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I tried to upgrade a computer to 24H2 and it failed. I tried both the /product server and rufus methods. It fails at the point you would expect it to fail at if the CPU didn't have proper SSE support for 24H2. The CPU is an AMD Phenom X4 9750. While it does not support SSE4.2, it does...

Each Adrenalin Edition release is absolutely tied to a specific driver version. Example, from the Adrenalin Edition 24.12.1 release notes: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-RAD-WIN-24-12-1.html That corresponds to the driver version shown in Device Manager...

Correct. But the iGPU has always used the exact same "Adrenalin Edition" drivers as other AMD GPUs, so does it really matter? For what it's worth, I do actually "use" the iGPU, though not for gaming obviously. I run 6 monitors. My RTX 4080 only supports a max of 4. The other 2 are run from...

I noticed that today, Windows Update had an AMD Driver update available. I had already been using 24.12.1. The actual driver version (32.0.13018.6) is higher than the driver version that is included in both the 24.12.1 drivers (32.0.12033.1030) as well as the 25.1.1 Optional drivers...

The only times when disconnecting from the internet has been beneficial for me is when upgrading a fresh Windows 10 install. Like if I do a fresh Windows 10 install and then immediately attempt to upgrade it to Windows 11. The problem in that case is Windows 10 in the background trying to...

I've never had a need to disconnect from the internet when upgrading an install using a bypass. What error are you getting if you keep the internet connected?

The issue is, systems that installed Windows 11 using a bypass do not receive new yearly feature updates. So, for example, if you installed the release version of Windows 11 (21H2) using a bypass, you would have never been offered 22H2 or 23H2 via Windows Update, and you would still be stuck on...

26100.1457 is the newest build that 24H2 will update to right now if that PC is not enrolled in any insider channel. That's the same upgrade track as the Copilot+ PCs and any other OEM PC that sold with 24H2 on it already. There is also 26100.1586, which is a "Release Preview" build. You...

I'd strongly encourage you to give one of the bypass methods a chance. Windows 11 runs great on older hardware. The CPUs that were not included as Windows 11 compatible all have known hardware vulnerabilities. In many cases these vulnerabilities are mitigated if you have the latest BIOS...

It's just a variation of how I used to bypass the Windows 11 requirements. I used to copy the install.esd or install.wim out of the sources folder of the Windows 11 ISO and drop it into the sources folder of the Windows 10 install files. Then you would basically be installing Windows 11 using...

It didn't work for me either. What I ended up doing was extracting the contents of the previous Canary build (26257.5000) into a folder, then I copied the install.esd/install.wim file from the sources folder of the 27686.1000 ISO (the largest file in that folder, you will have only have one or...

I noticed that the /product server workaround doesn't seem to work anymore with the new 27686.1000 Canary build.

Sounds like you just got stuck with a very cheap Chinese power-supply that was listed as being compatible with as many laptop models as possible so that they would sell more. This is one thing I really like about most Dell laptops. Their mid-tier and high-end laptops mostly all use the same...

Each Feature Update gets two years of mainstream support before it hits EoL (End of Life). You get continued support by installing a newer Feature Update. You can think of a Feature Update as being like the modern version of a Service Pack. The OS overall is still supported, but at a certain...

One way to go is to install Windows 10 and then upgrade to 11. You create the local account during the Windows 10 setup, and it's retained during the Windows 11 upgrade. Other benefits of Installing 10 and then upgrading to 11 include retention of the Dolby Digital Codec (which has been...