Windows 11 26H2

what that have to do with the 26h2 update?
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Sycraft said:
Nope. It is a minor update to 25H2. Same basic deal, including features. Yes, it has copilot. No you do not have to ever use it (I don't).
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It's also a short download and fast install, like less than a lot of patch Tuesdays. Not sure it does much. It's supposed to lower memory usage, but I didn't notice any obvious change on my 64GB and 32GB machines. My 16GB laptop is maybe idling a few hundred MB lower, but that machine isn't used for much of anything other than web surfing. I keep a laptop around so I have something portable, but don't use it much. Its primary function is looking up things to do on vacation. If I'm at home I just use a desktop.

My personal theory is MS was planning a big Copilot update for 2026, then canceled it when it became clear that Copilot was going nowhere. Then in recent months they did some tweaks to try to lower memory usage by Windows a bit since they know we're all getting squeezed by ram prices.
 
zandor said:
It's also a short download and fast install, like less than a lot of patch Tuesdays. Not sure it does much. It's supposed to lower memory usage, but I didn't notice any obvious change on my 64GB and 32GB machines. My 16GB laptop is maybe idling a few hundred MB lower, but that machine isn't used for much of anything other than web surfing. I keep a laptop around so I have something portable, but don't use it much. Its primary function is looking up things to do on vacation. If I'm at home I just use a desktop.

My personal theory is MS was planning a big Copilot update for 2026, then canceled it when it became clear that Copilot was going nowhere. Then in recent months they did some tweaks to try to lower memory usage by Windows a bit since they know we're all getting squeezed by ram prices.
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Could be, or they just didn't have anything big yet. You can't have a big update all the time, at least not if you want to spend time working on code. They seem to like to do a rollup every year, they may not not have had a lot for this one.
 
What's wild is that there actually ARE a ton of major UI tweaks in this version of Windows, but it's all unlocking server-side at random.
In addition to the Start menu and search tweaks, there's a new right click context menu hidden in there, too.
https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-enable-the-new-context-menu-in-windows-11-with-vivetool/
This approach is annoying as hell and I imagine IT people aren't happy when their users seemingly get this stuff at random.
 
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