This webpage was created to provide easy step-by-step instructions to manually update Windows computers for personally owned/home Windows computers. Since Microsoft security patches are released every ...

Along with the Windows 10 updates, Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 have also begun rolling out. As usual, Windows 7 updates are only for those who have opted for paid patches.

Last month I described how Windows 7 update scans had slowed — some users found that scans were taking many hours — but amazingly returned to normal by manually installing two completely ...

For Windows 7, the best method for updates as of this post is installing KB3020369, KB3125574, KB3172605, KB3185330. This should fix up the long update check stuff, and get a lot of updates installed.

Along with Windows 11 and Windows 10, Microsoft is also rolling out Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 8.1 and users running Windows 7 that have opted for extended security updates.

Williams said the update would available for manual download via Microsoft's Genuine site or Windows Update on February 16. Surprisingly, there's no catch – or at least not candidly.

Microsoft has announced that it will continue offering Windows 7 Extended Security Updates through January 2023 giving users three more years to migrate to Windows 10, but there is a big caveat.