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Patch Tuesday, June 2018

In case you have never heard of this, click the link above, and read all about it!
It is not enough to simply be informed about this date – the second Tuesday of each month. You also must know what to do about it, how to prepare for it, and how it may affect your windows driven PC. Spoiler alert, things might not work if the update doesn’t go well, or doesn’t finish its process, or you don’t reboot after the update. That’s just a partial list of concerns and there’s more to consider.

We’ll address these systematically here:

1. Doesn’t go well.
2. Doesn’t finish processing.
3. You don’t reboot.

Each of those is fraught with danger and even trivial things like power settings on your PC (especially laptops) can cause one or more of the above. Of course, rebooting is on you!

1. Doesn’t go well.
This is just your run of the mill Windows glitch, where maybe there were other things Microsoft didn’t finish with previous updates, or maybe you just get the message that the update was not successful. You may want to check the settings on Windows Updates to get details on what did or did not happen. Checking mine here revealed this:

That’s good news. What it says is that the update probably was successful, and I just need to reboot. See number 3 in the above list.

2. Doesn’t finish processing.
This one can be more difficult to find, but again, the settings under Windows Updates may give you status, albeit something cryptic like, “…was unsuccessful,” possibly followed by an error code. In any case, what should you do? You guessed it. Reboot.

3. You don’t reboot.
Do I really have to say it? Reboot, please.
If you go to your start menu and click the power button there, you might notice the option to “Update and restart.” That’s a good thing. Do it.
You may also, “Update and shut down,” but you run the risk of the computer having to finish the process next time you boot it up. If you are not in a hurry to use your computer next time you boot, you are welcome to use this approach to the update process.