Re: How to decide whether a window update should be installed or n

Penguin wrote:

Hi, Stanley:

Thanks for your reply. Actually, I was kinda interested with how the Automatic Update detects whether a window update should be installed or not. You know, when you run the automatic update, it automatically detects what updates have been installed and what updates you should install. How does it do that? Is there any related document? 
Hi,

Mainly it checks your system's file versions against a "database"
located at Microsoft".

If you want to get a list of needed security updates for a computer,
you can use MBSA for this:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx


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