NI Update Service

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Enabling Periodic Checking

Enabling Periodic Checking

Complete the following steps to allow NI Update Service to check for updates automatically:

  1. Select the File»Preferences menu item to launch the NI Update Service Preferences dialog box.
    Note Note  Depending on your version of Microsoft Windows, NI Update Service may close and reopen to request permission to run with administrator privileges. If prompted for administrator privileges, click Yes to launch NI Update Service and display the Preferences dialog box.
  2. Check Enable Periodic Checking to enable checking for updates. NI Update Service will not download or install updates without your permission.
  3. Select a day and time to check for updates. NI Update Service checks for updates within the hour after the time you select.
  4. Select the kinds of updates you want NI Update Service to alert you about. You can select to check for all updates or only critical updates and patches.
    Note Notes  
    • Critical updates and patches resolve issues such as crashes, computational errors, math errors, or problems that could result in inaccurate data. Critical updates also marked as URGENT should be installed to avoid injury or to resolve serious issues such as unrecoverable system errors. For more information about the types of updates supported by NI Update Service, refer to Update Categories.
    • If you select Tell me about critical updates and patches only, NI may periodically notify you if a large number of non-critical updates are available.
  5. Click OK to save the settings and exit the dialog box.

If NI Update Service cannot connect to NI servers during a periodic check, it will continue checking for 7 days. After that period, NI Update Service alerts you to check your Internet connection or to contact NI technical support at ni.com/support if the problem persists.

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