What’s new: For a full list of adjustments in the 1.3...

As far as I found out the rollup packages are cumulative. So if I want to apply all patches from November 2016 until now only the last rollup package is needed. Regarding the security packages its the opposite: Every single security package from Novemeber 2016 until now is needed if I want to...

Never got the anniversary update August 2 or the update to it at the end of the month,last update from windows I had was on August 16th to update version 1511 and that failed.tried downloading the update yesterday it froze again at 85%.we i rebooted this the error message that came...

Running W7 on a modern desktop (Asus mobo) I had put this off for a long time - hoping it would be stable by time I upgrade. Followed full update process - al up to date before upgrade. After 100% upgrade ... it rebooted and got to to login screen - would not accept any mouse of keyboard input...

Me again, I have a new Win7 Pro machine. It appears it's only updated to SP-1. Yesterday I asked it to check for updates. It returned 'Checking for Updates'. It was still checking for updates when I went to bed with no result. Other machines would come back with the number and type of...

I'm currently trying to update from Win 10 version 10249 to version 1151 and using the media creation tool since the update has not yet appeared in Windows Update. I updated a few other computers to the original version of Win 10 some time ago. When those ISOs were downloaded using the media...

I am seeing quite a few "Optional" updates for Windows 10. Some of those are related to the Update process. I realize they may just be realigning the Update servers or some necessary change in order to keep the update process working, but are they doing more? Making changes to the Update...

This started with 10159, but I normally watch Task Manager so I can see the download speeds. With 10159 and now on 3 machines with 10162, when the download first starts, the download progress stays at 0%. At that same time, there is a download happening at 50 Mbps and lasts for several...

Although there is an option on the Windows 10 for phones technical preview to allow apps to be updated automatically, just like on Windows Phone 8.1, I have always preferred checking for updates manually. read more Continue reading...

Hi While I'm somewhat undecided about how I'm going to update to Windows 8.1, I started wondering about how the update process works. The last thing I do before I update will be to make an image of my C:\ drive, so I can experiment a little. If I just run the update from the Windows update...

We are committed to adapting our policies as the world evolves and with the new Windows Store, we evaluated how to best release security updates for Windows Store apps. Our goal is to have a quick, transparent and painless security update process. With this in mind, we will deliver high quality...

On behalf of all of us here at Microsoft, I’d like to wish everyone a very happy New Year! With 2013 starting on a Tuesday, our monthly bulletin release is upon us a bit earlier than usual. Next Tuesday we’ll release seven bulletins; two Critical and five Important, which address...

Today we released Security Advisory 2755801 that addresses vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8. The majority of customers have automatic updates enabled and will not need to take any action because protections will be downloaded and installed automatically...

I have about 12 updates that are taking way too long to install. Right now they're at 65%, tomorrow they might be at 68%, or even 72%. But the point is that they never completely install. Normally I shut my computer off at the end of the work day but nothing updates before the computer shuts all...

Hello, I'm having a problem with Windows Update. It's managed to install a few updates, bust most of the updates that it automatically finds fail to install (many important ones too - security updates, etc.). A bit frustrating. For the past couple of days, it tries to install the same two...

The Microsoft Product Update Team has announced that come August, the Windows Update and Microsoft Update services will be upgraded, task which will require a Windows Update and Automatic Updates client code update. The update process will kick off by the end of next month and will be completed...