‘Interesting timing with everyone jumping ship to Linux or MacBook Neo’: Windows 11 installation can now happen much faster, but cynics doubt Microsoft’s crowd-pleasing motives

• Microsoft is rolling out an option to skip updates during Windows 11 installation
• This will speed up the process in a big way for some users
• However, without updates, you won’t have the latest security fixes – but this is still a situationally very useful (and much-requested) ability

If you’ve ever sat drumming your fingers, waiting for Windows 11 to finish installing for what feels like forever, then you’ll appreciate a new change Microsoft has made to allow the operating system to complete setup much more swiftly.

Windows Central reports that Microsoft is now introducing an option that lets you skip the part of the installation where Windows 11 pulls in and applies relevant updates, speeding up the process hugely.