Windows 10: If system restored BEFORE a Windows Update, then ... ?

Hi All

A System Restore seems needed on my wife's computer (Lenovo 300-15ISK laptop).

It's a new computer and we are both learners when it comes to Windows 10. Hence, I don't imagine System Protection is turned on yet (haven't looked yet), and so no System Restore Points may exist. Although, I'm hoping SRPs are created automatically with Windows Updates which brings me to my question:

What if a SRP exists - perhaps the only one or the only suitable one at any rate - and it is a Windows Update - perhaps a Critical Update? If a System Restore is successfully done (i.e., to before that SRP), does Win. 10's Windows Update download the "lost" update again or do you have to manually look for it and download it from Microsoft's website?

Ta



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auto restore point

Hi Bryan,

System Restore automatically creates a restore point before the following events:

• Application installation (provided the application utilizes an installer that is System Restore compliant). If the application install causes system problems, the user can restore the system to a state before the installation of the application.

• AutoUpdate installation. AutoUpdate provides an easy way for users to download critical Windows updates. After the update is downloaded, the user can install the update on the system. If the user chooses to install the update, System Restore creates a restore
  point before the installation of the update begins.

• System restore. For example, if a user accidentally chooses the wrong restore point, the user can undo the restore operation by choosing a restore point before the system restore took place. The user can then choose the correct restore point.

Hope the information helps.

 

System Restore not creating automatic restore points before Windows updates

Hi Cefizelj

I believe this is now the new 'norm'! We have several devices with 'Home" & "Home Pro ', and all on devices, unlike Windows 7/8.1 PRO ...Windows does not automatically create a "Restore Point" prior to installing any updates. So we manually create restore
points before the monthly 'updates' arrives.

 

If it's restored to a point before an update was downloaded , the system will re-download them itself when it 'notices' you don't have them.

 

Hi Wullail

Thanks for replying! I just re-edited my original post which I thought wasn't as clear as it could have been and your answer came as I was doing that. But you obviously understood what I meant.

Many thanks