Windows 10/11 Download

[harshness]

Hopefully, with Microsoft introducing the Hot Patching to allow security updates without reboots, they can step up the Patch Cycle as needed.

How many times has Microsoft promised patches that don't require a reboot?

I think it may have started with Vista.

I suspect that the reason reboots are required as that's the only way to refresh stuff like the kernel and the .NET engine which, I'm guessing, are pretty difficult to shut down entirely due to how many lower-level utilities lean on them.

The downside of hot patching is that Microsoft occasionally releases patches that break things, and I think even pedestrian users are a bit gunshy about patching immediately upon release.

 

["MysteryMan"]

2025-05 .NET 8.0.16 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5059200) and 2025-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 24H2 Build: 26100.4061 for x64-based Systems (KB5058411) have been released. Moderate time needed for those wishing to perform a manual download/install/restart. Quality improvements only. No new operating system features.

 

[arlo]

Rebooting the pc should not be an issue. Really. Actually a habit, or SOP back at work was to completely shut down a computer. Count to 5-10, and then hit the power button.
But those computers were full of custom software that communicated with peripheral cards, etc.
A reboot didn't always, for sure, 'hit' the reset pin on the cards. Leaving the pc in around the same state it was in prior to a simple reboot.
Sometimes divorcing a pc of power with the shutdown menu and a cold boot just makes sense. Somethign I do multiple times when building an os and installing programs.
still running ghost spectre win 11 on a pc w/o tpm and all of that garbage. 0 issues.
what sucks? win 11 removed color and monitor settings from nvidia control panel as well as other settings. way to go ms!!