Maybe you have disabled automatic updates and are now worried about your computer not being up to date and vulnerable. Or you’ve just not seen anything pop up about updates in a long time, either way I’m going to show you how to quickly check for updates to ensure that you are up to date.
Click on the Start button (Vista Logo, bottom left).
Select All Programs.
Click Windows Update (usually at the bottom of the window items on the list)
Click on Check for Updates (this can be found in the main window, and on the left)
Now Windows Vista will take a few moments to check the Microsoft servers for updates, If not are found there you are currently up to date with your updates.
If Windows Update finds updates that you have not yet downloaded/installed then follow the steps below:
Click Install Updates.
Vista will now download and then install the update (you may be asked for permission, if so agree).
Once all the updates are installed you may be required to restart your computer for settings to take effect or for the install to complete, if you are requested to restart I would advise that you do so.
That covers checking for windows updates, now that you are at this point in the tutorial (The End) you should have established that your computer is up to date, if it wasn’t at the start, it should be now. Note that this was only checking for windows vista updates if you have other programs not connected to Microsoft you receive updates for these you will have to go to the manufactures website.
