Microsoft Details Windows Security Update Fees For Number Of CPU Cores

Patch Tuesday, is sometimes a love hate sort of thing. It's a safe bet that most Windows Home or Pro users hate having to reboot it every time there's a hangnail that needs fixing. Regardless, those days are coming to an end, thanks to upcoming availability of in-memory hot-patching, as long as you're running Windows Server, which is obviously not a consumer-targeted product.

For those unfamiliar, hot-patching is when you update a program (or part of the operating system) directly in-memory, without requiring a restart of the program in question. Contemporary operating systems have a lot of moving parts, so every time there's an update, there's a good chance you'll need to reboot Windows. That's now a thing of the past, at least for Windows Server 2025 installations running the enterprise or small to medium businesses.

The hot-patching feature will be available starting ...