Overwhelmed - Macrium Reflect


jimbo45 said:
Price is still too high for what I need that type of software for. So long as the FREE version still keeps working I'm fine with it.
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Me too. :crossed

I do have two Reflect X subscriptions, one was a launch offer of a 3-year subscription at no cost for trading in a newly purchased v8 perpetual licence. The other is 50% off a 1-year subscription for life for trading in another v8 licence. I also have (and still use) a 4-pack of v8 perpetual licences. But I have more machines than licences, so the rest run v8 Free.

I may change later, there's always Black Friday to keep an eye on.....
 

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    Windows 11 HomeAMD Athlon Silver 3050U8GBRadeon Graphics
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    Laptop
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    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23-R9VY
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
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    laptop screen
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    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
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    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD (from April 2026: 250GB EVO 850)
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    Defender
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    UPDATE - 11 April 2026: due to lid hinges starting to break up this laptop has been retired from active duty. The OS with all software and files has been migrated to my System Seven in 'Other systems' to carry on as my general purpose 'main machine'.

    I've now clean installed 25H2 and used Garlin's scripts to update Secure Boot to CA 2023 and revoke the PCA 2011 certificates. It's new role is to test secure boot issues.

    Info for 2021-2026:
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2, and 25H2 on 30th September 2025 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 25H2.

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    Windows 11 ProIntel® Core™ i5-520M8GB(integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Latitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
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    1366x768
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    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
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    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround.

    In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.
    Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.
    In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media.
    Upgraded to 25H2 by Enablement Package.
    Upgraded to 26H2 by Enablement Package.

    Also running Insider Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds and Windows 10 as native boot .vhdx.
  • My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR was a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (1st gen) type 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device. This has now been sold. It has been replaced by my System Eight.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 1TB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds (and a few others) as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro, Hyper-V host machine. Updated to 25H2 on 30th September 2025, 26H2 on 29th September 2026.

    My SYSTEM SEVEN is a Lenovo Thinkpad T580, 1920x1080 touchscreen, Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2nd 512GB NVMe SSD, a supported device for Windows 11. This is my current general purpose 'main machine'. The installed Windows 11 Home from my System One has been migrated to this machine. As its new home has an existing digital licence for Pro I've been able to upgrade the migrated OS from Home to Pro.
    29 Sept. 2026 Feature Update to 26H2 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM EIGHT is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (5th gen) type 20LN, Celeron N4120, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, a supported device for Windows 11. Currently running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds as native boot vhdx.
My Reflect X licence I use on my main PC just renewed for c. £18. I'm happy with that for a critical PC.
 

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Core i7-13700K
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Asus TUF Gaming Plus WiFi Z790
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oreyro said:
Older versions of Macrium Reflect and WinPE provide reliability, stability, and compatibility.
I am using Macrium Reflect v.8.0.7175 (BOOT ISO based on WinPE 2004 x64) to backup my Windows 10 21H2 LTSC and Windows 11 24H2 LTSC systems.
***
However, everyone can choose:
You can download WinPE packages with this Boot Agent v.8.
WinPE packages are based on these versions of Window:
pe11Dec24x64.zip (10.0.26100; Update 2025/12) based on Windows 11 24H2
pe11May23x64.zip (10.0.22621) based on Windows 11 22H2
pe11x64.zip; pe11x86.zip (10.0.22000) based on Windows 10/11 21H2
pe10_2004x64.zip; pe10_2004x86.zip (10.0.19041) based on Windows 10 2004
pe10_1709x64.zip; pe10_1709x86.zip (10.0.16299) based on Windows 10 1709
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Anyone have a direct link to pe11Dec24x64.zip?

Looks like I missed the deadline and it is no longer available for download with the downloader for the program.
 

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Diatomacious said:
"The most important change is a new image mounting driver called mrimgmnt.sys, which Macrium says comes with enhanced security."

Probably why they broke the old one. One can only speculate.
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The old driver works perfectly fine. MS banned it for containing a well-publicized security hole, which apparently never got fixed to MS’s satisfaction.

If you choose to ignore the driver’s vulnerability, then don’t blame MS if someone uses the exploit.

The fact that paid LTSC replaced the driver indicates Paramount’s more interested in a money grab, since they didn’t backport the driver to non-LTSC.
 

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Diatomacious said:
"The most important change is a new image mounting driver called mrimgmnt.sys, which Macrium says comes with enhanced security."
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They back-ported the driver from Reflect X into Reflect LTSC.

