Windows Update在过去几年里有了突飞猛进的进步，而且越来越好。Windows 团队^{(Windows Team)}现在让消费者和企业更容易找到Windows 11/10中的驱动程序和可选更新。

Microsoft现在让你更容易发现可用的Windows 11/10功能更新、每月非安全质量更新和驱动程序更新。您现在将不再需要使用设备管理器来搜索设备驱动程序更新^{(use the Device Manager to search for device driver updates)}。因此，设备管理器^{(Device Manager)}很快将不再在 Internet 上搜索可用更新。只有在您的计算机上有驱动程序更新文件时，您才能使用它。

如何在Windows 11中安装^{(Windows 11)}驱动程序^(Driver)和可选更新^{(Optional Updates)}

Windows 11 带有本机功能，可让您检查和下载设备驱动程序（包括音频驱动程序）的更新。您只需访问Windows Update类别下的可选更新^{(Optional Updates)}菜单即可下载和安装这些更新。

Windows 更新^{(Windows Updates)}的设置^(Settings)在Windows 11中发生了一些变化。Windows 更新^{(Windows Updates)}在Windows 11设置^(Settings)中被赋予了一个特殊的位置，现在它有一个单独的菜单。

如果您希望在Windows 11中安装^{(Windows 11)}驱动程序^(Driver)和可选更新^{(Optional Updates)}，则过程如下：

1. 右键单击开始^(Start)按钮并选择设置^(Settings)。
2. 在“设置”^(Settings)窗口中，从左侧列表中选择“ Windows 更新”选项卡。^{( Windows Updates)}
3. 在Windows 更新^{(Windows Updates)}选项卡中，单击高级选项^{(Advanced Options)}。
4. 在附加选项^{(Additional options)}菜单下，您会找到可选更新^{(Optional updates)}。
5. 单击^(Click)它并选择您要下载的更新。

^{(Install Driver)}在Windows 10中^{(Windows 10)}安装驱动程序和可选更新^{(Optional Updates)}

要检查适用于您的Windows 10系统的驱动程序^(Driver)和可选更新：^{(Optional Updates)}

1. 打开设置（Win + I）
2. 导航^(Navigate)到Settings > Update和Security > Windows Update
3. 在它的正下方，寻找一个可点击的链接——查看可选更新。
4. 在Driver Updates下，将提供更新列表，如果您遇到手动问题，可以选择安装。

此功能很有用，因为您可以在一个地方查看适用于您的系统的所有驱动程序更新。如果您因为过时的驱动程序而遇到特定问题；然后，您可以选择从此处安装它。

阅读^(Read)：我应该在 Windows 中安装可选质量更新^{(Should I install Optional Quality Updates in Windows)}吗？

Windows 团队^{(Windows Team)}还表示，这不是绕过自动驱动程序安装过程。Windows 10更新^(Update)将自动更新您的驱动程序，但如果您遇到问题，安装可选驱动程序可能会有所帮助。

阅读^(Read)：如何使用 .INF 文件手动安装驱动程序^{(manually install a Driver using a .INF File)}。

在当前场景下，如果您需要检查更新，您必须单击查看更新历史选项，然后展开驱动程序更新或质量更新以检查已安装的更新。

阅读^(Read)：如何查找、下载和安装未知设备或硬件的驱动程序^{(How to find, download and install Drivers for Unknown Devices or Hardware)}。

为什么在必要时将驱动程序更新称为可选更新？

^(Driver)无论如何，驱动程序更新都会发生。但是，它们有时间表并且相对较慢。如果您遇到多个驱动程序的问题或不确定哪个驱动程序有问题，则必须单独更新每个驱动程序。更重要的是，更高版本的Windows可能没有该选项。

在这种情况下，Windows 11 允许用户使用上述选项立即下载驱动程序更新。

为什么质量和特色更新是可选的？

在Windows^(Windows)决定强制将它们推送到您的系统之前，它们都是可选的。尽管在相当长的一段时间内，它们都是可选的。将它们保留在本节中的原因是它们使用了大量互联网数据。因此^(Thus)，用户可以在连接到具有更高带宽和更便宜数据的网络连接时下载它们。

How to install Driver and Optional Updates in Windows 11/10

Windows Update has improvеd by leaps and bounds the past few уears, and it is getting better. The Wіndows Team is now making it easier for consumers and businesses to locate the driver and optional updates in Windows 11/10.

Microsoft has now made it easier for you to discover the available Windows 11/10 feature updates, monthly non-security quality updates, and driver updates. You will now no longer need to use the Device Manager to search for device driver updates. Consequently, the Device Manager will soon no longer search the internet for available updates. You will be able to use it only if you have the driver update file on your computer.

How to install Driver and Optional Updates in Windows 11

Windows 11 comes with a native feature that lets you check and download updates for device drivers (including the audio driver). You just need to access the Optional Updates menu under the Windows Update category to download and install those updates.

The Settings for Windows Updates have changed a little with Windows 11. Windows Updates has been given a special position in the Windows 11 Settings, and it has a separate menu now.

If you wish to install Driver and Optional Updates in Windows 11, then the procedure is as follows:

1. Right-click on the Start button and select Settings.
2. In the Settings window, select the Windows Updates tab from the list on the left-hand side.
3. In the Windows Updates tab, click on Advanced Options.
4. Under the Additional options menu, you would find Optional updates.
5. Click on it and select the updates you wish to download.

Install Driver and Optional Updates in Windows 10

To check the Driver and Optional Updates available to your Windows 10 system:

1. Open Settings (Win + I)
2. Navigate to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update
3. Right under it, look for a clickable link—View optional updates.
4. Under Driver Updates, a list of updates will be available, which you can choose to install if you are facing an issue manually.

This feature is useful as you can see all the driver updates that are available for your system here in one place. If you have a specific problem because of an outdated driver; then, you can choose to install it from here.

Read: Should I install Optional Quality Updates in Windows?

The Windows Team also shared that this is not a bypass of the automatic driver installation process. Windows 10 Update will automatically keep your drivers updated, but installing optional drivers may help if you are experiencing an issue.

Read: How to manually install a Driver using a .INF File.

In the current scenario, if you need to check the updates, you will have to click on View update history option, and then expand the driver updates or quality updates to check what updates have been installed.

Read: How to find, download and install Drivers for Unknown Devices or Hardware.

Why are driver updates mentioned as optional updates when they are necessary?

Driver updates will happen anyway. However, they have a timeline and are relatively slow. Should you face an issue with multiple drivers or aren’t sure which driver is problematic, you would have to update each driver individually. Even more, later versions of Windows might not have that option.

In such a case, Windows 11 allows users to download driver updates pronto using the mentioned option.

Why are quality and featured updates optional?

Both of them are optional till Windows decides to push them to your system forcibly. Though for quite some time, they are optional. The reason for keeping them in this section is that they use a lot of internet data. Thus, users can download them when they are connected to a network connection with higher bandwidth and cheaper data.

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