Windows Update is certainly the best way to keep Windows 8 updated with the latest patches and service packs. However, you do have several options when it comes to configuring how updates are downloaded and installed.
Right after you installed Windows 8, or when you first turned on your new Windows 8 computer, you were asked some questions about how you'd like Windows Update to work. Those answers configured Windows Update in a certain way.
Fortunately, you can change those settings anytime you want:
Open the Windows 8 Control Panel.The...