What is Windows Update?
{{update|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox software | name = Windows Update | logo = WindowsUpdate.svg | logo_size = 60px | screenshot = Cc0-windows-update dion dresschers.png | screenshot_size = 300px | caption = Windows Update on [[Windows 10]] | developer = [[Microsoft]] | other_names = Microsoft Update | service_name = Windows Update | included with = {{plainlist| *[[Windows 9x]] and later }} | operating system = {{Plainlist| * [[Windows 9x]] family * [[Windows NT]] family }} | genre = [[Network service]] | website = {{URL|1=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-faq-8a903416-6f45-0718-f5c7-375e92dddeb2|2=support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-faq}} }} '''Windows Update''' is a feature found in [[Microsoft Windows]] (after [[Windows 98]]) that lets the user update their copy of Windows. The Windows Update website can only be used with [[Internet Explorer]]. It also allows updates to the definitions file of [[Windows Defender]] and to the Junk Mail filter in [[Windows Mail]]. == Microsoft Update == Microsoft Update is a feature in Windows Update that provides updates not only for Windows but also other Microsoft software (such as [[Microsoft Office]]). == History == Windows Update first became part of windows with the launch of [[Windows 98]]. Since then the Windows Update site has gone through many updates. With the release of [[Windows Me]] a feature called '''Automatic Updates''' was added; this meant updates could be installed in the background. In [[Windows Vista]], [[Windows Server 2008]] and [[Windows 7]], instead of using a Windows Update website you now use a [[computer software|application]] to receive your updates in Windows. {{Tech-stub}} [[Category:Microsoft software]]