Windows 11 22H2 (Sun Valley 2) RTM build 22621 general availability after Sept. 5, 2022

Wynona · May 25, 2022

Ghot said:
Sure... it's all yours to use as you see fit. :)

Thank you! This is gonna be fun!

Wynona · May 25, 2022

@Ghot This is my post to my students:

Windows 11 22H2 version 22621.1 release to public is imminent . . . However, no one is sure if it will be in May or November!

So, Ghot (member of ElevenFourm.com) wrote this little ditty for us:

Where oh Where is 22H2

I was up all night, I was feelin' blue.
Where the heck is 22H2.
Windows Eleven, don't know what to do.
Still waitin' for 22H2.
Microsoft, would you get a clue,
And please release 22H2.
Sittin' here in ol' Katmandu.
We're all hoping for 22H2.
We've heard tell, it's a heady brew.
Where oh where is 22H2.

Yeah, I couldn't leave well enough alone, so I gave it a title.

Ghot · May 25, 2022

Wynona said:
@Ghot This is my post to my students:

Here's another one for you (form TF)

My taskbar was taken by Redmond,
my Start Menu fell in the sea.
My taskbar was stolen and I'm done,
Oh bring back my taskbar to me.

Bring back, bring back,
bring back my taskbar to me, to me.
Bring back, bring back,
oh bring back my taskbar to me.

lol

asturias7 · May 25, 2022

Well, so much for it being available this month... :ROFLMAO:

Wynona · May 25, 2022

asturias7 said:
Well, so much for it being available this month...

It's available on uupdump.net, but still as an Insider version. I think I'll download it and maybe try it out, but am not sure, since I need to be on the same version as my students.

Having to give up Insider kind of sux for me.

jimbo45 · May 25, 2022

Superfly said:
Office is inherently insecure due to it's VB based macro's - thus the constant updates - I just use my own security protocol and turn off Office updates - functionality, for us normal users, has not changed much since 2007 - as far as I can tell.

100% agree -- although Pivot table handling has improved (you could do that in Office 2010 anyway in Office 2010 and maybe data query handling slightly easier if say accessing MariaDB / MySQL / other external DB systems.

cereberus · May 25, 2022

Wynona said:
It's available on uupdump.net, but still as an Insider version. I think I'll download it and maybe try it out, but am not sure, since I need to be on the same version as my students.

Having to give up Insider kind of sux for me.

Why not install it in a dual boot virtual hard drive (not virtual machine)?

asturias7 · May 25, 2022

Wynona said:
It's available on uupdump.net, but still as an Insider version. I think I'll download it and maybe try it out, but am not sure, since I need to be on the same version as my students.

Having to give up Insider kind of sux for me.

I will hold back for now. I will wait until it is offered via Release Channel.

Wynona · May 25, 2022

asturias7 said:
I will hold back for now. I will wait until it is offered via Release Channel.

I have it downloaded and in its spot but won't install yet. I may keep a check for anything new. I'd have to triple boot this machine if I install, and not sure I want to do that.

Mark Phelps · May 26, 2022

So, does all of this mean that we are guessing that MS will be making an ISO of 22621 available on or around May 31st?

I already have an ISO of 22621.1 -- but that is an Insider version and I don't want to use that on my production PC.

NavyLCDR · May 26, 2022

Mark Phelps said:
So, does all of this mean that we are guessing that MS will be making an ISO of 22621 available on or around May 31st?

I already have an ISO of 22621.1 -- but that is an Insider version and I don't want to use that on my production PC.

There is no difference in the ISO file whether you got it 3 weeks ago or 3 weeks from now. It will be the same build 22621.1.

Mark Phelps · May 26, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
There is no difference in the ISO file whether you got it 3 weeks ago or 3 weeks from now. It will be the same build 22621.1.

Sorry, I'm confused. I made the 22621.1 ISO from the UUPDump link on the Insider thread -- so I have presumed this is an Insider version, and if I install this on my production PC, that will turn it into an Insider box -- something I do not want to do.

NavyLCDR · May 26, 2022

Mark Phelps said:
Sorry, I'm confused. I made the 22621.1 ISO from the UUPDump link on the Insider thread -- so I have presumed this is an Insider version, and if I install this on my production PC, that will turn it into an Insider box -- something I do not want to do.

When Microsoft moves a build from Insider to RTM they do not change anything in the build. If they did, it would no longer be the 22621.1 build, it would become the 22621.2 build. All they do is change the label assigned to the build internally (at Microsoft). The build itself does not change.

catweazel · May 26, 2022

Hallo
here i have download the 22621 Iso, Windows 11 22H2 22621 ISO / ESD (deutsch, english) inkl. Updates,
at the bottom are the EN-US Isos., have it installed as an InplceUpgrade. Works.:)

Mark Phelps · May 26, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
When Microsoft moves a build from Insider to RTM they do not change anything in the build. If they did, it would no longer be the 22621.1 build, it would become the 22621.2 build. All they do is change the label assigned to the build internally (at Microsoft). The build itself does not change.

I didn't know that -- thanks for the information.

So basically, I already have the 22621 RTM build ISO and can use that. Will look into doing that next week.

Mark Phelps · May 26, 2022

catweazel said:
Hallo
here i have download the 22621 Iso, Windows 11 22H2 22621 ISO / ESD (deutsch, english) inkl. Updates,
at the bottom are the EN-US Isos., have it installed as an InplceUpgrade. Works.:)

I tried your link but all it gives me is a blank screen with rotating dots in the URL bar that never stop.

NavyLCDR · May 26, 2022

Mark Phelps said:
I didn't know that -- thanks for the information.

So basically, I already have the 22621 RTM build ISO and can use that. Will look into doing that next week.

Yes. And that is how Microsoft instructs insiders to leave the program. Once they are on an RTM build, simply turn off the option to be in the insider program under settings and your system leaves the insider program. Installing 22621.1 does not automatically put you in the insider program.

Bree · May 26, 2022

Mark Phelps said:
I tried your link but all it gives me is a blank screen with rotating dots in the URL bar that never stop.

The link works fine for me......

NavyLCDR · May 26, 2022

Bree said:
The link works fine for me......
View attachment 30088

Mark Phelps said:
I tried your link but all it gives me is a blank screen with rotating dots in the URL bar that never stop.

I would not get it from that site. It is an ISO file hosted on a third party website, it does not come from Microsoft.

hsehestedt · May 26, 2022

I agree with NavyLCDR.

You can download it from Microsoft here:

Download Windows Insider Preview ISO

Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft Tutorial

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You want build 22621. It is listed as a BETA Channel download, but that is what became the final build.