Windows 11’s big 2024 update: 9 things you need to know [Video]

With Windows 11 version 24H2, Microsoft is providing the latest version of the current Microsoft operating system free of charge. Every Windows 11 user can install it directly via the Windows update function. When updating an older version of Windows 11, all data, programs, and settings are retained.

Microsoft is switching the Windows kernel from C to the Rust programming language. This is intended to increase security. The update is therefore a complete Windows update again after a long time. In addition, various programs and features will also disappear from Windows 11, such as Wordpad.

In terms of security, Microsoft wants to automatically activate hard disk encryption and Bitlocker for new installations in the future when you completely reinstall Windows 11 24H2 on a PC.

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