Windows Automatic Updates

On a regular basis, Microsoft Corporation releases service packs and security updates for its operating systems (Windows) and its web browsers (Internet Explorer). Often these are considered "critical updates." Critical updates should be applied to your computer to keep your computing environment as secure as possible. Microsoft has attempted to make the process of applying these updates to your computer as painless as possible by creating an application that intuitively downloads and installs the critical updates your computer needs.

If updates are available for your computer and you turn your computer off every evening, the updates will begin downloading and installing when you start your computer the following morning. If updates are available for your computer and you leave your computer on overnight, the updates will be downloaded and installed at 3:00 AM every morning. If you leave your computer on overnight be forewarned that your computer might be automatically restarted if a critical update requires a reboot.

Additional information on Windows Automatic Updates is available at Microsoft's Windows Update Site.