Important: Upcoming Upgrade for Windows Update

The Microsoft Update Product Team Blog has announced that beginning late in August, an upgrade will be started for Windows Update and Microsoft Update services. The Team assures us in Upcoming Update for Windows Update that the update will not change your current Windows Update or Automatic Updates settings.

The upgrade is reported as an improvement to the user interface for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 computers running Windows Update by adding a more visible and detailed description of updates. Improvements in how users are notified about service packs is also included.

Note in particular the following from the notice:

• The Windows Update or Automatic Updates client software must be updated, or you may not be able to successfully check for updates or perform other configured actions.
  
  
• If Windows Update or Automatic Updates is enabled to automatically check for updates, download updates, or install updates on your computer then the infrastructure update will be downloaded and installed automatically.
  
  
• Your computer will not be updated if you have disabled Windows Update (or Automatic Updates) and do not check for updates.

I believe it needs repeating: unless Windows Update (or Automatic Updates) is disabled, regardless of your settings, the upgrade will be downloaded and installed automatically.

See Upcoming Update for Windows Update for complete information.



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