Installation and Upgrade Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

ICIT2LOL · Aug 25, 2021

Yes Ashley I hope they do lower the compatibility of the CPU's as the Ivy Bridge is a blinder when I crank it up to 4.1GHz. I can understand some of the really older Pentiums could not handle 11 but I think that anything after the Sandy Bridge should handle the requirements of the system as I do have another build of mine that is Sandy Bridge based and another laptop with a Haswell CPU - an Asus ROG machine that is super quick.
As for the TPM well I am in no rush and the covid situation is pretty bad eh?

pparks1 · Aug 26, 2021

Went on to the Insider site today and downloaded the Windows 11 Insider Dev Build 22000.132 and am installing it on one of my Intel Nuc's. The installer looks pretty nice. It did the install and is now running the updates part of the install.

And it's activated with a Digital License, for Windows 11 Pro...so that is great.

ashleyg · Aug 26, 2021

@pparks1

Prompted me to check mine - all good!

Dwarfr66 · Aug 26, 2021

ICIT2LOL said:
Yes Ashley I hope they do lower the compatibility of the CPU's as the Ivy Bridge is a blinder when I crank it up to 4.1GHz. I can understand some of the really older Pentiums could not handle 11 but I think that anything after the Sandy Bridge should handle the requirements of the system as I do have another build of mine that is Sandy Bridge based and another laptop with a Haswell CPU - an Asus ROG machine that is super quick.
As for the TPM well I am in no rush and the covid situation is pretty bad eh?

My old i5-3550 lasted me till around 2 years ago, was a great chip for me, bought it in 2012 sold it (with board/ram) in 2018(19)?

ICIT2LOL · Aug 27, 2021

Dwarfr66 said:
My old i5-3550 lasted me till around 2 years ago, was a great chip for me, bought it in 2012 sold it (with board/ram) in 2018(19)?

Yes well I reckon if I knew back then that Windows would turn out this way I would've made contingency plans to upgrade my build but I am too disinterested now to do that and bedsides components now are so ridiculously expensive I cannot afford to do it.
It's a shame that Microsoft has gone down this path after the 7 to 10 debacle which I resisted for some time and now being happy with 10 - this has to happen. I also guess I expect in a few years time there will be Windows 12, 13, 14 ad infinitum.
Well, what I am going to do when I can afford it and they are available is wait for a new desktop with 11 pre-installed on it - though it will mean that I shall be forced to use a machine that is nowhere near the Ivy Bridge build I did..

Shijeesh · Aug 31, 2021

Thanks.

ICIT2LOL · Aug 31, 2021

Well I see that the Windows 11 OS is set for official release on the 5th October 2021

So at least that means that those of us who have 10 and supported machines might have to keep an eye out for it just in case it comes as a free upgrade.
As for my Ivy Bridge I shall keep 10 until I can afford a new desktop that comes with 11 preinstalled.

Brink · Aug 31, 2021

ICIT2LOL said:
Well I see from an email from How To Geek that the Windows 11 OS is set for official release on the 5th October 2021 It’s Official: Windows 11 Has a Release Date

So at least that means that those of us who have 10 and supported machines might have to keep an eye out for it just in case it comes as a free upgrade.
As for my Ivy Bridge I shall keep 10 until I can afford a new desktop that comes with 11 preinstalled.

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ICIT2LOL · Aug 31, 2021

Hello Shawn yes mate I am going to do just that but am still disappointed about my Ivy Bridge build

because I am not savvy enough to know why the CPU could not be supported after all it is only a processor eh?

Brink · Aug 31, 2021

ICIT2LOL said:
Hello Shawn yes mate I am going to do just that but am still disappointed about my Ivy Bridge build because I am not savvy enough to know why the CPU could not be supported after all it is only a processor eh?

I believe it has to do with required security features supported by the CPU or not.

ICIT2LOL · Aug 31, 2021

Ok Shawn well I have to accept that I will have to replace my desktop machine when I can afford a new machine with Windows 11 preinstalled as I just cannot afford to build again. But at least she will run 10 until the axe falls eh?

