Can I Use Laptop While Updating Windows 10?
Contents in Most Cases, Closing the Lid of Your Laptop Is Not Recommended. This Is Because It Will Most Likely Make the Laptop Shut Down, and Shutting Down the...
In most cases, closing the lid of your laptop is not recommended. This is because it will most likely make the laptop shut down, and shutting down the laptop during a Windows update can lead to critical errors.
Can I use my computer while Windows is updating?
Windows update is mostly safe to do while performing other tasks, with the caveat that if a file needs to be replaced, it must not be open for read/write at that time. Nowadays, Windows is good about replacing files during shutdown and restart, making file replacements safer.
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Can I use my laptop while it’s updating?
“Doing Windows Update” is a long process. Sending Windows to sleep while it’s downloading updates is safe, it will simply resume later. Making it fall asleep while it’s installing updates is not recommended. In the worst case it will corrupt Windows and you’ll have to reinstall it.
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