Monday 20 January 2020

Am I up to date with Windows Update? How do I check?

Update History

Type "Windows Update" in the Windows Search Bar and then click on "View your Update history".

Quality versus Feature Updates

There are a wide variety of updates, examples being Feature updates (rare) and Quality updates (common). Quality updates tend to be security fixes. Occasionally you will see Driver Updates as well as Definition updates, that relate to antivirus definitions (Windows Defender).

CVEs

Clicking into specific Quality updates will give details on any CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) which the update is trying to fix.