The basic reason of doing selective installation of Windows updates is to be sure of what you are going to install on your system. There are sometimes error coming from Windows updates that can be as a result of automatic installation of drivers which are not compatible with your system architecture or system make.
This type of installation of Windows updates can also help to anticipate the 'Failure Configuring Windows Updates. Reverting Changes ' error.
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STEP 1: Go into your 'Control Panel' and click on 'Windows Updates' to open it.
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STEP 2: At the Windows Updates dialogue click on '...important updates are available' link.
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STEP 3: *From the 'Select updates to install' click and drag your cursor to highlight all the files.
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STEP 4: Right-click the highlighted updates and select 'Hide Updates'.
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STEP 5: To your right-hand side of the Windows Updates dialogue click 'Restore hidden Updates'.
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STEP 6: Check the updates you want to install, leave unwanted ones unchecked and click 'Restore'.
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STEP 7: Wait for Windows to check for updates and continue to the next process.
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STEP 8: At the next window click ' Install updates'.
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STEP 9: Windows will download updates and install them. And, you may be required to restart your system in some cases.
* The reason for you not to unchecked unwanted updates for Windows Update not to repeat them when checking for updates.