Question Existing Windows 11 installs will be force-updated to version 25H2 using machine learning this year

[Steltek]

Well, Microslop knows best and is at it again. Obviously, multiple consecutive failed patch Tuesdays aren't enough for them. Outlook crashes on the way to the moon don't phase them. I wonder if this will be called "Copilot for Windows Update"?

https://www.techspot.com/news/111964-microsoft-going-force-update-windows-11-version-25h2.html

I'm absolutely, positively sure that nothing will go wrong in any way as a result of this action and that everyone will end up in their happy place running Windows 11 version 25H2 after they take this action.

Well, maybe excepting all the people that have it installed on non-supported hardware -- I predict all those folks will almost certainly end up totally fracked.

 

[mikeymikec]

I may surprise regulars here by posting a "to be fair to Microsoft" post, but 25H2 has been out for a good long while now, from what I've seen it's slightly less buggy than 24H2 (for example, scheduling a full chkdsk is fairly likely to work now).

If they had accelerated the feature update rollout to happen within say a month of a feature update's release, I would be complete agreement with @Steltek .

People on unsupported hardware don't get auto feature updates (at least that's the way it's been since Win11 RTM).

 

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[Steltek]

I may surprise regulars here by posting a "to be fair to Microsoft" post, but 25H2 has been out for a good long while now, from what I've seen it's slightly less buggy than 24H2 (for example, scheduling a full chkdsk is fairly likely to work now).

If they had accelerated the feature update rollout to happen within say a month of a feature update's release, I would be complete agreement with @Steltek .

People on unsupported hardware don't get auto feature updates (at least that's the way it's been since Win11 RTM).

Yeah, I know.

But, it is so hard not to make fun of Microsoft -- they have such an annoying tendency to frack up so frequently. I sincerely do hope that this works better than the last time they did forced updates. Thankfully, I won't have to deal with it on my own machines as I'm done with Windows as of Windows 10 (and, I'll even be done with that once I finally get around to building my new system, the parts of which have been laying under my desk since last November). I've already updated all of my family members' machines that I'm forced to deal with, so in theory I shouldn't have to deal with it at all.

We'll see how that works out, I guess.

But, like @Kaido pointed out over in the Anti-AI thread, it doesn't make you feel that confident when Microsoft's legal disclaimer differs that radically from its public spin:

https://www.techspot.com/news/111949-microsoft-ai-own-terms-use-copilot-own-risk.html

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Maybe you all didn't think of this. I've got three Kaby/sky - Lake systems, all successfully installed with Win 11. I have newer hardware in the works to build one system, but I want to keep the older systems running and updated.

What are the implications for installing 25H2? My feature updates and other updates have all succeeded on these systems so far.

Someone in an earlier post mentioned that 25H2 is already available, and that "unsupported hardware" doesn't get automatic feature updates. My systems -- all with TPM and secure boot -- everything but Coffee Lake or later and only the generation previous to it.

Where can I get 25H2 so I can install it manually? I SHOULD be able to install it manually, should I not?!

 

[BonzaiDuck]

SHEE-*T!!! I already GOTS 25H2. It auto-installed on a Kaby Lake system. I never had the slightest idea!

I'll have to check my Media PC and see what goes with that. Then I probably need to update my Win 10 (with ESU) to 24H2, and go from there.