Microsoft
has
made
Windows
Update
significantly
faster
in
its
latest
big
update
to
Windows
11.
Version
24H2
started
rolling
out
earlier
this
month
with
lots
of
useful
improvements,
but
now
Microsoft
is
revealing
this
big
update
also
reduces
install
time,
restart
time,
and
even
CPU
usage
for
monthly
Windows
updates.
Microsoft
typically
distributes
monthly
cumulative
security
and
non-security
updates,
which
are
designed
to
roll
out
new
features
or
protect
against
new
threats.
Windows
11
version
24H2
includes
new
ways
to
update
the
OS
that
make
it
more
efficient
and
speedier,
including
parallel
processing
of
components,
scalable
use
of
system
RAM,
and
an
optimized
cache
to
update
components.
These
changes
mean
Windows
11
version
24H2
can
install
monthly
updates
up
to
45
percent
faster,
with
up
to
25
percent
less
CPU
usage.
This
also
makes
the
restart
time
nearly
40
percent
faster
on
some
systems.
Microsoft
tested
its
latest
24H2
servicing
updates
on
a
virtual
machine
against
its
older
22H2
version
of
Windows
11,
but
the
performance
claims
also
apply
against
23H2
as
they
both
use
the
same
older
servicing
stack.
Microsoft
has
also
improved
the
download
sizes
of
feature
updates
to
Windows
11,
reducing
them
by
around
200MB.
This
size
reduction
has
been
achieved
by
not
forcing
the
download
of
the
built-in
apps
for
Windows
11
if
you
already
have
the
latest
versions.
“For
Windows
11,
version
24H2,
we
extended
this
design
to
include
Microsoft
Edge,
saving
approximately
200
MB
for
some
endpoints,”
says
Steve
DiAcetis,
a
member
of
the
Windows
fundamentals
team
at
Microsoft.
(Originally posted by Tom Warren)
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