Patchday as usual
Every year at Christmas time Microsoft suspends the optional updates for Windows 10 and 11. This December there will only be the regular patch day, as the developers explain.
Microsoft has generally established two update periods per month for the Windows 10 and 11 operating systems. The second Tuesday of each month is known as Patch Tuesday and brings mandatory, security-relevant updates. Towards the end of the month, however, optional updates for Windows 10 and 11 will be released, introducing a partial preview of upcoming functions. However, the developers are suspending these optional patches in December.
Like the company in Windows Message Center According to reports, not a single optional update will be released in December. “Due to minimal operations during the Western holidays, there will be no non-security preview update in December 2024,” the statement said. The last update of the year for Windows 10 and 11 will take place on December 10th as part of the regular Patch Tuesday.
Before that, there will be an optional update for Windows 11 in November, which Microsoft recently made available in the Windows Insider program. In the KB5046732-Patch the build number is set to 22631.4534. Among other things, the taskbar and the start menu are being revised: Pinned apps now support the so-called jump lists; In addition, a shortened time and date are displayed in the taskbar by default.
This approach is nothing unusual for Microsoft: Every year the developers take a break from operations at Christmas time. The announcement also states that the usual process, including the regular patch day and optional updates, will resume in January 2025.
Source: www.connect.de
