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Windows 10 Anniversary Update introduced the Active Hours feature which allows the user to set the time that the user typically uses the system so that Windows will not reboot the system to install updates at the set time the user selected.

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Cumulative updates would later be backported to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in October 2016.

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This meant that it was no longer possible to download and install updates that fix individual problems. Windows 10 introduced cumulative updates which packages separate updates into a single update package, mitigating the need for multiple restarts and reducing the number of downloads needed. Users may optionally change Windows Update to only perform peer to peer updates within their local area network. By default, systems' bandwidth is used to distribute previously downloaded updates to other users, in combination with Microsoft servers. It also added the ability to perform peer to peer distribution of updates.

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Microsoft offers a diagnostic tool that can be used to hide troublesome device drivers and prevent them from being reinstalled, but only after they had been already installed, then uninstalled without rebooting the system. However, it is still possible to completely turn off Windows Update and automatic updates by other means through the Registry Editor or by ending the Windows Update Service. As a result of these changes, Windows Update along with automatic updates can no longer be completely turned off within the UI unlike previous versions. All updates, regardless of type, would be downloaded and installed automatically, and users were only initially given the option to choose whether their system would reboot automatically to install updates when the system is inactive, or be notified to schedule a reboot. Windows Update received major changes to its operations and functionality in Windows 10 and it no longer allows the manual, selective installation of updates. As a result, the Control Panel applet was deprecated (but can be restored up to build 10041). In Windows 10 (since build 9900), Windows Update was officially moved to the Settings app. The UI would receive more options in Windows 8.1. It was a simpler alternative to the existing Control Panel applet.

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In Windows 8 (since build 7978), Windows Update was added to PC settings. Windows 8 also consolidated the restart requests for non-critical updates into just one per month and the login screen was updated to notify users of the restart requirements.

Users have 3 days (72 hours) before the computer reboots automatically after installing automatic updates that require a reboot.

Windows 8 would change the mandatory restart postpone period. The applet was slightly redesigned in Windows 7, which would later be backported to Windows Vista. Standard user accounts only have 15 minutes to respond to it until it automatically reboots the computer to install the updates. The restart dialog box was revised so that it appears under other windows, instead of on top of them. It added the ability for users to postpone the mandatory restart for up to four hours. Windows Update also added the ability for users of the Ultimate edition of Windows Vista to download Windows Ultimate Extras. In Windows Vista (since build 5259), Windows Update was overhauled to have its own Control Panel applet, rather than being based on a web service. Windows 7 requires an update released in 2018 which introduces SHA-256 support, which caused the system requirements to be raised up to a processor with the SSE2 instruction.Īll released updates for Windows (since Windows 2000), Office (since Office XP) and other Microsoft products are still available at the Microsoft Update Catalog. The web service for Windows 98 and Windows Me was shut down in 2011, while Windows 2000 was updated to use Windows XP's web service, which itself, alongside with Windows Vista's update service was shut down in 2020 due to Microsoft updating their security to use the SHA-256 algorithm, which is not supported by Windows versions earlier than Windows 7. It works by installing an ActiveX control element, which allows installing updates directly from Internet Explorer. It was ported to the NT line of Windows with build 2031. Previously, it was included since build 1351 as 'Internet System Update'. Windows Update was launched as a web service using Internet Explorer technologies with the release of Windows 98. # Load the module if PowerShell is at least version 5.1 if ( $PSVersionTable. # Install the module from the PowerShell Gallery Install-Module -Name MsrcSecurityUpdates -Scope CurrentUser

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