


Installing updates, especially security patches for your operating system is typically a good idea. Howev er, some updates may fail or are not triggered automatically. Windows Update usually updates your software reliably. Run Windows Update to upgrade your software. After running, it provides a status update on the issues it finds. The troubleshooter analyzes Windows Update and tries to fix the errors it finds.

I downloaded the troubleshooter for Windows Update and BITS, Windows’ Background Intelligence Transfer System. The Windows Update Troubleshooter is supp orted by Windows and may help with updates that fail. Install OS patches and software updates with Windows Update.įirst, troubleshoot Windows Update to fix any errors. Running this freed up 40 GB of C: drive space for me. Go to the Start menu and search ‘Disk Cleanup’. These are your computer’s current scores.
