Page Comparison

Students using a personal computer on campus are required to update their systems regularly. By default, updates are set to run automatically on computers running any version of Microsoft Windows (any version) and Mac OS X. Faculty and staff computers on campus are set to automatically run operating system updates, and patches for third party software are managed by CIS. Instructions for manually running updates can be found below.

Update a Windows 7 Computer

1. Open the start menu and type the word update in the search bar.
    
2. When the search completes, choose the Windows Update option under the Control Panel category.
   
   
   
3. Click Check for Updates on the left side of the Windows Update window. Updates that are found are shown in the main area of the window. Click Install Updates to begin the update process, or continue to step 4 for more update options.
   
   
   
4. Click the link saying X important updates are available or X optional updates are available (where X is the number of available updates) to view information on individual updates. Optionally, select/deselect items that should/should not be installed using the check boxes next to the items.
   
   
   
5. When updates are complete, restart the computer if prompted to do so. 

Update a Windows 8 Computer

1. If using a mouse, Swipe down with the mouse along the right side of the screen and click the Search button. If using a touch display, swipe left with your finger from the right side of the display and tap the Search button.
   
   
2. Select the Settings search category and search for update. Choose the search result labeled Windows Update.
   Image Added
    
3. Click or tap the Check for Updates now button.
   Image Added
   
   
4. Any available updates will be shown. Click or tap the Install Updates button if automatic update settings are not configured.
   Image Added
   
   
5. Click or tap We'll install X important updates automatically or We'll install X optional updates automatically to view specific information about the updates that Windows will install.
   
   
6. To select which updates should be installed, click or tap Choose which updates you want to install near the bottom. Alternatively, click or tap Install to immediately install updates.
    Image Added
   
   
7. Click X important updates are available or X optional updates are available (where X indicates the number of updates in each category).
   Image Added
   
   
8. Select or deselect items that should or should not be installed using the check boxes next to the items.
   Image Added
   
   
9. Click Install to install the selected updates from Windows Update.

...