Microsoft to streamline Windows 8's patch process
Microsoft will reduce the number of distracting restarts for updates to Windows 8, part of its plan to simplify how people interact with the upcoming operating system, a company manager said today.
Security experts, including ones who have criticized Microsoft's updating practices in the past, applauded the changes.
"Streamlining the update effort and the better messaging is smart," said Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer with Qualys. "I like the improvements." Some, though not all, of Microsoft's security and feature updates demand a PC reboot to finish installation because the code slated for changing is currently in use, said Farzana Rahman, the group program manager for Windows Update, in a long blog post today.
