

The easiest way is from the power icon, accessible from Settings on the charms menu (swipe from the right and then Settings, or WIN + i). You don't want to find yourself dealing with a problem caused by a tiny security update pushed two months ago during a major operating system update like Windows 8.1. Issues with Windows Update are relatively common.

If you've never checked for updates manually before, you can do it from the Windows Update applet in Control Panel.

It's recommended that you update to Windows 11 because Windows 8.1 stopped receiving security updates in January 2023.
