

Together with Security Updates, they form the “High Priority” category of updates from Microsoft and should be set to download and install automatically. Critical Updates – Critical Updates fix any major issue that is found in Microsoft products that could cause software errors or unexpected behavior.

Ignoring these could leave your computer or server extremely vulnerable to hackers and malicious code. Critical Security Updates are perhaps the most important updates to apply to your system. Security updates are classified as Critical, Important, Moderate, Low, or non-rated.

Microsoft Update is a service that allows for the periodic patching of system files to address known issues with Microsoft products. (Don’t have time to read? Call us on (02) 6699 3388 for the solution) What are Microsoft Updates? We have all seen the notification flag that indicates there are Windows Updates available for installation, but do you know how these updates actually affect your computer? With Microsoft regularly patching vulnerabilities, we believe it is critical to our clients’ security that they understand a little about these patches and how you can keep your systems protected.
