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For a while getting the above error when trying the upgrade. Tried the usual - disabling Antivirus and even a repair install but nothing worked.
Just remember that a while ago messing around to get gpedit.msc on to Windows Home which works partially,
winsides.com
Today ran @Brink 's tutorial to create a bat file to restore group policy to default settings
Reset All Local Group Policy Settings to Default in Windows 11
and then the upgrade worked flawlessly. Have been puzzling this issue for a while until the penny dropped today.
I suppose the moral of this story is to remember that whatever changes you do could give bad results in the future. So just a heads up if you do get the 0x800704ec error when trying to upgrade.
Just remember that a while ago messing around to get gpedit.msc on to Windows Home which works partially,
How to Enable Group policy Editor on Windows 11 Home Edition? - Winsides.com
This latest post provides detailed steps to Enable Group Policy Editor on Windows 11 Home Edition & start using gpedit.msc on Windows 11 Home.
winsides.com
Today ran @Brink 's tutorial to create a bat file to restore group policy to default settings
Reset All Local Group Policy Settings to Default in Windows 11
and then the upgrade worked flawlessly. Have been puzzling this issue for a while until the penny dropped today.
I suppose the moral of this story is to remember that whatever changes you do could give bad results in the future. So just a heads up if you do get the 0x800704ec error when trying to upgrade.
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