News Your next Windows update may not require a reboot — "Hot Patching" is reportedly coming to Windows 11 shortly

[Admin]

Microsoft is reportedly testing a new Windows update procedure called hot patching that will enable the installation of security updates without a restart. Microsoft hopes to get hot patching baked into Windows 11 starting with 24H2.

Your next Windows update may not require a reboot — "Hot Patching" is reportedly coming to Windows 11 shortly : Read more

 

[Zforgetaboutit]

"Virtualized Based Security"

I believe the term is officially called "Virtualization-Based Security"

 

[jimbo007]

Wow, that's a big thing and hard and complicated to get rightly.

 

[nitrium]

Windows really only needs to stop and restart the associated Service to make this happen. Updating nVidia's GPU drivers haven't required a reboot in years. Unless it is a Kernal update, there should never be a reason to restart.

 

[ezst036]

This would be one of the biggest positive moves Microsoft has made in many years.

I've met people who got rid of Windows and went with Linux singularly because of how terrible Windows Update is. Making it seamless in as many instances as possible would mitigate some of that damage.

Forced updates are still an upset. But still. This is definitely Microsoft listening to cries for help from its customer base.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

So now your PC may suddenly stop working correctly because a faulty hot patched update was installed in the background instead of when you had a chance to save everything and prepare. The February security update was causing issues with file explorer crashing and the taskbar crashing or disappearing when it released, exactly the kind of thing you want to happen out of the blue.

 

[Blackink]

"hot patching baked into Windows 11"..... sounds like something I'd do to my asphalt driveway!

 

[Giroro]

I have complete faith that this will be as well-executed and well-received as every other update Microsoft has pushed out lately

 

[Sippincider]

Will there be an option to reboot anyway? Cool if this works, and a great way for things to go sideways if it doesn't.

That said, I don't mind if it needs to reboot, ONCE. My last MacOS update was as smooth as a vintage Windows upgrade, which isn't a compliment. Several self-reboots before it fortunately and finally came around; makes you wonder if it's stuck and what point you need to intervene.

 

[USAFRet]

Will there be an option to reboot anyway? Cool if this works, and a great way for things to go sideways if it doesn't.

That said, I don't mind if it needs to reboot, ONCE. My last MacOS update was as smooth as a vintage Windows upgrade, which isn't a compliment. Several self-reboots before it fortunately and finally came around; makes you wonder if it's stuck and what point you need to intervene.

There is never anything preventing you from rebooting, whenever you want.
Just that with this, it may not be required.

 

[zanessepp]

If this means people will run update more often to keep their systems secure then very good.

 

[thisisaname]

Will there be an option to reboot anyway? Cool if this works, and a great way for things to go sideways if it doesn't.

That said, I don't mind if it needs to reboot, ONCE. My last MacOS update was as smooth as a vintage Windows upgrade, which isn't a compliment. Several self-reboots before it fortunately and finally came around; makes you wonder if it's stuck and what point you need to intervene.

The turn it off and on again fix?

 

[adamboy64]

I think it'll take a while to trust that these updates are working properly.
Or to know that something won't break if I don't restart.