Operating System Patches

Operating system patches are the latest security updates that are released by the operating system vendor such as Microsoft, Apple and Sun etc.  To keep your computer protected from the viruses, spyware, adware, Trojan horses, malware and hackers attacks and other online threats it is highly recommended that you update your operating system regularly.  

Operating system contains the vulnerabilities and security lapses and that can be fixed by installing the latest services packs, hot fixes and the security patches.  

To protect the Windows computers, Microsoft intermittently releases the latest patches and security updates to deal with the latest online threats. You can configure the Windows based operating system to automatically update itself.  In Windows XP, you can update your operating system by the following method.

Windows XP Professional

• Click Start > Control Panel > double click automatically updates.
• In the automatic updates Windows, you can turn off or turn on the Automatic updates.
• You can also set the schedule for the Automatic updates.

Similarly, you can select this option for the other versions of Windows through eh control panel such as in the Windows 2000 Professionals and Windows 2000 Server etc.

Windows 2000 Professional

In Windows 2000 Professional, you can select the automatic update by the following method.

• Click Start > Control panel
• Click Performance and Maintenance > Click system and then click the automatic update tab.
• Make sure that the automatic update option is not turned off.