Windows 10 updates should be smaller and faster

Microsoft modifies its update policy for Windows 10. With thinner Express Updates, users will need to spend less time downloading and installing files from now until 2019. later.

Regular Windows updates are important to protect the PC against viruses, hacker attacks and technical issues. At the same time, they are rather unpopular. Because during the process, the user has no choice but to wait for the data packets to be downloaded and installed.

Microsoft has now responded and announced slimmer and faster updates for Windows 10 in a blog post. However, these "Express Updates" need to be executed much more frequently. The changes are primarily aimed at businesses and system administrators who need to manage multiple devices.

How do the updates work under Windows 10?

Up to now, all Windows updates are cumulative. The idea behind these collective updates: Who updates his computer, automatically gets all the previous updates that he may have missed. However, with time, a whole lot is gathering

The first cumulative update after the publication of a major update, as it was given for the end of April is about 100-200 megabytes in size, Microsoft predicts. Because files grow with each update to other components and features, are often achieved after six to eight months, file sizes of 1 or 1.2 gigabytes. If the download files must also pbad through a slow line, you need patience.

What are the changes?

Now, Microsoft is making changes to the previous update template. For example, data-intensive delta updates will be replaced by faster express updates as of February 12, 2019. Explanation: Microsoft distinguishes three different update types:

• Complete updates include all Components and files that have been modified since the release of the current version of Windows 10. Such updates can, as described above, quickly reach 1 gigabyte.
• Delta updates only include components that have been updated since the last update. Each delta update is based on the previous one. So you have to install them one after the other and can not skip any of them. The file size is between 300 and 500 megabytes.
• Express updates only install the latest changes. Thus, instead of updating the entire Windows component as with the delta update, only the individual files are exchanged and updated. The download and installation process is likely to go much faster because it only measures 150 to 200 megabytes.

These Express updates exist since 2017, but they will become the new standard by 2019. The following rules apply: The more frequently the user updates his system, the larger the size. downloaded file is small. If you are unable to regularly check your system for updates, you will sit in front of the computer longer and watch the installation.