14 DAY TRIAL // One of the Windows 11 changes supposed to improve the updating experience for users out there concerns an estimate showing up in Windows Update and letting them know how long it’d take to completely install the available updates.
Without a doubt, such information certainly comes in handy, especially given Microsoft’s obsession with all things productivity, but one critical thing about it is the company must make it as accurate as possible.
The latest Windows 11 preview build comes with an important change in this regard, as Microsoft has decided to disable the estimates for computers with standard HDDs. In other words, only PCs that come with an SSD inside would continue to display update estimates, though Microsoft says the whole thing is just temporary until it manages to deal with a series of bugs hitting this feature.
Windows 11 launching in about two months
“We have been testing the ability to see estimates for how long a restart for updates would take in places like the power menu under Start, in restart notifications, on the Windows Update Settings page and inside the Windows Update icon that shows up at the lower right of Taskbar,” the company explains.
“We are making a small adjustment for this feature so that it only shows on PCs with SSDs. If your PC has a standard HDD, you will no longer see estimates. We hope to bring estimates back to PCs with HDDs once we iron out a few more bugs.”
The development of Windows 11 advances at a really fast pace, and theoretically, we’re only some two months away from the moment the operating system should launch for everybody out there. Microsoft itself dropped some hints that Windows 11 could go live in October, with the free upgrade offer to then continue into 2022 for eligible devices.