Manually download windows updates 10

Here you will see the complete list of Windows Updates including Security Updates and Service Packs, if any, which have been installed on your computer.

Note down the KB number mentioned in the bracket. Now that you have the KB number, and search for it here on Microsoft. If you find no suitable results for Downloads, select All Microsoft. In the results, you will see the Knowledge Base article about the update or hotfix and also the Download page. If you open its KB article page, you will see the download links for all operating system. Select your operating system and click on the link to be taken to its download page.

Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? As a result, users often face problems while downloading or installing specific updates on their systems. So, if you are also unable to download Windows 10 or Windows 11 updates on your system, you might find this article very helpful. To download the updates, we will use Microsoft Catalog, which provides a list of updates distributed over a corporate network.

First of all, open your favorite web browser and head to the Microsoft Update Catalog website. On the main page, you need to enter the KB Knowledge Base number. Click on the name of the security update KB In the next window with update info, go to the Package Details tab.

In this tab, you can see, which updates are replaced by this one This update replaces the following updates: and which update it replaces in turn This update has been replaced by the following updates:.

The screenshot shows that update KB is replaced by KB Then open the KB update properties. It means that it is the latest cumulative security update for your Windows 10 build.

Click Download , and a direct link to download the MSU update file will appear in the next window. Download the file and save it on your local drive. Select your Windows 10 version in my example, it is Windows 10 from the list on the left, then look at the list called In this release.

The first entry refers to a knowledge base KB article with the latest cumulative update for the selected Windows version. It is the update we have downloaded using the first method.