MicrosoftThank you for bringing back more control VictoriaWang and the team!
I am confident customers and admins will embrace this change and option.
UX Feedback on the update process:
Please allow me to file some feedback in this context.
1. Drivers and Firmware / User Interruption due driver installs during OOBE
As others noted it would be great to have an integration with autopatch / firmware and driver updates coming through Windows Updates. I am aware that at some point, some (not all) drivers are installed. This is noticeable with display drivers and usually flickering screens. However this open happens in the middle of things. Like entering your user login data and interrupts the user.
Idea:
If we could allow these to happen in one step or a later step, without interrupting the user, that would be a great improvement.
2. Look and feel of Update screen
"A mockup of the screen that a user will get when taking a Windows quality update during the OOBE. This design is not final."
I would really like to see, that the update process is integrated in the native OOBE UX.
Currently it has complete different look and feel compared to the clean Windows 11 24H2 OOBE.
You speak about a mockup, but it has made it to production.
Ideas:
During the OOBE wizard, there is already a point in time, where it the computer is checking for updates.
It would be neat in terms of UX, if at this point or later:
- you could consider to place or later the OOBE update procedure, instead of a separate UX
- add the names of updates as in settings app (USOclient), as well as the download progress.
At this point one can already access all the data through the defaultuser0 profile (settings app > updates), so the data is available and just requires a different presentation.
Thank you so much for considering the feedback, your continued good work on the OOBE and servicing level!
