Windows Update

E182212
software component update service

Windows Update is Microsoft's built-in service for automatically downloading and installing operating system and software updates on Windows devices.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Windows Update canonical 24
Microsoft Update 3
Windows Update service 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf software component ⓘ
update service ⓘ
accessMethod Control Panel ⓘ
Settings app ⓘ
command line ⓘ
availableIn Windows 10 ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ
Windows 2000 ⓘ
Windows 7 ⓘ
Windows 8 ⓘ
Windows 8.1 ⓘ
Windows Vista ⓘ
Windows XP ⓘ
category system administration ⓘ
clientComponent Windows Update client ⓘ
surface form: Windows Update Agent
componentOf Windows ⓘ
surface form: Windows operating system
configurationFile Windows Registry ⓘ
configurationInterface Group Policy ⓘ
Local Group Policy Editor ⓘ
Registry Editor ⓘ
connectsTo Windows Update client ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft update servers
developer Microsoft ⓘ
introducedIn Windows 98 ⓘ
license proprietary software ⓘ
loggingLocation Windows Event Log ⓘ
operatingSystem Windows ⓘ
purpose download updates ⓘ
install updates ⓘ
manage updates ⓘ
relatedService Microsoft Update ⓘ
Windows Server Update Services ⓘ
Windows Update for Business ⓘ
securityRole patch management ⓘ
vulnerability mitigation ⓘ
serviceName wuauserv ⓘ
supports automatic updates ⓘ
defer feature updates ⓘ
delivery optimization ⓘ
manual updates ⓘ
pause updates ⓘ
scheduled updates ⓘ
updateSource Windows Update self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Update online service

local WSUS server ⓘ
updatesType bug fixes ⓘ
definition updates ⓘ
driver updates ⓘ
feature updates ⓘ
security updates ⓘ
usesProtocol HTTP ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows RT → includedFeature → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows 11 → updateMethod → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows 11 → updateMethod → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Update for Business
Windows XP → updateMechanism → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows Defender → updateMechanism → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Update
Windows Insider Program → updateMechanism → Windows Update ⓘ
General Availability Channel → platform → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows 10 → updateDelivery → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows 8 → updateModel → Windows Update ⓘ
Microsoft Office RT → updateChannel → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows Update client → connectsTo → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Update service
Windows Update client → usesService → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Update service
Windows Update client → updateSource → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows Update client → updateSource → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Update
Windows Server Update Services → uses → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows Server Update Services → uses → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Update
Service Pack 1 → distributionMethod → Windows Update ⓘ
Security Center → checksComponent → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Automatic Updates
Home Basic → supports → Windows Update ⓘ
subject surface form: Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows servicing model → includesComponent → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows Update for Business → uses → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Update service
Service Pack 3 → distributionMethod → Windows Update ⓘ
Service Pack 1 → updateMechanism → Windows Update ⓘ
Windows Update → updateSource → Windows Update self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Update online service
November Update (1511) → distributionMethod → Windows Update ⓘ
Anniversary Update (1607) → distributionModel → Windows Update ⓘ
Creators Update (1703) → distributionModel → Windows Update ⓘ
subject surface form: Windows 10 Creators Update
April 2018 Update (1803) → distributionModel → Windows Update ⓘ
October 2018 Update (1809) → rolloutChannel → Windows Update ⓘ
May 2020 Update (2004) → distributionMethod → Windows Update ⓘ
subject surface form: Windows 10 May 2020 Update
May 2021 Update (21H1) → distributionMethod → Windows Update ⓘ
November 2021 Update (21H2) → distributionModel → Windows Update ⓘ
November 2021 Update (21H2) → category → Windows Update ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Windows update
Memphis → includedFeature → Windows Update ⓘ