Microsoft is testing hot patching for Windows 11, allowing patching in-memory code without restarting processes. It will roll out later this year with four monthly security updates requiring a reboot.

Microsoft's patch automation tool has been out for almost a year now. How has enterprises' security processes changed since then? Microsoft released Windows Autopatch last year to help alleviate the ...

Something to look forward to: Already available in Xbox, hot patching would theoretically delight gamers – if it didn't require virtualization-based security to be turned on thus eroding performance.

For those unfamiliar with Windows Hot Patching, it is a special tool that allows for "patching the in-memory code of running processes without the need to restart the process." In other words, you can ...

One of the constant annoyances of Windows 11 are the reboots after installing updates. Sometimes a Windows PC even has to reboot several times in a row until it finally completes all the updates. But ...

Microsoft has introduced a new update method for Windows 11 Enterprise users called "hotpatching," which, as reported by Windows Latest, hopes to reduce the number of required system reboots. This ...

On the topic of security alerts and patches, Microsoft Corp. is undoubtedly the 800-pound gorilla. When the company publicized its strategy of issuing security alerts once a month (see story), I was ...