Microsoft restarts Windows 11 once a month, syncing driver and firmware updates with Patch Tuesday, but hotpatch PCs face two restarts in September and October.

Rebooting your PC regularly is old advice, but how important is this today? And how often do you really need to restart?

Microsoft now bundles updates for drivers, the .NET Framework, and firmware together with the regular security updates that ...

For some reason this just started in the last year, even though I have the Group Policy "No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations" enabled. I am regularly on ...

Windows 11 hotpatching can install security updates without reboots. Learn who qualifies, how the update cycle works, and what IT teams should expect.