When the installation is successful, click Close to complete the installation process. Follow the instructions on the installation wizard to authorize the installer and proceed with the install. If your system only supports one of the two options, you will not be able to select which backend to use. When prompted, ensure the Use WSL 2 instead of Hyper-V option on the Configuration page is selected or not depending on your choice of backend. Any additional feedback? Submit feedback. You’ll see that it says ‘Windows 10 May Update now available’. To do this, head to the Windows 10 Update Assistant webpage opens in new tab. The easiest and safest way to download and install the WIndows 10 May Update is to use the built-in Windows Update tool in Windows If the May Update is available, it will appear, and you can select to ‘Download and install now’.
If, after installing it, you experience any issues, check out our guide on how to fix Windows 10 May Update problems. You should also create a system restore point, and we show you how to do that in our guide to reinstalling Windows Once that’s done, read on to find out how to download and install the Windows 10 May Update.
Before we show you how to download and install the Windows 10 May Update, you should know that there is some inherent risk to installing major operating system updates, so we strongly advise that you back up your important data first - and we can point you in the direction of all the best free backup software. By the time you’re able to download and install the update, any problems should hopefully have been fixed.