Status:

The image mounting issue relates to Microsoft’s updated Vulnerable Driver Blocklist enforcement and impacts the psmounterex.sys driver. Macrium Reflect LTSC has been updated to use the same image mounting mechanism as Macrium Reflect X, which does not make use of the psmounterex.sys driver.
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Image Mounting Errors Following April 2026 Windows Updates
 

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    Windows 11 HomeAMD Athlon Silver 3050U8GBRadeon Graphics
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    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23-R9VY
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD (from April 2026: 250GB EVO 850)
    Internet Speed
    150 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    UPDATE - 11 April 2026: due to lid hinges starting to break up this laptop has been retired from active duty. The OS with all software and files has been migrated to my System Seven in 'Other systems' to carry on as my general purpose 'main machine'.

    I've now clean installed 25H2 and used Garlin's scripts to update Secure Boot to CA 2023 and revoke the PCA 2011 certificates. It's new role is to test secure boot issues.

    Info for 2021-2026:
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2, and 25H2 on 30th September 2025 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 25H2.

  • At a glance

    Windows 11 ProIntel® Core™ i5-520M8GB(integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Latitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround.

    In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.
    Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.
    In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media.
    Upgraded to 25H2 by Enablement Package.
    Upgraded to 26H2 by Enablement Package.

    Also running Insider Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds and Windows 10 as native boot .vhdx.
  • My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR was a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (1st gen) type 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device. This has now been sold. It has been replaced by my System Eight.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 1TB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds (and a few others) as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro, Hyper-V host machine. Updated to 25H2 on 30th September 2025, 26H2 on 29th September 2026.

    My SYSTEM SEVEN is a Lenovo Thinkpad T580, 1920x1080 touchscreen, Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2nd 512GB NVMe SSD, a supported device for Windows 11. This is my current general purpose 'main machine'. The installed Windows 11 Home from my System One has been migrated to this machine. As its new home has an existing digital licence for Pro I've been able to upgrade the migrated OS from Home to Pro.
    29 Sept. 2026 Feature Update to 26H2 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM EIGHT is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (5th gen) type 20LN, Celeron N4120, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, a supported device for Windows 11. Currently running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds as native boot vhdx.
garlin said:
The old driver works perfectly fine. MS banned it for containing a well-publicized security hole, which apparently never got fixed to MS’s satisfaction.

If you choose to ignore the driver’s vulnerability, then don’t blame MS if someone uses the exploit.

The fact that paid LTSC replaced the driver indicates Paramount’s more interested in a money grab, since they didn’t backport the driver to non-LTSC.
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I knew this day was coming. And I also knew that non-LTSC licenses were going to run out of solution
 

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garlin said:
The old driver works perfectly fine. MS banned it for containing a well-publicized security hole, which apparently never got fixed to MS’s satisfaction.

If you choose to ignore the driver’s vulnerability, then don’t blame MS if someone uses the exploit.

The fact that paid LTSC replaced the driver indicates Paramount’s more interested in a money grab, since they didn’t backport the driver to non-LTSC.
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Planned obsolescence.

Macrium had previously remediated the associated vulnerability in 2023. However, Microsoft’s newer enforcement model now blocks affected implementations of the driver regardless of prior remediation status.
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Seems to work just fine on Windows 10 which is what I'll be using for the foreseeable future.
 

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I dunno if "Microsoft’s newer enforcement model now blocks affected implementations of the driver regardless of prior remediation status" is true.

The blocked drivers list is a set of file rules which can block a named driver, within a specific range of driver versions. This allows older versions of a driver to stay blocked, while allowing later versions of the same driver. psmounterex.sys versions up to 8.0.7760.0 are blocked.

That's higher than the Macrium product versions listed here:
CVE-2023-43896 Advisory

EditionBuildDateRelease Notes
Macrium Reflect Home, Workstation, Server, Server Plusv8.1.76759th October 2023Macrium Reflect Patch Details
Macrium Reflect Free Editionv8.0.769011th October 2023Macrium Reflect Patch Details
Macrium Site Managerv8.1.769516th October 2023https://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v8/v8.1.7695/detailsMD8.1.7695.md
 

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garlin said:
I dunno if "Microsoft’s newer enforcement model now blocks affected implementations of the driver regardless of prior remediation status" is true.
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Quoted from the article Bree posted

Image Mounting Errors Following April 2026 Windows Updates

Image browsing and VSS snapshot creation issues following Windows update KB5083769 with psmounterex.sys image mounting driver added to Vulnerable Driver Blocklist.
kbx.macrium.com
The whole computer industry is moving in this direction. A bios update for my Dell laptop that has the UEFI CA 2023 certificates embedded and that was available for download is now no longer available on the Dell official website. I would never have known had I not already gotten the file.
 

