A Bunch of Optional Updates available for my HP Laptop, HP Support assistant says no specific HP updates available, so wondering if it's safe to install these or not, or skip a couple of them if need be
Hi, this is how driver updates are now delivered. They are not applied automatically.
Indeed it seems that trying to use Device Manager to check for updates no longer has any effect.Update: Microsoft updates Driver Shiproom Schedule for 2020 in Windows 10
Microsoft is continuing to look at ways to improve the update experience on Windows 10 PCs. As part of this effort, Microsoft is conducting an experiment related to how they deliver driver updates through Windows Update. During this experiment, drivers categorized as “optional” will not be automatically downloaded and installed on Windows Insider’s PCs running Build 19536 and newer. To install any new optional drivers available for a PC that’s involved in this experiment (including drivers for new devices that might get plugged in to a PC), Insiders can go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > View optional updates and manually download these drivers. This experiment will be running now through March 5th, 2020.
UPDATE 2/19/2020: Windows 10 driver updates will now be manual Optional Updates
Beginning with the August 2020 security update for Windows 10, when optional updates are detected by your device, they will be displayed on a new page under Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > View optional updates. That means you no longer need to utilize Device Manager to search for updated drivers for specific devices.
Enable or Disable Driver Updates in Windows Update in Windows 10
So Safe to Install? gonna do my Macirum backup first shortly here, then will probably proceed with the install i think at this point. right now cleaning up some folders, like Downloads, Pictures, and Documents before i do the backup in a short little bit here before installing the optional updates think is best course of action at this point
Thank you for your reply.
These have been offered by Windows Update instead of being applied automatically.
Previously you wouldn't even have known about them, bar Update History, say.
Updates Installed, seems to be running still just fine still, but did Macirum reflect full image backup this Sunday just in case, gonna do the same with Desktop later tonight i think
I have 2 HP desktops. I've used the update drivers from HP and all has gone well so far. I've only chosen the updates I want, tho' ..
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