Solve : Windows 8 Update Notifier?

1.	Solve : Windows 8 Update Notifier?
Answer» EDIT: The newest version of Windows 8 Update Notifier has more controls then the earlier version I originally posted about in this topic. You can now just check a box to have it run at startup and to install Windows Defender updates. Windows 8 does not alert users to new Windows Updates like previous versions of Windows. Some people like Windows to "be quiet" and not alert them to updates for various reasons and Microsoft decided to stop the alerts in Win 8. For those of us who do rely on notifications to important Windows Updates this is a good free solution. Patch Tuesday is pretty easy to forget about especially when we have never needed to remember it, until now. Quote Windows 8 Update Notifier Homepage Windows 8 do not offer a desktop notification about new available Windows Updates. You can choose the OPTION "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download them" WITHIN the Windows Update Settings, but you will not be informed about new updates via a popup on the desktop (as it was in windows 7). Only on the logon screen you can see a hint in the bottom right corner. Windows 8 Update Notifier does not install or run by default at startup so be sure to see the documentation page for install instructions and Screenshots if you prefer to have it running all of the time. The instructions just tell you to PLACE the WindowsUpdateNotifier.exe in your Startup folder located at: C:\Users\{User Name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Simply Cut/Paste or Copy/Paste WindowsUpdateNotifier.exe into the Startup folder. Once I ran this software I was informed that I had 6 Windows Updates waiting to be DOWNLOADED and installed. If you are using Windows Defender (the default AV in Win 8 ) the notifier will alert usually twice a day. It can be annoying but the good thing is you will always have the most recent AV updates as they are released. Windows 8 Update Notifier is just a notifier. You have to manually open Windows Updates and download/install them.

Answer» EDIT: The newest version of Windows 8 Update Notifier has more controls then the earlier version I originally posted about in this topic. You can now just check a box to have it run at startup and to install Windows Defender updates.

Windows 8 does not alert users to new Windows Updates like previous versions of Windows. Some people like Windows to "be quiet" and not alert them to updates for various reasons and Microsoft decided to stop the alerts in Win 8. For those of us who do rely on notifications to important Windows Updates this is a good free solution. Patch Tuesday is pretty easy to forget about especially when we have never needed to remember it, until now.

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Windows 8 Update Notifier Homepage

Windows 8 do not offer a desktop notification about new available Windows Updates. You can choose the OPTION "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download them" WITHIN the Windows Update Settings, but you will not be informed about new updates via a popup on the desktop (as it was in windows 7). Only on the logon screen you can see a hint in the bottom right corner.

Windows 8 Update Notifier does not install or run by default at startup so be sure to see the documentation page for install instructions and Screenshots if you prefer to have it running all of the time.

The instructions just tell you to PLACE the WindowsUpdateNotifier.exe in your Startup folder located at:
C:\Users\{User Name}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Simply Cut/Paste or Copy/Paste WindowsUpdateNotifier.exe into the Startup folder.

Once I ran this software I was informed that I had 6 Windows Updates waiting to be DOWNLOADED and installed.

If you are using Windows Defender (the default AV in Win 8 ) the notifier will alert usually twice a day. It can be annoying but the good thing is you will always have the most recent AV updates as they are released.

Windows 8 Update Notifier is just a notifier. You have to manually open Windows Updates and download/install them.

Solve : Windows 8 Update Notifier?

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