Get Notified Before Updates Are Downloaded

2. Get Notified Before Updates Are Downloaded

You can make Windows 10 notify you when updates are available and manually trigger the download. This helps users with a low bandwidth or limited Internet connection. Unfortunately, this trick only works if you have access to the Group Policy Editor, which excludes Home users.

Press the Start button, type Edit Group Policy, and open the respective result. Now head to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update and open Configure Automatic Updates. Enable the setting and under Configure automatic updating, choose 2 – Notify for download and notify for install.

The next time updates are available, you will see a notification in the Action Center that You need some updates. Selecting the message will take you to Windows Update, where you have to click the Download button to initiate the update process.

Note: Enabling this setting will disable some options under Windows Update in the Settings app, such as Notify to download (mentioned below).

This method was originally reported by Anand of The Windows Club.