Microsoft is also tinkering with Windows behind the scenes. Improvements to the servicing stack ensure that Windows 11 24H2 installs much faster than previous feature updates.
Windows 11 24H2 has been available since early October. The update is much talked about for different reasons than Microsoft would like, and attention is being directed to improvements the new version makes. That goes beyond new features: in a blog, Microsoft explains how it also tinkered behind the scenes with Windows 11 24H2.
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Microsoft is introducing a new way to install updates with Windows 11 24H2. The Windows operating system consists of several files grouped into different components. During a Windows update, these components are updated or maintained.
An updated servicing stack makes the process more efficient by introducing parallel processing of the components. After reading the components the first time, results are stored in a cache for reuse later in the process when the component is referenced again later in the installation process.
Figures
This sounds very technical, so Microsoft illustrates the efficiency gains with numbers. Compared to previous major Windows updates, the installation time of Windows 11 24H2 is 45 percent faster and the restart time nearly forty percent. The time the CPU has to run is cut by fifteen percent.
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These figures apply to a PC that has been properly maintained. On a PC that has not been updated for 18 months, the gain in installation time is 43 percent and in restart time 33.5 percent. CPU time is then reduced by 25 percent.
Microsoft will apply the new servicing stack for Windows 11 starting with version 24H2. Monthly security and feature updates will be much smoother as a result. If they don’t crash your device of course….