Wednesday, February 21st 2024
Microsoft Auto-updating Eligible Windows 11 PCs to Version 23H2
Windows 11 version 23H2 started rolling out last October, but many users of Microsoft's flagship operating system opted out of an upgrade, thanks to a handy "optional" toggle. News outlets have latched onto a freshly published (February 20) Windows 11 "Release Health" notice—the official Microsoft dashboard alert states that Windows 11 2023 Update: "is now entering a new rollout phase." Fastidious users will not be happy to discover that "eligible Windows 11 devices" are now subject to an automatic bump up to version 23H2. Very passive-aggressive tactics have been utilized in the past—Microsoft is seemingly eager to get it audience upgraded onto its latest and greatest feature-rich experience.
According to NeoWin, an official announcement from last week alerted users to an "impending end of optional preview updates on Windows 11 22H2." Yesterday's "23H2" dashboard confessional provided a little bit more context—unsurprisingly involving artificial intelligence: "This automatic update targets Windows 11 devices that have reached or are approaching end of servicing, and it follows the machine learning-based (ML) training we have utilized so far. We will continue to train our intelligent ML model to safely roll out this new Windows version in phases to deliver a smooth update experience."
Microsoft's message also adds a handy upgrade guide: "If you have an eligible Home or Pro consumer device, you can update to version 23H2 by opening Settings > Windows Update, turning on 'Get the latest updates as soon as they're available,' and selecting Check for updates. Once the update is available for your device, you will see the option to Download and install."
Sources:
NeoWin, XDA Developers, Tom's Hardware, Microsoft Windows Health Status
According to NeoWin, an official announcement from last week alerted users to an "impending end of optional preview updates on Windows 11 22H2." Yesterday's "23H2" dashboard confessional provided a little bit more context—unsurprisingly involving artificial intelligence: "This automatic update targets Windows 11 devices that have reached or are approaching end of servicing, and it follows the machine learning-based (ML) training we have utilized so far. We will continue to train our intelligent ML model to safely roll out this new Windows version in phases to deliver a smooth update experience."
68 Comments on Microsoft Auto-updating Eligible Windows 11 PCs to Version 23H2
But ultimately, I just got used to the changes and it's like "it works fine, not much to complain about."I don't doubt the Copilot stuff could be a big reason for Microsoft to force push this update, but if they wanted to increase the telemetry, they could do it without you noticing. No need to roll out a fancy feature update for that.
Windows 7 didn't have telemetry like Windows 10 does (arguably had little to zero telemetry aside from the crash report system), and Microsoft simply rolled out a normal-looking update adding telemetry and boom! Telemetry added.
From an investor's perspective, keep up the good work.
Every windows version comes with some ux changes that can be more or less annoying depending on your tastes but I don't remember any of them cutting or changing so many basic functionalities with only major downsides like windows 11 does.
Dang thought everyone was already on 23h2 lol
All 10 and 11 builds suck so not sure why it matters which build you use :rolleyes:
MS auto installing is another thing altogether though :slap:
:)
Godeal24 on TPU i believe I've seen them listed
I use their site a lot all good.
The compact menu is not good, just less bad than the full menu. It contains fewer items that are rarely used (give access to, create shortcut, scan with defender), and often used items are in more predictable places (like cut/copy/delete file always on top*). The full menu for a txt file also contains three items that do the same: open, edit, edit with notepad, while the compact menu lacks "edit", and that's 50% better.
Also, as much as it's a good example of bad graphic design, it blends into the rest of the UI better than the full menu (I'm shocked how different they are in ALL details).
But maybe MS broke the full menu a bit more (even more than in W10) to make the compact menu look better. For example, its items seem extremely close together. Can't say for sure as I don't have access to W10 now.
* I was wrong, they are sometimes at the bottom. GR-RR-R!
That was Win2kpro