How many times have you wanted to turn off your PC, or restart it, only to be told that there was a scheduled update that can no longer be cancelled? It's that extremely annoying time of the day when all your plans are put on hold to give Microsoft anything like 5~10 minutes.
In short, updates are obviously necessary to maintain the performance and security levels of any computer system, but… Windows updates… They always seem to appear at the worst possible time!
Well, Microsoft knows this better than anyone, and as such, is willing to meet consumer/user demand levels.
Windows 11 will eliminate the most boring part of updates!
Therefore, the updates will not end, of course!
What will happen in Windows 11, and next versions of the Operating System, is the adoption of an update system that actually already exists on Xbox consoles. We are talking about “Hot Patching”, which despite requiring the activation of virtualization-based security, which in turn ends up having an impact on performance, is obviously the simplest, fastest, and safest way to update an operating system.
It is worth noting that this is not yet available to general users. However, it is already being tested, more specifically for security updates.
What is “Hot Patch”?
The “hot patch” or “hot fix” in our incredible Portuguese, works by correcting the code in memory of running processes, without the need to end or restart the process.
Benefits?
Despite its weight in terms of computing resources, being able to update without restarting the machine means that many users will not be tempted to postpone updates, in addition, it also ends up improving productivity by offering more time in front of the screen without breaks.
This is extremely important at a time when Microsoft releases security updates every week, sometimes even more than once a week.
However, as you may have already noticed, this will not completely eliminate the downside of having to shut down or restart your PC. But, it will be something that you will only have to do once a month, or every 2 months. This update will be part of the 24H2 package, which many rumors claimed was Windows 12 rather than a gigantic update. (Arrives in the second half of 2024).