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Diatomacious said:
A bios update for my Dell laptop that has the UEFI CA 2023 certificates embedded and that was available for download is now no longer available on the Dell official website. I would never have known had I not already gotten the file.
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Which Dell laptop? My Latitude 5550 first got CA 2023 in its 1.18.1 Oct 2025 BIOS update.

1793214459356.webp


All updates since have stated under 'Important Information' that they contain the 2023 certificates, up to the latest 1.27.0 BIOS.

1793214762255.webp


All BIOS updates back to the first 1.1.0 are still available to download under 'All Driver Versions'.

1793215285001.webp
 

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    Windows 11 HomeAMD Athlon Silver 3050U8GBRadeon Graphics
    OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23-R9VY
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD (from April 2026: 250GB EVO 850)
    Internet Speed
    150 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    UPDATE - 11 April 2026: due to lid hinges starting to break up this laptop has been retired from active duty. The OS with all software and files has been migrated to my System Seven in 'Other systems' to carry on as my general purpose 'main machine'.

    I've now clean installed 25H2 and used Garlin's scripts to update Secure Boot to CA 2023 and revoke the PCA 2011 certificates. It's new role is to test secure boot issues.

    Info for 2021-2026:
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2, and 25H2 on 30th September 2025 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 25H2.

  • At a glance

    Windows 11 ProIntel® Core™ i5-520M8GB(integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Latitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround.

    In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.
    Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.
    In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media.
    Upgraded to 25H2 by Enablement Package.
    Upgraded to 26H2 by Enablement Package.

    Also running Insider Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds and Windows 10 as native boot .vhdx.
  • My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR was a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (1st gen) type 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device. This has now been sold. It has been replaced by my System Eight.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 1TB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds (and a few others) as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro, Hyper-V host machine. Updated to 25H2 on 30th September 2025, 26H2 on 29th September 2026.

    My SYSTEM SEVEN is a Lenovo Thinkpad T580, 1920x1080 touchscreen, Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2nd 512GB NVMe SSD, a supported device for Windows 11. This is my current general purpose 'main machine'. The installed Windows 11 Home from my System One has been migrated to this machine. As its new home has an existing digital licence for Pro I've been able to upgrade the migrated OS from Home to Pro.
    29 Sept. 2026 Feature Update to 26H2 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM EIGHT is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (5th gen) type 20LN, Celeron N4120, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, a supported device for Windows 11. Currently running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds as native boot vhdx.
Reflect X was kinda hard to uninstall using the Windows 11 ARM control panel as there was some misc. mr... files left over & the 3 .sys files stopped me from removing using normal tools.
The Laptop got considerably slower before I deleted 5 of the mr... files then it got back to around 75% speed.
Fast enough to install Hasbro & create a image.
 

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    Windows 11 Proi7-12900K @ 3.2 GHz2/16 GB Critical DDR5GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Self made in 2023
    CPU
    i7-12900K @ 3.2 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX
    Memory
    2/16 GB Critical DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    Sound Card
    On board sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27 inch LED
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Samsung SSD w/ 3 partitions
    250 GB Samsung SSD for WSE 2016 BU OS
    1 TB Samsung SSD (Storage)
    PSU
    RM850x SHIFT 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular
    Case
    Fractal Design Define 7 Compact - Mid Tower
    Browser
    EDGE

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    Windows 11 Pro x2Core i5-1135G716GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSDIntegrated - Intel Iris Xe Graphics
    Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro x2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    LG gram 15, 15.6" Laptop
    CPU
    Core i5-1135G7
    Motherboard
    LG
    Memory
    16GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD
    Graphics card(s)
    Integrated - Intel Iris Xe Graphics
    Sound Card
    Onboard sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6" IPS Display
    Screen Resolution
    Full HD 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    512 GB
    Browser
    EDGE
Bree said:
Which Dell laptop? My Latitude 5550 first got CA 2023 in its 1.18.1 Oct 2025 BIOS update.
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This is a 10th generation Intel CPU XPS9700. Bios update 1.38.0 Release date:16 Apr 2026 has the 2023 certs but was pulled from the Dell website recently. 1.36.0 and before are still available though you cannot downgrade the bios to 1.35.0 or before due to restrictions coded into the hardware of the machine. Bios 1.36.0 is currently marked as latest as I'm viewing it on the Dell website now. Machine was purchased around mid 2020.

I'm not making this stuff up.
 

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Diatomacious said:
Anyone have a direct link to pe11Dec24x64.zip?

Looks like I missed the deadline and it is no longer available for download with the downloader for the program.
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If anybody can up this to onedrive, googledrive, mega.nz or other I would be very appreciative. If this violates board rules please correct me but it was once publicly available.
 

