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Zac Bowden

Microsoft just released an actually good Windows 11 update — with system performance improvements, better wake from sleep, and more

Windows Update on a Dell XPS laptop.

Microsoft just issued the Windows 11 optional non-security update for February, and for the first time in a long while, it looks like an actually good update with some notable quality of life improvements, and no AI to be seen.

The update, dubbed KB5077241 is available to all Windows 11 users as an optional update that you can download now. If you choose not to install the update today, Microsoft will roll out its contents to you automatically with next month's Patch Tuesday updates on March 10.

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