Brink · Sep 10, 2021

Windows 11 Insider Preview Dev Build 22454 ISO file now available to download from Microsoft. See first post for more details. :)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1436422488951558145

TairikuOkami · Sep 10, 2021

Any idea where to download 22000.132 ISO directly?
UUdump is unable to boot and MS download fails.

EDIT: Nevermind.

ICIT2LOL · Sep 10, 2021

Hello, Shawn is this dev version going to be close to the official released one in October and I am a little confused because so much is being put around by different sources.
But if I upgrade when that time comes as I would prefer that for the official release a) will it be free and b) will it keep all of my apps and how I have the machine set up? For example, I have Open Shell running, transparency and icons I like to keep on the desktop that I refer to quite a lot etc etc.
I know the layout will be different and certain things like checking updates and stuff like that will be different I am just more concerned with my setup as it is now in 10.

Bree · Sep 10, 2021

ICIT2LOL said:
...is this dev version going to be close to the official released one in October and I am a little confused because so much is being put around by different sources.

The Insider Dev channel is going beyond the release build. Its on build 22454 now. The Insider Beta channel is the build that's leading up to the release version, that's currently on build 22000.184. The release will be a 22000 build, but with a higher minor build number.

ICIT2LOL said:
But if I upgrade when that time comes as I would prefer that for the official release a) will it be free and b) will it keep all of my apps and how I have the machine set up?

The upgrade to W11 will be free, and will activate from the same digital licence that your W10 machine has. However, you will only be offered the upgrade through Windows Update if your PC meets all the W11 requirements: UEFI/GPT, secure boot, TPM 2.0, and a supported processor (for Intel that means 8th gen or newer). In general, only PCs built in 2018 or later have any chance of meeting all the requirements for W11.

edit: the 10th gen i7 in your specs more than meets the processor requirement.

Your installed apps should have no issues. I have tested upgrading a clone of my main machine from W10 to W11. All my apps (some of them more than 20 years old) still work in W11, just the same as they did in W10.

larc919 · Sep 10, 2021

Bree said:
All my apps (some of them more than 20 years old) still work in W11, just the same as they did in W10.

I sure wish mine did. T-Clock Redux, a clock that replaces the Windows system tray one, runs flawlessly in 10, but won't even open in 11.

ICIT2LOL · Sep 10, 2021

Bree said:
The Insider Dev channel is going beyond the release build. Its on build 22454 now. The Insider Beta channel is the build that's leading up to the release version, that's currently on build 22000.184. The release will be a 22000 build, but with a higher minor build number.

The upgrade to W11 will be free, and will activate from the same digital licence that your W10 machine has. However, you will only be offered the upgrade through Windows Update if your PC meets all the W11 requirements: UEFI/GPT, secure boot, TPM 2.0, and a supported processor (for Intel that means 8th gen or newer). In general, only PCs built in 2018 or later have any chance of meeting all the requirements for W11.

edit: the 10th gen i7 in your specs more than meets the processor requirement.

Your installed apps should have no issues. I have tested upgrading a clone of my main machine from W10 to W11. All my apps (some of them more than 20 years old) still work in W11, just the same as they did in W10.

Thanks, Bree that is a relief the machine that I have does comply the only thing is in the BIOS which seems rather simplistic to me I have to check whether the secure boot is on as the last time I looked I couldn't find any reference to it however system information tells me it is.

Bree · Sep 10, 2021

larc919 said:
I sure wish mine did. T-Clock Redux, a clock that replaces the Windows system tray one, runs flawlessly in 10, but won't even open in 11.

Ah, the Taskbar has been completely rewritten for W11. Apps that modify Taskbar behaviour would be the one exception to the rule. Apps such as CoreTemp that just add their icon to the system tray continue to works as before.

jeffreywen · Sep 10, 2021

TairikuOkami said:
Any idea where to download 22000.132 ISO directly?
UUdump is unable to boot and MS download fails.

View attachment 7639

EDIT: Nevermind.

You need to run it by reload in internet explorer mode if you are use MS edge chrome, as shown below.