- Microsoft claims Windows 11 24h2 is the most reliable version ever
- The company says it has 24% fewer crashes than version 22h2
- In a blog post about elasticity, Microsoft also clarifies the benefits of the latest Windows update to 24h2
Microsoft has made a case in which Windows 11 24H2 is the “most reliable version” of its desktop operating system ever made.
The long and short of this is that the software giant claims that there are quite a few fewer crashes with version 24h2 compared to version 22h2 in Windows 11.
XDA developers discovered that Microsoft made this claim in a post on the Windows IT Pro blog, saying that: “We are also proud to share that Windows 11 24H2 is our most reliable version of Windows yet. Compared to Windows 10 22H2, error rates for unexpected reboot have fallen by 24%.”
This is based on telemetry data gathered this month (July 2025) by Microsoft, we are told. Unexpected reboot refers to complete lock-ups of the system, and as mentioned earlier in the post, these blue screen (BSOD) experiences have been changed to a more streamlined black screen. It happened in the latest update to Windows 11 24h2, which just arrived in preview (but will be a full release next month).
Microsoft emphasizes the benefits of the new BSOD (which easily uses the same acronym) and notes that: “In Windows 11 24h2 we made significant improvements to break down dump collection that reduced the time users spend on [BSoD] Screen from 40 seconds to just 2 seconds For most consumer units. “(I should note that the bold to weight is Microsofts).
Furthermore, Microsoft reminds us of recent progress in terms of recovering from ugly crashes, namely boot errors, observing that the latest Windows 11 update also represents the roll -out and general accessibility of fast machine recovery. QMR is a new spin on trying to fix a PC that will no longer start on the desktop.
Analysis: Crash Tests, Dummy
There is no doubt that Microsoft has made some useful steps here to make Windows 11 devices more resilient, which is the theme of the blog post. But does the latest version of Windows 11, 24h2 really have a quarter fewer crash than 22h2?
Well, we obviously have to be careful about statistics produced by internal testing – not that I accuse Microsoft of something underhand, but we are all aware that in this kind of scenarios several tests and results can be performed that are cherry picked. (This practice is of course common across all marketing).
There are undoubtedly those who will claim hard for 24h2 very much Isn’t it The most reliable acquisition of Microsoft’s desktop us ever seen – mainly based on all the bugs that came with this release. I will not strive for these mistakes again, with the exception of saying that there were actually many of them originally, and some were actually very strange affairs.
I have always been of the opinion that the change to a new underlying platform for Windows 11 (called germanium) threw a number of unexpected wrenches in the works to us.
Microsoft has made a lot of progress in fixing these bugs, minds – though not all of them – and I have to accept the statistics that the company presents here at face value. (I can hardly disprove them with my own crash test, after all).
What I can say, though, is that this is relative anyway. By which one I think I haven’t seen a BSOD in ages, on my Windows 11 PCs or actually my Windows 10 machines.
So fewer crashes mean that these BSOD deposits are even closer to next to nothing and how meaningful is the difference, then? I’m not sure. There is no contest that in the present, full-on lock-ups are much rarer in Windows than they used to be. Win time back with 15 years or so, and crashed as this was more of a problem (and go back longer, to the turn of the millennium, and it was double true).
Whatever is the case, Microsoft deserves some credit here, and I also hope the new fast machine recovering function will be a useful string for the troubleshooting bow when a PC hits a starting error (the most dreaded of problems).
I have my reservations about the redesigned BSOD, Mind – which I have said before – and you can bet that Microsoft’s claim that Windows 11 24h2 is the most reliable version ever will cause grinding of some gears out there – especially with those who adopted 24h2 early, and were unlucky to run into some of the many mistakes that plagued the release (gamers were especially.
However, there are anecdotal reports of Reddit that Microsoft is finally getting it right with version 24H2, even though it was Wonky to begin with – though noting that in the same thread, other still reports negative experiences (again, especially those who are eager PC players).
