Microsoft releases Windows updates all the time, some pre-planned, some emergency, when a security problem or system failure is discovered that can cause problems for its users, and then we have the big operating system updates that were joined sometime last year by Moments, which aim to be a great new way to get updates to the operating system. So at the end and throughout the year, if we check it, we’ll see that our Windows have moved a lot in that sense.

There are some updates that make sense, such as system improvements and security updates. However, others are a bit confusing, regardless of how they are documented, either because they refer to highly technical aspects of the operating system and are therefore beyond the knowledge of the average user. And there are others who, although it is clearly indicated what they are doing, we are still left with more doubts when reading it than we had before.

Such is the case with the KB5021751 update that Microsoft published a few days ago for Windows 10 and Windows 11. This is its description that we can read on the Microsoft website:

«This update is designed to help Microsoft identify the number of users who are using unsupported (or soon-to-be-unsupported) versions of Office, including Office 2013, Office 2010, and Office 2007. This update will run silently once without installing anything on the user. apparatus.»

Yes, you read that right, an update that is downloaded via Windows Update that will run silently (one time only) and check if your operating system has an old version of Microsoft Office installed, is no longer supported (Office 2010 and older) or is about to become unsupported, in the case of Office 2013. Microsoft wants to know… well, the update description isn’t that comprehensive, so they’re not telling us.

And I’ll admit that I was left in a bit of a shock. That favorite meme”Then you want to know that haha ​​I salute you» and I don’t really like that Microsoft uses Windows Update to collect this type of information. On the other hand, it does it so transparently that, wow, used to seeing quite a few software developers sneak this type of telemetry to us without warning, I want to thank Microsoft, and not sarcastically , your honesty about it.

Microsoft knows it’s well-watched, it knows it can’t abuse telemetry without setting off a lot of alarms, and the truth is, you only have to look through a newspaper library to understand why. On this occasion, I reiterate that I think they have been transparent in reporting so clearly. However, to make things even more user-friendly, I think you should find another system, always with the knowledge and prior consent of the user, to get this type of information.

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