pcalvert Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) Earlier in the week my mother reported that Windows Update is now reporting 80+ important updates and 6 optional updates. Prior to this, Windows Update was reporting zero important updates and 80+ optional updates. It seems that about 80 optional updates suddenly got moved over to "Important". Very strange. Does anyone have any idea of what might have caused this? OS: Windows 8.1, 64-bit. Phil Edited November 16, 2018 by pcalvert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcalvert Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 In case anyone else encounters a similar situation, this was the cause: My mother changed the configuration for Windows Update and didn't tell me. She checked a checkbox that we purposely unchecked when setting up Windows 8.1 on her computer (see attached picture). Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCyborg Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 12/7/2018 at 12:23 AM, pcalvert said: My mother changed the configuration for Windows Update and didn't tell me. I assumed it got messed up somehow. I managed to break things in the past when messing with updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 man, I hate it when that happens Installing MS Office 2007 or higher and enabling Microsoft Update from any MS Office app might do the same thing and offer 100+ important updates (and take much longer windows update / microsoft update scans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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