The Different Types of Windows 10 Updates

Windows update is a free PC service provided by Microsoft that is given for Operating System (OS) service to computers working on the many versions of Microsoft windows.

These updates are either improvement or corrections to OS features, or security updates are meant to protect your PC from viruses attack or malware.

Accuracy, security, and performance are the most important reasons that all PCs working MS windows should be using windows update.

In this post, we all discuss the several types of windows 10 updates that you will routinely see installed on your PC and what are the uses.

Let’s take a look at them, before that, let’s check out the difference between a windows update and Microsoft updates.

Windows Updates vs. Microsoft Updates

Windows updates always download these vital updates automatically. But, Microsoft as a software giant also keeps updating its other products such as Microsoft Office, Onedrive, and such products. And any software application to the perfect Operating system, MS office, Onedrive, and other applications such as games, etc. are called Microsoft Updates. Updates applicable only to the OS (Operating System) are Windows Updates. You can say that Windows Updates is a part of Microsoft Updates.   

We will talk about of Windows Updates now:

Types of Windows 10 Updates

You might have to face the following types of Windows updates issues when working on Windows devices.

1. Critical Updates: 

2. Definition Updates

3. Update

4. Windows driver updates

5. Windows security updates

6. Features Pack Updates

7. Monthly Rollup Updates

8. Tool Updates

9. Full Updates

10. Express Updates

11. Delta Updates

12. Security Quality Updates

13. Security Monthly Quality Updates

14. Preview of Monthly Quality Updates

15. Service stack Updates

These are some of the different types of windows 10 updates.

Updates: Microsoft released a new windows updates repair tool that you can instantly download as well to solve updates related problems. Check out fix Windows Updates problems with Reset windows updates agent as well.

Looking for more details about Install windows 10 or Activate Windows 10. Check out of the ultimate guide over on windows support central.