How Updates Work in SCCM Retro

SCCM Retro keeps itself up to date. Most updates arrive on their own, and larger ones you install from a browser. This covers how updates work, the two kinds, and where to install them by hand.

How updates work

The launcher can check for updates when it starts up. Open Settings and go to the Updates tab to see your installed version, a Check for updates on startup toggle, and a Check now button.

Updates settings showing the installed version and a check for updates on startup toggle

The two kinds of update

  • Regular updates: smaller updates the launcher finds on startup or when you press Check now. When one is ready a banner appears, and installing it restarts the launcher.
  • Large updates: full system update files. These come as a .tar.gz file that you drop in from a browser. The console stages it and reboots to finish.

Installing a large update by hand

Open the console’s web page (the address is shown in Settings under Manage Files, like http://your-console-ip:8097), go to the Update tab, and drop the .tar.gz update file onto it. The console stages the update and reboots to apply it.

The console web page on the Update tab for a large update file

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