Microsoft · The Register
How Windows turned months of inactivity into a 7-hour update hostage situation
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Windows is getting more efficient.
Key facts
- Yeah, so the reporter is going to stick at 65 percent for about an hour and then jump to 98 percent in 30 seconds before hanging there for another hour
- Microsoft recently claimed that it is working to shrink Windows' footprint to the point where 8 GB would be enough to run things acceptably
- A few days ago, the reporter wrote a story about a new way to skip the Microsoft account requirement during setup for the Home edition of Windows 11
- They've written before about the curse of updates, but this machine was running Windows 11 and had been up to date less than a year ago
Summary
Microsoft has a problem not entirely of its own making: The time it takes to bring a system back up to date after a few months of slumber. The company is keen to talk up how efficient it plans to make Windows. Microsoft recently claimed that it is working to shrink Windows' footprint to the point where 8 GB would be enough to run things acceptably. However, this vulture's experience this week indicates that there is another area that needs addressing, and that is the number of updates slung out by vendors, and not Microsoft. A few days ago, the reporter wrote a story about a new way to skip the Microsoft account requirement during setup for the Home edition of Windows 11.