My computer meets all the requirements for Windows 11 and I thought I would do a clean instal from the previous Windows 10 that I had originally.
Because I wanted verification of downloaded installation files I chose the ISO image as Microsoft provides the hash codes. I didn’t choose any of the other options because I don’t think the downloads would be verified.
I added the ISO to Rufus which I had already checked via Virustotal and had downloaded it from official Rufus site. I booted from the USB and so far so good.
However when installation was finalised it then came to installing Windows Updates which took me a long time to instal. I am still on a slow adsl connection but have a new router. I later noticed from checking the Windows Update Catalogue that the cumulative update amounted to 3GB+, and then there is the Net Framework update. IMO Microsoft should include the cumulative updates on the ISO especially if they want people to use Windows 11.
I completed the Windows update process but ended up with a corrupted system. The Net Framework update was rubbish as according to a tool I have, no Net Framework was installed on the machine.. I could not uninstal the Net Framework update that had supposedly been installed so I went to the catalogue to download it again with the correct date, but the file was showing as being supposedly signed by Microsoft in April !
I have six machines although I can only officially instal Windows 11 on two of them. What I have done in the past with Windows 10 is download the monthly cumulative updates, verify the hash and then launch the file from the desktop. These updates instal before I click on Windows Update which saves time. I have done this each month for several years.
So my thinking is reinstal Windows 11 again, but before I click on Windows Updates, instal the 3GB +cumulative Update that I will have downloaded separately and had verified and the same with the Net framework file. I know the KB numbers . Then click for updates.
Hopefully the system will realise these updates are installed and then I won’t have so much to download, say just drivers and virus definitions.
This seems my only way to be reasonably confident of a successful update.
Although I am reasonably confident with computers and I rarely see a blue screen I am not capable of doing anything else that involves anything other than a logical approach.
If everything fails I will keep the other Windows 10 machines unsupported with regular backups.
The issue I have outlined in this posting is my second “issue” with Windows 11. The first one was ordering a Windows 11 computer online and being told it had been delivered to me with NO evidence from the delivery company of doing so. It took about 5 months to get my money back.
Even with the corrupt Windows 11 installation most of it worked OK and I like Windows 11 more than I thought I would.
If you have reached this far in my posting, thanks. As I have said I have limited computer knowledge but hope my method will work, what do you think ?
Because I wanted verification of downloaded installation files I chose the ISO image as Microsoft provides the hash codes. I didn’t choose any of the other options because I don’t think the downloads would be verified.
I added the ISO to Rufus which I had already checked via Virustotal and had downloaded it from official Rufus site. I booted from the USB and so far so good.
However when installation was finalised it then came to installing Windows Updates which took me a long time to instal. I am still on a slow adsl connection but have a new router. I later noticed from checking the Windows Update Catalogue that the cumulative update amounted to 3GB+, and then there is the Net Framework update. IMO Microsoft should include the cumulative updates on the ISO especially if they want people to use Windows 11.
I completed the Windows update process but ended up with a corrupted system. The Net Framework update was rubbish as according to a tool I have, no Net Framework was installed on the machine.. I could not uninstal the Net Framework update that had supposedly been installed so I went to the catalogue to download it again with the correct date, but the file was showing as being supposedly signed by Microsoft in April !
I have six machines although I can only officially instal Windows 11 on two of them. What I have done in the past with Windows 10 is download the monthly cumulative updates, verify the hash and then launch the file from the desktop. These updates instal before I click on Windows Update which saves time. I have done this each month for several years.
So my thinking is reinstal Windows 11 again, but before I click on Windows Updates, instal the 3GB +cumulative Update that I will have downloaded separately and had verified and the same with the Net framework file. I know the KB numbers . Then click for updates.
Hopefully the system will realise these updates are installed and then I won’t have so much to download, say just drivers and virus definitions.
This seems my only way to be reasonably confident of a successful update.
Although I am reasonably confident with computers and I rarely see a blue screen I am not capable of doing anything else that involves anything other than a logical approach.
If everything fails I will keep the other Windows 10 machines unsupported with regular backups.
The issue I have outlined in this posting is my second “issue” with Windows 11. The first one was ordering a Windows 11 computer online and being told it had been delivered to me with NO evidence from the delivery company of doing so. It took about 5 months to get my money back.
Even with the corrupt Windows 11 installation most of it worked OK and I like Windows 11 more than I thought I would.
If you have reached this far in my posting, thanks. As I have said I have limited computer knowledge but hope my method will work, what do you think ?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
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