Microsoft has made available to all Windows users, a web site that provides Updates to its Operating Systems. By default, a link is provided in the Start Menu. If for some reason you have removed this link or it has just mysteriously disappeared, then here is a simple method to recover this link to your Start Menu:
- Here is the address to the Windows Update website: windowsupdate.Microsoft.com
- On the above link, point your mouse directly over the Windows Update link.
- While holding your mouse over the link, left-click the link and keep the left button depressed.
- While continuing to hold the left mouse button down, mouse over the Start Menu and wait a moment for the menu to expand.
- Once the menu has expanded vertically, continue holding down the left mouse button and mouse over the "All Programs" button. The All Programs menu will also expand.
- Once the All Programs menu has expanded, slide the mouse pointer up the programs menu until you have chosen a location within the menu for your link to reside (you should see a black horizontal line while you're moving your pointer around in the programs menu).
- Once you've chosen the location for your link, remove your finger from the left-click button and the link will now pop into place.
- You can right click the newly placed link and rename it "Windows Update" or just leave it as is.
- Now, you can left click the link again and hold the left click button depressed while sliding the mouse pointer into the Start Menu area (you should again see a black horizontal line while you're moving your pointer around in the Start Menu).
- Once you have chosen a location within the Start Menu for your link to reside, just lift your finger from the left-click button and again, the link will pop into place.
Congrats! You've just added the Windows Update URL to your Start Menu.
