Massive Windows Update

MouldyOldDough

KB5065426 is now being forced on us - it's a huge download 

some users are reporting up to 88Gb in size 

Mine appears to be over 10Gb !

Be warned

MS claim it to be 3.6Gb which is big enough 

Peter999_2

Does it really matter?   with FTTP it won't take long.

FrugaiMacDugal

Is that for Win11 or last for Win10?

MattMattMattUK

MouldyOldDough said:

KB5065426 is now being forced on us - it's a huge download 

some users are reporting up to 88Gb in size 

It is not being forced, you can still turn off updates, or disable them entirely and only install them manually if you really want. 

Gb or GB? 88GB, or Gb if that is what you mean is only 8.1GB.

MouldyOldDough said:

Mine appears to be over 10Gb !

Be warned

MS claim it to be 3.6Gb which is big enough 

Ignoring that the size is actually a reporting error, the download size is 3.6GB, although if one were updating form a clean install of Windows 11 it would also download other updates, 10GB could happen if you had not downloaded updates for many months. 

That being said, 3.6GB is not a lot to download, or even 10GB. 

MattMattMattUK

FrugaiMacDugal said:

Is that for Win11 or last for Win10?

KB5065426 is for W11.

Vitor

Ooft, you can d/l a Linux Parsley distro for less.

Peter999_2

Vitor said:

Ooft, you can d/l a Linux Parsley distro for less.

You could, but then all Linux desktops are pretty poor and not a patch on windows.

HumberFlyer

Just updated mine ...Strange GB gone down.

Before 36.5 GB 203.561 files
Now    36.1 GB 183.942 files.

Undervalued

Vitor said:

Ooft, you can d/l a Linux Parsley distro for less.

Probably the only point in its favour!

MattMattMattUK

HumberFlyer said:

Just updated mine ...Strange GB gone down.

Before 36.5 GB 203.561 files
Now    36.1 GB 183.942 files.

I am guessing that you mean total system storage usage rather than the specific update? The end of a Cumulative Update runs disk cleanup, which could easily explain the difference as it will remove old update install files, clear some cache and empty the recycle bin. 

Neil_Jones

MouldyOldDough said:

KB5065426 is now being forced on us - it's a huge download 

some users are reporting up to 88Gb in size 

Mine appears to be over 10Gb !

Be warned

MS claim it to be 3.6Gb which is big enough 

Note that Windows 11 updates are cumulative. Windows Update will install what you need for your system based what's already installed.  The download is 3.72Gb.

Also note that the local displayed ifnformation will probably include all locally stored updates.

The 88Gb figure you've quoted is ridiculous and is more likely to be a major update (or a mistype).  Windows 11 stock only takes up 25Gb on its own.

And it is not "forced" anything, stop being so melodramatic.