Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions

estimator7292

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?

Sytten

Jokes on them I am still running Windows 10 and not planning to move my gaming PC to Windows 11 (hardware not supported).

evolve2k

> 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

I'm still on 23H2, windows update fails every time I try. This summer I'm switching to Linux.

KennyBlanken

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

It seems like WUB (windows update blocker) will still prevent an update?

lousken

Well I also force upgraded, to Linux

vjvjvjvjghv

It will probably be handled by Windows Upgrade Copilot.

convexly

The move to Linux is looking more and more appealing. These decisions are killing Microsoft by a thousand cuts.

burnt-resistor

Because it's all about controlling the real products, the users, with force. Technofeudal overlords DGAF.

arprocter

I'm far from a MS apologist, but this is upgrading a soon-to-be-unsupported version of Windows 11 to the current version

LorenDB

Microsoft is driving more and more people away to Linux or macOS (as evidenced by other comments here). I thought they had recently announced that they would be trying to rebuild trust in their users, but evidently the Windows Update team didn't get the memo.

throwawaytea

After all the stupid drama in the last few years, we loaded Linux Mint Mate on all my parents computers. My mom can't really tell the difference and my dad likes it. If Microsoft is losing 65 year olds, they've got a problem.

jasomill

Other than taking longer to install, this doesn't sound materially worse than forcing any other Windows update on the same set of users (those whose update settings aren't controlled by Group Policy, presumably). In particular, this change doesn't apply to Windows 10. Do nontechnical users intentionally run older, unsupported builds of Windows 11 in the first place, and if so, why?