Amber Computer Solutions

Hello Everyone, I thought I would talk about Windows 10 and some tips on what to do if you run into a problem.

OK, so in case you were unaware Windows 10 has two major updates per year.
These two big updates take place in March and September.
These updates are very large and basically change a great deal of Windows 10.

You may remember from previous versions of Windows that updates were applied when you shutdown windows or restarted windows. And Windows would prompt you not to turn off as it applied the updates.

Well things have changed in Windows 10 compared to earlier versions of Windows. Now Windows 10 applies updates when Windows 10 restarts and not when Windows 10 shuts down.

This is great if you want to shutdown Windows 10 and get on with your life, but can lead to problems where updates are not installed properly.

Most of us use a computer where by we switch it on and use it and when we are done we switch it off again. Well Microsoft don't think we use computers that way. Microsoft's philosophy on computer use is based around the fact that they think we leave our computers on and in sleep mode when we are not using them.

If a Windows 10 computer is left in sleep mode then at about 3am the computer will wake up and install the updates necessary and restart itself, then go back to sleep again.

Which is great but as I'm sure you are aware even when a computer is asleep it still uses some electricity, and if you have a laptop and it is running on battery then it would drain the battery as it sleeps. Which isn't as efficient as turning off the computer when you are finished with it.

So what can happen is that because the computer is switched off and not restarted then some of these updates do not get installed.

My advice to deal with any issues you may have with Windows 10 is very simple.

If you have an issue, no matter what try shutting down the computer as you normally would BUT instead of clicking on shutdown, choose restart instead.

You may also notice that the usual options have changed from restart or shutdown to update and restart or update and shutdown.

You'll be surprised the amount of things a simple restart will cure.

Hope this helps but don't forget any questions then get in touch.
Thanks Ian