- Jan 8, 2011
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Windows Update Notifier: http://wun.codeplex.com/
No installation required, portable application for 32-bit and 64-bit running Windows 8.1, 8 and 7.
Windows 8 (and Windows 8.1) do not offer a desktop notification about new available Windows Updates.
You can choose the option "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download them" within the Windows Update Settings, but you will not be informed about new updates via a popup on the desktop (as it was in windows 7).
Only on the logon screen you can see a hint in the bottom right corner.
Microsoft’s official answer on that matter is that it is a design choice.
That's why the Windows Update Notifier has been developed. It informs about updates via a popup and it enables to open the windows update dialog directly by clicking the popup. The application only appears as an icon in the system tray so it will not interfere with your work. Although the application is developed for Windows 8/8.1 it also works on Windows 7 (but it is not necessary as Windows 7 offers this feature by itself).
Features
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No installation required, portable application for 32-bit and 64-bit running Windows 8.1, 8 and 7.
Windows 8 (and Windows 8.1) do not offer a desktop notification about new available Windows Updates.
You can choose the option "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download them" within the Windows Update Settings, but you will not be informed about new updates via a popup on the desktop (as it was in windows 7).
Only on the logon screen you can see a hint in the bottom right corner.
Microsoft’s official answer on that matter is that it is a design choice.
That's why the Windows Update Notifier has been developed. It informs about updates via a popup and it enables to open the windows update dialog directly by clicking the popup. The application only appears as an icon in the system tray so it will not interfere with your work. Although the application is developed for Windows 8/8.1 it also works on Windows 7 (but it is not necessary as Windows 7 offers this feature by itself).
Features
- Is shown as a icon in the system tray
- Inform about updates via a popup
- Shows the number of updates in the system tray icon
- Supports Windows 7, 8, 8.1
- Search for new updates every hour (by default)
- Open the windows update dialog by clicking the popup (or via the context menu)
- If connection to the update-service can not be established, retry every 30 seconds. for 10 times.
- Four icons states: "searching", "updates found", "no updates available", "not connected"
- Settings dialog for changing update interval and configuring the app as auto startup.
- Select between two popup-styles: The Windows 7 Style and the Metro Style.
- Support for automatically installing Windows Defender updates
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