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Diatomacious said:
Bios update 1.38.0 Release date:16 Apr 2026 has the 2023 certs but was pulled
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Not that it really matters to the home user. Secure boot is geared more for enterprise environments. I usually leave it off anyway. ;-)
 

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Diatomacious said:
This is a 10th generation Intel CPU XPS9700. Bios update 1.38.0 Release date:16 Apr 2026 has the 2023 certs but was pulled from the Dell website recently. 1.36.0 and before are still available though you cannot downgrade the bios to 1.35.0 or before due to restrictions coded into the hardware of the machine. Bios 1.36.0 is currently marked as latest as I'm viewing it on the Dell website now.....
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I've looked at the support page for the XPS9700 Support for XPS 17 9700 | Drivers & Downloads | Dell US and you're right. There the highest bios version is 1.36.0.

So I looked another way, and found this. Apparently Dell only remove it from the list of drivers on the PC's support page. The 1.38 BIOS update's own page still exists, and it can still be downloaded from there.

 

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  • At a glance

    Windows 11 HomeAMD Athlon Silver 3050U8GBRadeon Graphics
    OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23-R9VY
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD (from April 2026: 250GB EVO 850)
    Internet Speed
    150 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    UPDATE - 11 April 2026: due to lid hinges starting to break up this laptop has been retired from active duty. The OS with all software and files has been migrated to my System Seven in 'Other systems' to carry on as my general purpose 'main machine'.

    I've now clean installed 25H2 and used Garlin's scripts to update Secure Boot to CA 2023 and revoke the PCA 2011 certificates. It's new role is to test secure boot issues.

    Info for 2021-2026:
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2, and 25H2 on 30th September 2025 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 25H2.

  • At a glance

    Windows 11 ProIntel® Core™ i5-520M8GB(integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Latitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround.

    In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.
    Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.
    In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media.
    Upgraded to 25H2 by Enablement Package.
    Upgraded to 26H2 by Enablement Package.

    Also running Insider Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds and Windows 10 as native boot .vhdx.
  • My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR was a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (1st gen) type 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device. This has now been sold. It has been replaced by my System Eight.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 1TB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds (and a few others) as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro, Hyper-V host machine. Updated to 25H2 on 30th September 2025, 26H2 on 29th September 2026.

    My SYSTEM SEVEN is a Lenovo Thinkpad T580, 1920x1080 touchscreen, Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2nd 512GB NVMe SSD, a supported device for Windows 11. This is my current general purpose 'main machine'. The installed Windows 11 Home from my System One has been migrated to this machine. As its new home has an existing digital licence for Pro I've been able to upgrade the migrated OS from Home to Pro.
    29 Sept. 2026 Feature Update to 26H2 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM EIGHT is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (5th gen) type 20LN, Celeron N4120, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, a supported device for Windows 11. Currently running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds as native boot vhdx.
Always use Mcrium for backup/restore ...............accidentely had to use an AoMEI-backup ( my Macrium-backup was too old )........
This restore went perfectly , so ; a very good test , AoMEI is a good . reliable backupper also !
Have to check the difference in price , between Macrium and AoMEI ............. 🛠️
 

My Computers My Computers

System One System Two

  • At a glance

    Windows11 Pro 26H2i732GBnVidia
    OS
    Windows11 Pro 26H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    i7
    Motherboard
    z97k
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Hard Drives
    3
    Cooling
    air
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    ESET

  • At a glance

    Windows11 ProIntel i516GBIntel
    Operating System
    Windows11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    Intel i5
    Motherboard
    ASUS Basic
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung
    Hard Drives
    one intern , 0ne extern, OS on SSD
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    wireless Logitech
    Mouse
    wireless Logitech
    Internet Speed
    1GB
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    ESET
Bree said:
I've looked at the support page for the XPS9700 Support for XPS 17 9700 | Drivers & Downloads | Dell US and you're right. There the highest bios version is 1.36.0.
Click to expand...
Yes that is the one

Important Information​

- This BIOS contains the new 2023 Secure Boot Certificates.
- Once the BIOS is upgraded, you cannot downgrade the BIOS to version 1.35.0 or earlier. BIOS downgrades are restricted when there are security updates and important fixes with earlier versions that impact the functionality of the system.
- BIOS updates take no more than 5 minutes to be installed on your system. You can install the updates in the background while using the system.

It was removed from the download page so you would have to know what you were looking for at that point. If the machine was sold without the update applied the purchaser would not be aware.
They could be passing the site maintenance for this old system to underlings. :cautious:
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 10
OS
Windows 10
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Dell
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