Users Guide

System Updates
The System Updates page lists the available software updates for your system.
System Updates are Dell provided updates for your system's hardware and software configuration. Windows Updates are available within
your operating system and are not available through this module.
Update filters
All software updates are categorized based on three criteria:
• Criticality (Critical/Recommended/Optional)
• Type (Hardware Drivers/BIOS Updates/Application Software/Firmware Updates)
• Device Category (Audio/Mouse and Keyboard/Storage/Chipset/Network and Bluetooth/Video/All others)
The System Updates page contains three sets of check boxes – one set for each of the above – allowing you to select/deselect
updates based on their Criticality, Type, and Device Category. Selected updates have a check mark before their names. It is not possible to
select or deselect individual updates by name.
The System Updates page contains the following options:
Table 4. List of buttons and functions
Option Function
Check for Updates
Click the Check for Updates button to check for available updates. This operation may take a few minutes to
complete. Once the operation completes, the list of all available updates is displayed in the right pane and all
updates are selected by default. Individual updates are grouped based on their criticality, and the appropriate
criticality icon is also displayed before each group.
The date/time when the last check for updates was performed (either manually or by Dell Precision Optimizer
automatic updates) is displayed under this button.
Apply Selected
Updates
Click the Apply Selected Update button to go to a confirmation page and apply the updates.
Apply Updates
Click the Apply Update button on the confirmation window to download currently selected updates and install
them on your system.
NOTE: It is recommended that you create a system restore point and close all running applications
before applying any updates.
Ensure that you have selected the appropriate filters before clicking this button. To filter out the updates that you
do not want to apply, you must uncheck the appropriate Criticality, Type and Device Category check boxes on this
screen. This operation may take a few minutes to complete. A reboot may be required once the operation
completes. Restart your system when notified by Dell Precision Optimizer. Click the Apply Update button on the
confirmation window to download currently selected updates and install them on your system.
View History Log
Click this link to display the logs containing detailed information of the previous Update History.
Turn On
Click this button to schedule automatic updates. The various options and filters to be applied can be configured in
the Automatic Update Setting page.
The list of available updates are displayed on this tab. The tab further displays detailed information including the Version and Release Date.
• Check or Uncheck Type (Hardware Drivers, BIOS Updates, Application software, Firmware Updates) check boxes to select or
deselect the corresponding updates from the selection.
• Check/Uncheck criticality (Critical/Recommended/Optional) check boxes to select or de-select the corresponding updates from
the selection.
• Click Apply Update button to install the current selection of updates.
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