Users Guide
Features of Dell Update
Topics:
• Install updates
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Select updates
• Suspend BitLocker
• Give us your feedback
Install updates
To check for, and install updates, do the following:
1. On the Welcome screen, click CHECK.
The Checking for updates task starts, and the Checking for Updates screen is displayed.
The Checking for updates task includes the following:
● Checking for component updates
● Scanning for system devices
● Determining available updates
The Checking for Updates screen provides the status of the system scan. When updates are found, Dell Update prompts
you to install the updates.
If no updates are found, a This system is up-to-date message is displayed indicating the applications, firmware, and drivers
on the system are up to date. Click CLOSE to exit Dell Update.
2. Optionally, if you want Dell Update to automatically restart the system after installing updates, select Automatically restart
system (when required).
3. Click INSTALL to install the selected updates on the system.
NOTE: If you click CANCEL during the installation, Dell Update does not roll back the updates that are already applied.
NOTE: Updates that do not comply with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), are not installed or
displayed as available updates when the FIPS mode is enabled on the system.
Select updates
On the Welcome screen, Click CHECK, to run the Checking for updates task. If updates are available for the system, the
Selected Updates screen is displayed.
The update summary is displayed next to the heading in the format—update type <x of y; z MB> in megabytes (MB):
Based on importance, the updates are described as follows:
● ‘x’ is the number of updates to be downloaded.
● ‘y’ is the total number of updates available.
● ‘z’ is the size of the available updates.
● Security Updates—These updates improve the security of the system.
● Critical Updates—These updates are important for improving the reliability, security, and availability of the system.
● Recommended Updates—These updates are recommended for installation on the system.
● Optional Updates—These updates are optional updates.
● Dell Docking Solution—These updates are for the Dell docking solution.
If the Dell Docking Solution option is selected, then:
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