My update history is full of things called "Security Update for Windows RT 8.1" that have been downloading and installing as they please. But the only thing just named "Update for Windows RT 8.1" is listed as having Failed on Feb 16, and if it has been retried since, I'm not seeing it. "Check now" says there are no updates for me, but it's not inspiring much confidence... David Gillett -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows Update settings (8.1) From: "Paul A. Shippert" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, May 12, 2014 12:37 pm To: [log in to unmask] Greetings-- I can only wonder if this is 'initial fall-out' from MS's decision to make continuing patches and updates available only if the Windows 8.1 Update is applied to one's OS (seemingly assumed to be Windows 8.1). Here's a quote from one of several media reports on MS's update 'situation': "Microsoft pushes back Windows 8.1 Update deadline by another month Summary: Microsoft is giving consumers running Windows 8.1 an extra 30 days to install Windows 8.1 Update. Mary Jo Foley By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft | May 12, 2014 -- 13:28 GMT (06:28 PDT) Microsoft is giving consumers another 30 days beyond its originally stated deadline to install Windows 8.1 Update. windowsfutures Instead of requiring Windows 8.1 users to install the update by May 13, which is this month's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft is now allowing them a longer grace period — until June 10 — to move to the Update in order to continue to receive patches and fixes from the company. Microsoft announced the Windows 8.1 Update deadline extension on May 12." I don't know if this applies to Tablets or other devices running Windows 8.0, but I suspect it might, since there has been an update to 8.1 along the lines of a Service Pack. I had updated my daughter's laptop to Windows 8.1 PRO x64 before she moved 3000 miles away (U.S. Navy requirement), and she now needs to apply this 7-file set of patches/updates in order to keep her laptop patched and secure. To help her out, I put all of the files on a thumb drive and printed out instructions for her. With a tablet (Surface RT), your situation may be different. HTH. Paul A. Shippert ----- Original Message ----- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 1:43:09 PM Subject: [PCBUILD] Windows Update settings (8.1) I got a deal a while back on a refurbished Surface RT, in order to start trying out Win 8. It has been merrily auto-updating, but when I try "Check Now" it usually fails with one of Microsoft's unhelpful messages... I'd like to change it to "Notify me, but let me choose when to install", and it looks from the Help pages like this option is still available. But none of the listed procedures to get to the Windows Update Settings page actually seems to work for me, whether by getting to Windows Update and then Change PC Settings, or by going to Settings and then Update & Restore. Can anyone offer the clue I must be missing? David Gillett PCSOFT's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]> PCSOFT's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]> PCSOFT's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]>