[HN Gopher] Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PC...
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Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS
versions
Author : cratermoon
Score : 30 points
Date : 2026-04-04 20:48 UTC (2 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.tomshardware.com)
| estimator7292 wrote:
| Microsoft is employing a machine learning algorithm to decide
| when a particular device should receive a forced update.
|
| What? How could that _possibly_ be beneficial for anyone?
| windexh8er wrote:
| The mistake you've made is thinking that they care about
| _anyone_ other than themselves. Microslop is a rather fitting
| nickname.
| dismalaf wrote:
| This has been said many times over years and even decades, but
| here goes again: Microsoft doesn't care about users, open
| source, nothing except their own pocketbooks.
| citizenkeen wrote:
| Is there a billion dollar company that does?
| Mistletoe wrote:
| The only one I can think of:
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia,_Inc.
|
| I know the link is weird, wiki seem to have an issue with
| their name.
| pooper wrote:
| I think that's because there is a period at the end
|
| Here is the link with the comma and the period html
| encoded
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia%2C_Inc%2E
| manwe150 wrote:
| I've been noticing (because of user bug reports) that the
| security policies are now AI driven. If you haven't use a
| feature in x-days or y-reboots or other heuristic, it becomes
| an application crash the next time an application tries to use
| that OS feature (such as loading dlls or usb drivers)
| Sytten wrote:
| Jokes on them I am still running Windows 10 and not planning to
| move my gaming PC to Windows 11 (hardware not supported).
| chakintosh wrote:
| My hardware is supported and I'm sticking with 10 until the
| last ATM finally updates
| evolve2k wrote:
| > Notably, the rollout will be handled by an "intelligent" update
| system that leverages machine learning to determine when a device
| is ready to receive the update.
|
| > Curiously, there seems to be a lack of transparency around how
| Microsoft's machine learning system decides when a device is
| ready to receive the automatic update.
|
| The open secret is that the LLM has been prompted to make the
| call and no human in Microsoft is able to interrogate why the
| agentic AI is pushing updates to some machines and not to others.
| rr808 wrote:
| I'm still on 23H2, windows update fails every time I try. This
| summer I'm switching to Linux.
| ronsor wrote:
| You need to repair your Windows installation first, sometimes
| after enough updates it just corrupts itself.
| KennyBlanken wrote:
| This insanely clickbait title implies Win10 systems will be
| upgraded. That is not true whatsoever.
|
| Many subreddits ban sites for having clickbaity nonsense and it's
| high time HN did the same.
| Dwedit wrote:
| It seems like WUB (windows update blocker) will still prevent an
| update?
| Saris wrote:
| You can also block windows update in firewall, I like Fort.
| lousken wrote:
| Well I also force upgraded, to Linux
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