How to open security patch automatic update in Win8 system

The security of computer systems has always been a topic we should focus on, and an important part of this is the timely update of security patches. So how can we ensure that the system is always up to date? Here we will explain how to enable automatic system update.

By convention, Microsoft will release a new security update on the second Tuesday of each month, and will also issue an emergency patch if there are major vulnerabilities. If our Win8 system is in a non-automatic update state, it can only rely on manual update, which requires the user to know the information released by the patch at the first time, which is obviously unrealistic.

So the best way is to set the system directly to automatically update and install the patch, so the system will automatically download the security patch and install it in the first time, so that the computer can be kept up-to-date without any human operation. The safest state.

The method of turning on automatic update is also very simple. First, we will slide the mouse to the lower right corner of the screen to bring up the Charm column, then select “Set”, then click “Control Panel” to enter the control panel.

Open Control Panel

In the Control Panel, we find and click on the “System and Security” option. In the new interface, you can see “Windows Update”, which is the first The categories are "turn on or turn off automatic updates”.

Find Windows Updates

In the Windows Update Settings window, click the drop-down menu to find “Automatically Install Updates (Recommended)” One thing to note here is that this setting is limited to important updates. If we want to recommend updates and install them automatically, we need to check the following methods for receiving recommended updates and receiving important updates.

Choose to automatically install updates

Click OK to confirm that we have successfully set up automatic updates for Windows. Is it very simple? With automatic updates, we don't have to worry about important security patches being missed. Now, we recommend that everyone can open this feature to make the computer more secure.