Keep Windows up to date with "Critical Updates"?

Have you updated Windows since you started using your computer?  This is something that everyone needs to do.  Microsoft puts out these updates to help keep your windows running smooth.

Click Start, then click Windows Update.  If it is not there, open your browser and click Tools, Windows Update.  If you need the web address, it is http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
This will take you to the Microsoft update center.  Choose Product Updates from the menu.  If you have not done this before, it will ask to download a file so it can check your version of Windows.  It is a safe, quick download that installs itself in Windows.  Then you will be given a list of available updates to choose from.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO DOWNLOAD THEM ALL!!!!

First - Download the latest Critical Update.  These are the files that Windows needs to correct problems within the program.  You can only download one at a time and your system will need to reboot after each download.  Download all of the Critical Updates.

Second - Find a download called "Critical Update Notification" and download it.  After it is installed, it will check with Microsoft each time you access the Internet to check for new Critical Updates.  If it finds one, it will give you a pop-up box letting you know there is a new update.

Then - you can browse through the list to see if there are other downloads you may want.  Each download has text about what the download is for, and has "Read me first" at the end of each explanation.  READ IT FIRST!  This will tell you if it is something you need.