Solved Does this look Right How to Download and Install the Windows 11 23H2 Update

antspants · Oct 17, 2023

Bree said:
Maybe so, maybe not. I tried it last night on one machine and it stayed on 22H2. MS my have closed this loophole now

Maybe they do read this forum

FIREMEDIC2700 · Oct 17, 2023

if i can figure out a way to upload the iso file i will upload the iso file that worked for me yesterday.
can someone make a few suggestions on what to use other than google drive. i have never used a uploading service to do this .

antspants · Oct 17, 2023

FIREMEDIC2700 said:
if i can figure out a way to upload the iso file i will upload the iso file that worked for me yesterday.
can someone make a few suggestions on what to use other than google drive. i have never used a uploading service to do this .

Not really a safe practice. You never know what someone might inject into an IOS. At your own risk. There are plenty of suggestions on how to DIY and people to help. It’s been explained ad nauseam. Also, if @Bree is correct and Microsoft nipped it at the bud, no ISO will compensate because it is within the extra files downloaded during install/upgrade that made the 23H2 version.

Davidoo · Oct 17, 2023

Scott said:
Here's what I did on on my unsupported laptop. Copied the ISO to my desktop and used Winrar to extract to Windows\ (it will create the folder on the desktop.

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I'm going to try Scott's method this morning. If I still get 22H2, then it appears the back door has been closed and will have to wait until the ISO for 23H2 is published.

FIREMEDIC2700 · Oct 17, 2023

Davidoo said:
I'm going to try Scott's method this morning. If I still get 22H2, then it appears the back door has been closed and will have to wait until the ISO for 23H2 is published.

let us know if it still works

Davidoo · Oct 17, 2023

Davidoo said:
I'm going to try Scott's method this morning. If I still get 22H2, then it appears the back door has been closed and will have to wait until the ISO for 23H2 is published.

No dice. I used Winrar and replaced the appraiserre.dll with a blank file. Started the setup.exe and it went through all the steps, even updated my nVidia graphics driver, but the version is still 22H2. Will have to wait for the ISO that has 23H2 in it I suppose.

Bree · Oct 17, 2023

Davidoo said:
....it went through all the steps ... but the version is still 22H2.

Thanks for confirming that. Looks like MS have plugged the leak

Davidoo · Oct 17, 2023

It's a shame because 11 runs fabulously on my 10 year old Asus UX51VZA. Hopefully will still be able to update with the new ISO.

Scott · Oct 17, 2023

Bree said:
Looks like MS have plugged the leak

Was just a matter of time. I managed to get it on all 3 of my computers, and of course each has a backup of 22H2. I'm curious as to what will happen on "patch Tuesday".

Davidoo said:
11 runs fabulously on my 10 year old Asus UX51VZA

As it does on my 14 year old Asus F50SV laptop.

starchase · Oct 17, 2023

Davidoo said:
No dice. I used Winrar and replaced the appraiserre.dll with a blank file. Started the setup.exe and it went through all the steps, even updated my nVidia graphics driver, but the version is still 22H2. Will have to wait for the ISO that has 23H2 in it I suppose.

I just saw your question to me and it looks like you were able to mount the ISO that you had downloaded, and even attempted to replace the appraiseres.dll but weren't able to copy over the file, and, as others suspect, MS closed the door.

Hopefully MS will release 23H2 soon.
John

FIREMEDIC2700 · Oct 17, 2023

Davidoo said:
No dice. I used Winrar and replaced the appraiserre.dll with a blank file. Started the setup.exe and it went through all the steps, even updated my nVidia graphics driver, but the version is still 22H2. Will have to wait for the ISO that has 23H2 in it I suppose.

dam that stinks . i wonder if you had just tried it with some charcaters like i did . if i would have worked . just amazed that in less than 24 hours ms did that . but hey does anything the do make sense . i might try my iso i made on the wifes desktop just for kicks lol

antspants · Oct 17, 2023

Davidoo said:
It's a shame because 11 runs fabulously on my 10 year old Asus UX51VZA. Hopefully will still be able to update with the new ISO.

Why is it a shame? You can still run Eleven on 22H2. 23H2 will come out when it’s cooked and ready to eat.

FIREMEDIC2700 said:
dam that stinks . i wonder if you had just tried it with some charcaters like i did . if i would have worked . just amazed that in less than 24 hours ms did that . but hey does anything the do make sense . i might try my iso i made on the wifes desktop just for kicks lol

It was a lot longer than 24 hours. @Bee posted on it here at least as far back as the 12th of Oct. News of it started surfacing around the net at least on the 9th of Oct (if you look at the first post and follow the link and read toward the bottom). And I updated a couple of days ago… so for over a week, at the least, this was available.

Adding characters to the appraiserres.dlll file made no difference. I upgraded to 23H2 with an empty replaced appraiserres.dll

antspants · Oct 17, 2023

Just to confirm, you replaced the correct file?

Davidoo · Oct 18, 2023

antspants said:
Just to confirm, you replaced the correct file?

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Absolutely, yes, that is the one I replaced. My assumption is that when the official ISO comes out will then be able to upgrade with the replacement file trick.

antspants · Oct 18, 2023

Davidoo said:
Absolutely, yes, that is the one I replaced. My assumption is that when the official ISO comes out will then be able to upgrade with the replacement file trick.

I agree, all will be fine, and the we will be able to 23H2 ourselves to death