See all installed updates

By Ed Bott

Is your installation of Windows up to date? You can probably infer that everything's in order if you check Windows Update (from Settings > Update & Security in Windows 10 or from Control Panel > System & Security in Windows 7) and it reports that there are no updates to install.

But if you insist on more details, you can check the update history, which shows details about each update that has been installed, including the date on which the update was installed. This listing also shows details for updates that failed to install properly.

For Windows 10, you can find this list by going to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update. Then click Update History to see a full list, categorized by type.

For Windows 7, the list is available in Control Panel. The easiest way to find it is to click the System And Security category and then click View Installed Updates under the Windows Update heading.

Regardless of OS, you can find details about any individual update by looking up its Knowledge Base (KB) number at support.microsoft.com/?kbid=xxxxxxx, replacing that last value with the update number.

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