mike13 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 (edited) Probably a dumb question, but must your computer be turned on AND have Internet Explorer opened, or just tuned on. Running Windows 8.1 on the one and Windows 7 on the other computer. Have cable internet. Thanks, Mike Edited May 12, 2015 by mike13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 What is the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 (edited) Must you have the computer turned on, AND have Internet Explorer opened, to get Automatic Updates. I have Windows 7 on the one computer and Windows 8.1 on the other. Thanks, Mike Edited May 12, 2015 by mike13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 NO need of having Internet Explorer (or any other particular program) open.As long as the PC is ON, there is a working internet connection and Automatic Updates are set correctly the updates will be downloaded alright.There is also no need of being logged in. Consider how a number of automatically delivered updates when installed may need to reboot the PC, so it is - generically speaking - not advisable to leave open programs as they may /they shoudl not, but they still may) either prevent the shutdown and reboot or lose unsaved data. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 jaclaz...Thanks for the reply. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 OK I wasn't sure... I think the "does the computer need to be on" part was throwing me off. I'm sure we'll see the ability to install updates while the PC is off in some future version of Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Tripredacus---Thanks for the reply. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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