There are two pertinent questions to address in this section. Why do you want to mess around with the update function and Why do you even have to in the first place? Although updating any software always runs the risk (however small) of breaking something, web browsers are a tool you want to keep as up-to-the-minute updated as possible so you can minimize the threat of zero-day exploits and security holes.īy default, Google Chrome automatically updates itself (and occasionally reminds you to restart the browser to apply those updates if it has been awhile since you've completely shut the application down). Note: if your Google Chrome is updating just fine, stop reading this article and go check out our SysInternals Pro series instead. Use the Group Policy Editor to set the update policy override for the Google Chrome Binaries application and try again '
In case you can't see the picture above, the full text of this error message is 'Google Chrome or Google Chrome Frame cannot be updated due to inconsistent Google Update Policy settings.
