Dell Precision Optimizer User's Guide
System Updates
The System Updates page lists the available software updates for your system.
System Updates are Dell provided updates for your system's hardware and software configuration. Windows Updates are available within your operating system and are not available through this module.
Update filters
All software updates are categorized based on three criteria:
- Criticality (Critical/Recommended/Optional)
- Type (Hardware Drivers/BIOS Updates/Application Software/Firmware Updates)
- Device Category (Audio/Mouse and Keyboard/Storage/Chipset/Network and Bluetooth/Video/All others)
The System Updates page contains three sets of check boxes – one set for each of the above – allowing you to select/deselect updates based on their Criticality, Type, and Device Category. Selected updates have a check mark before their names. It is not possible to select or deselect individual updates by name.
The System Updates page contains the following options:
| Option | Function |
|---|---|
| Check for Updates |
Click the Check for Updates button to check for available updates. This operation may take a few minutes to complete. Once the operation completes, the list of all available updates is displayed in the right pane and all updates are selected by default. Individual updates are grouped based on their criticality, and the appropriate criticality icon is also displayed before each group. The date/time when the last check for updates was performed (either manually or by Dell Precision Optimizer automatic updates) is displayed under this button. |
| Apply Selected Updates |
Click the Apply Selected Update button to go to a confirmation page and apply the updates. |
| Apply Updates |
Click the Apply Update button on the confirmation window to download currently selected updates and install them on your system. NOTE: It is recommended that you create a system restore point and close all running applications before applying any updates.
Ensure that you have selected the appropriate filters before clicking this button. To filter out the updates that you do not want to apply, you must uncheck the appropriate Criticality, Type and Device Category check boxes on this screen. This operation may take a few minutes to complete. A reboot may be required once the operation completes. Restart your system when notified by Dell Precision Optimizer. Click the Apply Update button on the confirmation window to download currently selected updates and install them on your system. |
| View History Log |
Click this link to display the logs containing detailed information of the previous Update History. |
| Turn On |
Click this button to schedule automatic updates. The various options and filters to be applied can be configured in the Automatic Update Setting page. |
The list of available updates are displayed on this tab. The tab further displays detailed information including the Version and Release Date.
- Check or Uncheck Type (Hardware Drivers, BIOS Updates, Application software, Firmware Updates) check boxes to select or deselect the corresponding updates from the selection.
- Check/Uncheck criticality (Critical/Recommended/Optional) check boxes to select or de-select the corresponding updates from the selection.
- Click Apply Update button to install the current selection of updates.
The software can check the Dell server to retrieve the list of updates available for your specific system and/or download and install certain updates upon your request. Updates can be configured so that they are done either manually or periodically. The updates are classified as Critical, Recommended or Optional.
All updates belong to one of the following four types:
- Hardware Drivers
- BIOS Updates
- Application Software
- Firmware Updates
In addition, the following seven categories exist for updates:
- Audio
- Chipset
- Mouse and Keyboard
- Network and Bluetooth
- Storage
- Video
- All others
If the software is configured to Check or Install Update periodically, then the above filters are used to determine which updates are displayed to the user, or which will be downloaded and installed on the system. For example, if the user selects only Critical Updates, all 4 types and 7 categories are downloaded and installed. However, if the Dell Server has one Recommended BIOS Update or one Optional Video Driver update for your system, then these two updates are not displayed or installed.
Notifications
The application may give notifications to the user using pop-up dialog boxes to inform the user if some problem occurred during a check for updates, or if a system reboot is required for an installed update to work correctly. You may see a dialog box offering the following options:
- To start the reboot process, click Yes. Ensure that you close all other applications and save your data before proceeding.
- To halt the update installation process, click No.
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