How to Check Installed Updates History in Windows 11 ?


πŸ‘€Β Diwas Poudel Β Β  πŸ•’ 06 Aug 2024 Β Β  πŸ“ TECH

Checking the installed updates history in Windows 11 is necessary for troubleshooting issues that might occur due to recent updates. You can review the update history to identify the cause of the issue and verify that specific updates and patches have been installed successfully.It also helps track changes made by updates and allows you to roll back an update if you encounter any conflicts.

So to check the updates history in Windows 11 you can follow these steps.

1. Goto Search and then type Settings and Select Settings from the list.

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2. On the right pane click on Windows Update

3. On the main pane click on Update historyΒ 

Β  Β Here you will get various updates like Feature Updates , Quality Updates, Driver Updates , Definition Updates and other Updates.

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Feature Updates : Feature updates include new features, functionalities, and improvements in the operating system. These create system-wide changes and might affect various aspects of the user experience. They may also have a larger file size than other updates.

Quality Updates : These updates are more frequent and smaller in size. They mainly focus on improving system reliability, security, and performance.

Driver Updates : These updates are released by hardware manufacturers to improve driver performance, fix driver bugs, and add new features to devices like printers and sound cards. Driver updates provide instructions to Windows 11 on how to interact with specific hardware components.

Definition Updates: Definition updates are related to Microsoft Defender Antivirus. They are updates for your antivirus software that introduce new virus and malware signatures to protect against emerging threats, malicious software, and vulnerabilities.

Other Updates : These updates includes those updates which are not included in above 4 updates.It might include optional updates, framework updates, telemetry and diagnostic updates, and other minor updates.

Conclusion: In this way we can check the installed updates in Windows 11Β 

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