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Microsoft Says Windows 10 Spring Creators Update Will Install in 30 Minutes (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the coming-up-next dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Windows 10 major feature upgrade -- dubbed the Spring Creators Update -- will take around 30 minutes to install, unlike previous variants that took between one and two hours to complete. This boost in installation time is attributed to work engineers have done on the "Feature Update" process -- the name Microsoft uses to refer to its bi-annual major OS updates. Microsoft says that this Feature Update process actually consists of two separate phases -- the "online" and "offline" stages. During the "online" phase, the user's computer downloads the necessary update files and executes various operations in the OS' background without affecting the device's battery life or system performance.

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  1. Awesome! by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But more important: How long will the rollback to a usable system take?

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  2. Not worth it by WaffleMonster · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Speaking for myself all of this downtime for no tangible benefit isn't worth it nor is constantly dealing with the aftermath of what broke or changed behind your back this time. Computers are supposed to be tools.. vehicles to get shit done yet vendors seem hell bent on wasting everyone's time with nonsense.

    I must say being impressed with 30 minutes of downtime in the age when production systems can be migrated across physical systems with seconds or less of downtime is like being awarded a medal for crossing the finish line hours after everyone went home and roads re-opened to vehicle traffic.

  3. Re:other OS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As a non-Windows user, I read this headline and assumed 30 minutes was a regression, not an improvement. Previous updates took 1-2 hours? What the hell are you doing with all that time? I can go from a blank hard drive to a fully up-to-date Linux installation with all my personal applications and configurations in place in 30 minutes. An update should be considerably faster than that, and certainly shouldn't take my machine out of commission for more than a minute or two.

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Insightful

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  5. Whether you want it to or not. by hoggoth · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > Microsoft Says Windows 10 Spring Creators Update Will Install in 30 Minutes

    Whether you want it to or not.

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  6. Re:Amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The user has never had priority with Windows 10.

  7. Babysitting the updates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So when is Microsoft going to fix the problem of having to sit through the hours-long update process and answer wizard questions HALF-WAY-FUCKING-THROUGH it? Put the stupid questions at the beginning of the process so I can answer them and go home and have the update finish on its own overnight.

    Or better yet, stop making Windows version updates a separate process from Windows Update.

  8. Re:Amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft Says Windows 10 Spring Creators Update Will Install in 30 Minutes WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT!

    FTFY