How to Turn On/Off Windows 7 Automatic Updates?
Windows 7, like it’s predecessors Windows XP and Windows Vista lets you choose whether you want to turn on automatic updating or disable it. It is normally recommended to turn on Windows automatic updates as sometimes they include important security and vulnerability fixes. However if you want to turn automatic updates off, here are the steps to do it in Windows 7: 1. Open Control Panel –> System and Security –> Windows Update. 2. In the left side panel, click ‘Change settings’. 3. In the following screen, under the section ‘Important updates’, click on the drop down menu. 4. You have 4 different choices for configuring automatic updates: Install updates automatically (recommended) Download updates but let me choose whether to install them. Advertisements Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them. Never check for updates (not recommended). In case you want to turn off automatic updates, we advise you to choose the third option so that Windows checks for u
