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If you are not an A. F. Daniel client, skip to the section “General Audience” below.
This article describes the steps we are taking to update and secure our clients’ systems, and a General Audience section with steps you should consider taking immediately on system not protected by A. F. Daniel such as home computers, colleagues, and family.
Message to A. F. Daniel Clients
To ensure your computer stays up to date and runs smoothly, it’s a good idea to restart it every night. This practice helps avoid issues where updates can’t be installed because they need the computer to restart. We don’t automatically restart your computer, this is to prevent loss of any unsaved work you may have.
Even if your computer has not received the most recent Windows Updates, or if it requires a reboot to complete pending updates, including some critical updates we may have recently notified you about, your system has been enhanced with additional security features by us as a part of our maintenance program to protect you in the event you are missing updates.
These extra safeguards, along with our approach of employing multiple layers of security, protect your computer and network against potential threats often even with some missing, stuck, or pending Windows Updates. This strategy of multi-layered protection ensures that your computer remains secure, even if there are problems receiving and installing updates. Keep in mind that restarting your computer can frequently fix issues related to updates.
You also have the option to manually check for and install Windows updates whenever you want, which might be faster than waiting for automatic updates. See the section “General Audience” for instructions on how to manually run updates.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at help@afdaniel.com, or you can call or text us at 610-441-7222 or 302-655-7500.
Message to General Audience
If you were referred to this article by an email from A F Daniel Operations, here are some steps you should consider taking immediately to protect your computers from a critical issue which can be resolved by running Windows Updates right now.
Overview:
- Reboot your computer
- Run Windows Updates
- Reboot your computer again
- Check for more updates
(and repeat until there are no new updates)
The manual update process described
First, before your run your windows updates, reboot your computer.
- This will ensure that any stuck updates have a chance to resolve so the next batch can come in.
- Consider rebooting your computer daily. This will also have the added benefit of giving you a fresh computer the following work day, and all of the updating will take place during the reboot so you do not waste any time.
How to manually perform a Windows 11 Update:
- To check for updates, select Start > Settings > Windows Update , then select Check for updates. If updates are available, you can choose to install them.
- If you run into problems updating your device, including problems with previous major updates, see common fixes at Troubleshoot problems updating Windows.
- If you’re warned by Windows Update that you don’t have enough space on your device to install updates, see Free up space for Windows updates.
- If you experience internet connection issues while updating your device, see Fix Wi-Fi connection issues in Windows.
How to manually perform a Windows 10 Update:
- If you want to install the update now, select Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update , and then select Check for updates. If updates are available, install them.
- If version 22H2 isn’t offered automatically through Check for updates, you can get it manually through the Windows Update Assistant.
- If you run into problems updating your device, including problems with previous major updates, see common fixes at Troubleshoot problems updating Windows.
- If you’re warned by Windows Update that you don’t have enough space on your device to install the update, see Free up space for Windows updates.
- If you experience internet connection issues while updating your device, see Fix Wi-Fi connection issues in Windows.