Windows Vista help for automatic updates on Vista

The one reason why Microsoft administers Windows Updates for your computer is to keep it running at its best, even with time, by providing security enabled upgrades from all external and internal threats. And Windows Vista help explains that options for automatic updates helps you download the important updates automatically into your computer, without you having to check on it every time.

You can very well change the settings for such automatic updates with Windows Vista help to suit your preferences. Windows Vista help shows how.

Changing the settings for automatic updates with Windows Vista help

To start with Windows Vista help to configure automatic updates, select the “Start” menu to bring up the “Search” application on your screen.

Once the search application window is displayed, type “Windows Update” into the text box and then select “Change Settings” from the list of options that opens up on the left side of the window.

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You can now proceed with Windows Vista help to choose an automatic update option that suits your time and system use. With the “Install Update Automatically” option, you can enter a time of your preference for your computer to automatically download necessary updates and install them even in your absence.

You can also select the “Download updates but let me install them” option to get your system to download all available updates, and then wait for you to install them manually according to your convenience.

Or else, hit on the “Never Check for Updates” option and put a stop to all automatic updates. In such cases, Windows Vista help recommends that you open “Internet Explorer” and visit http://update.microsoft.com at least once a month and download any updates that are labeled critical.

So using any of these options by Windows Vista help can make downloading updates for your computer a lot easier.

How to restore Vista Boot Manager with Windows Vista help

It can be a real pain booting your Windows Vista computer if the Boot Manager entry in the Boot Configuration Data is either deleted or changed. It can also happen if the Boot Configuration Data itself is either damaged or unavailable.

Now, when you face such a situation, Windows Vista help suggests that you use the Vista installation disk to boot your system and restore the Boot Manager entry in the Boot Configuration Data store. Windows Vista help will show you how.

Restoring Vista Boot Manager with Windows Vista help

To start with the Windows Vista help process, place the Installation disk in your computer’s disk drive and start your computer. This allows your computer to access the installation disk

Restoring Vista Boot Manager

for the information it needs to start, instead of the damaged operating system on your hard drive.

Continue with the Windows Vista help process by then following the prompts in the startup process from the Windows Vista installation disk.

Now, depending on your version of Vista, the computer may prompt you to choose a language in which you wish to receive the repair instructions, along with the time and an input method (keyboard or mouse).

Select the same and then proceed with the Windows Vista help process by clicking on the “repair your computer” link so as to choose the particular operating system for which you’d like to restore the Boot Manager entry in the Boot Configuration Data Store. This will automatically open up a System Recovery Options dialog box on your screen.

Windows Vista help then suggests that you select the “Startup Repair” link from it and then follow the prompts to repair the Boot Configuration Data Store.

You can finally restart your computer and complete the process with Windows Vista help.