How to download windows update updates manually

Windows Update is the easiest and simplest way to update our operating system, since the whole process is automatic, so we only need to let the computer work for us. Despite this, it is also possible to download and install the updates manually, this will be especially useful if we want to apply them on a computer that does not have a connection to the network or if it is very slow. Learn how to download updates from Windows Update manually.

Download updates from Windows Update manually

Downloading Windows Update updates manually is very simple and has a number of advantages, once downloaded we can install it on any computer even if it does not have a network connection or it is very slow, it also allows us to save the update in case we need to return to use it in the future.

The easiest way to download the updates manually is to access the Microsoft Update Catalog, from here we have access to all the updates that have been released for the different versions of Windows, it also shows us valuable information about the update so that we know at all times which is what we are going to download. A great advantage of this is that we can go directly to the cumulative patches instead of looking for all the updates one by one.

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The tool includes a search engine to facilitate the task, if we want to see all the updates available for Windows 10 we just have to type "Windows 10" in the search engine and all of them will appear in an instant.

Once all the updates that are of interest to you have been identified, we only have to click on "download", after which an.exe file will be saved on our computer that we can install in a very simple way by just double-clicking on it.