To install critical updates on a Windows Vista system perform the following steps:

If you are reading this document online from the computer you are trying to connect to LHUPnet you can click on http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com to go to the update site.  Then follow the instructions starting at step 5.

To manually update windows perform the following steps:

1.  Click the Start button --> Internet Explorer.

2.  After Internet Explorer starts, click Tools on the menu bar and select the Windows Update option.

3.  Click on the Check for updates button.




4.  You will see a status window similar to the one below while your computer checks for updates.

5.  Once that is done, you may see a window similar to the one below requiring you to update windows software before you can actually start downloading operating system updates.  Click on the Install now button to start the update process.




6.  While the updates are being installed you will see a window similar to the one below to indicating the process is still working.




7.  After your system has been checked you will see a window similar to the one below.  Click on the Download and Install Now button.




8. During the download and install process you will see a status windows similar to the one below.

9.  When the download and install process is completed you will see a window similar to the one below.  Click the appropriate button when it comes up.  Some updates require you to reboot your computer.  Make sure you do that when prompted to do so.




10.   Click on the Next button on the Clean Access Agent window.  The initial update process may require you to go to Microsoft's site several times to get all the needed updates due to dependencies and orders of installation for the patches.  CCA will continue to tell you your system needs updated until all the required updates have been installed.  Just keep repeating the process.



 

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