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Help Desk
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In Windows XP, you are able to enable
Windows Update to automatically download and install updates for your
computer. Here’s how to enable it.
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Click
Start. |
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Click
Control Panel. |
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Click
Performance and Maintenance. |
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Under
“or pick a Control Panel icon” choose System. |
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Select
the Automatic Updates tab. |
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Ensure
there is a tick labelled “Keep my computer up to date. With this setting
enabled, Windows Update software may be automatically updated prior to
applying any other updates”, if it is not there, click it. |
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Under
Settings, choose “Automatically download the updates, and install them
on the schedule I specify” and change the default date and time as you
wish. |
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Click
OK. |
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That’s it!
This will enable your computer to automatically download and install the
updates at the particular date and time you specified. |
Please note: If you wish
to pause the downloading of an update, right click on the Windows Update
icon near the clock and choose, Pause Downloading.
To download other non-critical updates, do the following:
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Click
Start. |
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Point
to All Programs. |
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Click
Windows Update. |
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Follow the
instructions to install these updates. |
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