{"id":3136,"date":"2023-07-13T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=kb&p=3136"},"modified":"2024-02-21T12:36:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T12:36:25","slug":"update-windows-and-drivers","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/update-windows-and-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Update Windows and Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Windows OS<\/a> is regularly updated with fixes, improvements and new features. We do recommend updating Windows as soon as there are updates available, as they include crucial security, stability and compatibility features in every update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checking for Updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the search bar, enter “Check for updates<\/strong>” (Step 1) and then choose “Best match result – Check for updates<\/strong>” (Step 2)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Check for Windows Updates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Check for updates and install them<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Click on the “Check for updates<\/strong>” option, and wait a few moments for it to check and present a list of any found updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Download & Install Updates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Choose “Download & Install”<\/strong> and let them all update. Reboot your device once the update process is complete. Occasionally there may be additional smaller updates available after a large update. We recommend checking once more for updates and installing any others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Device Specific Drivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For device-specific firmware and drivers updates please check our dedicated Getting Started guides<\/a> for your device or the manufacturer’s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to install the latest Windows update and then find and install any necessary drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8387,"featured_media":3138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[18],"kbtag":[43,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-3136","1":"kb","2":"type-kb","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"kbtopic-windows-windows","7":"kbtag-droix","8":"kbtag-windows"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/3136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/3136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=3136"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=3136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}