How to install optional updates in windows 8.1

How to install optional updates in windows 8.1

By: Dekanov Date of post: 19.07.2017

Log in or Sign up Fewer ads and it's free! Android Central CrackBerry iMore Windows Central Tesla Central VR Heads MrMobile Modern Dad. CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT ASK A QUESTION TRENDING: My Surface 3 is running fine; no problems. I just checked the Updates section, and found over 2 dozen "Optional" Updates for Windows 8.

Windows optional updates - Microsoft Community

The descriptions for each are pretty vague, and so I wonder how important it is. I always install them. Most of the updates are just performance or reliability updates that add or improve compatibility with older applications. Given our proximity to July 29, I'm less inclined to install any optional updates unless they are security-related or I can relate them to an issue that is impacting me.

I always install them, but on separate days than the critical updates go in. This way if something goes awry, I sort my system updates by date installed and uninstall the non-critical updates. Happened once early-on in 8. Thanks for the replies so far. Any more opinions or experience?

Originally Posted by jdnorton Share Share this post on Digg Del. I have an upcoming trip, and won't make any changes before leaving, but I think when I return I'll go ahead and enable all updates, optional as well as important.

It does make sense to separate the installation of optional from important, so I'll probably do this as well.

January Optional Updates for Windows - CmdrKeene's Blog

Thanks for the input. Dunno - I typically don't install the optionals. I did a factory reset, and the problem went away - again not installing optionals. Then yesterday I installed the optionals, not thinking, with the rest of the windows updates for July. Now I'm having a problem where several apps are taking 20 seconds to start - they just sit on the splash screen for 20 seconds and then load.

My Mail app also crashed and had to be reloaded. So I'm wiping again - I'll leave the optionals out. Originally Posted by Dewg. Originally Posted by seremify. Originally Posted by xandros9. Originally Posted by WillysJeepMan.

how to install optional updates in windows 8.1

It's "dangerous" when it decides it wants to install updates 10 minutes before a presentation. Imagine you're seeing a list of all the problems. Now imagine there's this picture with a solution. And that solution is this doohickey that kinda looks like Similar Threads Why can't I reserve Windows 10?

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