How to Update Windows 7: Step-by-Step Guide
One way to protect your PC is to keep your operating system up to date. This action will protect your PC from malicious software, virus, bugs, glitches, and other issues relating to your PC. Also, a new version of Windows will bring more features to you.
In this article, we describe how to update Windows 7. Read this content to find out more about Windows updates.
Updating your Windows 7
If you want to update your Windows 7 to the latest version of it, you can follow the tutorial below:
1.First of all, open the Windows start menu. To do so, you can hit the Windows key or hold the Ctrl + Esc hotkey.
2.Type windows update in the Windows search bar.
3.Click on the first option that shows you the results.
4.Once the Windows Update tool pops up, you can check for updates.
5.After that, it shows the total number of updates that are available but not installed yet. To get more information about these updates, click on the optional updates are available link, or the important updates are available link. Both links take you to the same page.
When you click on an individual update, you can read a summary of the update and more information.
6.Choose the optional update from the left side of your Window.
7.Here, you should see multiple language packs depending on your Windows 7 version.
8.Since we do not speak all of those languages, you can hide those that you do not want to use. To do so, right-click on it and select the Hide update option from the menu.
9.For the next step, you need to change the settings of the Window. To do so, click on the Change settings link from the left side pane.
10.Now, you need to select an option from the drop-down menu under the Important updates section. We recommend choosing the Install updates automatically option since it makes sure that your PC has the highest protection for your Windows 7. You can also choose a time to apply the update.
Once you have done the steps above, your PC will automatically reach out to Microsoft every day to find any new software and security updates that are available for your PC.
Usually, Microsoft updates or releases the Security updates once a month on the second Tuesday. But, other stuff like hotfixes/software updates or patches, which fixes more bugs and glitches, release at any time during the month.
Last Words
Every PC needs to have an up-to-date operating system to run fast, safely, and smoothly. In this article, you learned how to update Windows 7. Have you ever tried to update your Windows? Do you know any other method to do that? Share your ideas with us!
