Zagdul
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- Windows11 Enterprise
Hello,
I have a Dell Poweredge 810 I got for next to nothing so I started messing around with it. I got it fully updated and ready to roll. However, I couldn't get Windows Server 2022 to install, I kept getting an obscure error while installing UEFI/NTFS (likely because of old hardware) so I went with Windows 11 Pro, created in Rufus with the TPM limitation removed and encryption disabled (I wouldn't be able to use it anyway). I need Hyper-V+Containers+Windows Store for my environment... After setting everything up my performance was horrible where I then noticed that I had a socket limitation I had forgotten Windows bakes in to the OS.
So I grabbed 2 licenses from a friend, Workstation and Enterprise and have been using them to try and upgrade from Windows 11 Pro. I can't find anything anywhere to discuss a group policy or registry change. I would like to attempt to fix this without having to rebuild or restore, simply because I've had horrible luck restoring from images in the past and things that should work, don't for me. So I'm avoiding it on the 'me' factor.
According to all documentation, this should just be an activation thing and features get turned on, however this isn't working. (prob the me factor)
Steps I've taken so far:
1. Reset the bios.
2. Searched for any registry, scripting or group policy changes that should be considered (I couldn't find anything so I'm here now).
2a. Most of the documentation online discusses going into system properties and adjusting Processor Affinity, this isn't going to work without having the sockets detected. If the sockets aren't there, I'm still limited to how many cores I can have and where they get applied in Windows. I need the additional sockets before I can configure this.
3. Disabled a working/detected CPU, when Windows loads in, it still only sees 2
Planned step right now... Install media > in-place upgrade/restore. This will fail on me so I'm looking for anyone else who may have an idea.
I have a Dell Poweredge 810 I got for next to nothing so I started messing around with it. I got it fully updated and ready to roll. However, I couldn't get Windows Server 2022 to install, I kept getting an obscure error while installing UEFI/NTFS (likely because of old hardware) so I went with Windows 11 Pro, created in Rufus with the TPM limitation removed and encryption disabled (I wouldn't be able to use it anyway). I need Hyper-V+Containers+Windows Store for my environment... After setting everything up my performance was horrible where I then noticed that I had a socket limitation I had forgotten Windows bakes in to the OS.
So I grabbed 2 licenses from a friend, Workstation and Enterprise and have been using them to try and upgrade from Windows 11 Pro. I can't find anything anywhere to discuss a group policy or registry change. I would like to attempt to fix this without having to rebuild or restore, simply because I've had horrible luck restoring from images in the past and things that should work, don't for me. So I'm avoiding it on the 'me' factor.
According to all documentation, this should just be an activation thing and features get turned on, however this isn't working. (prob the me factor)
Steps I've taken so far:
1. Reset the bios.
2. Searched for any registry, scripting or group policy changes that should be considered (I couldn't find anything so I'm here now).
2a. Most of the documentation online discusses going into system properties and adjusting Processor Affinity, this isn't going to work without having the sockets detected. If the sockets aren't there, I'm still limited to how many cores I can have and where they get applied in Windows. I need the additional sockets before I can configure this.
3. Disabled a working/detected CPU, when Windows loads in, it still only sees 2

Planned step right now... Install media > in-place upgrade/restore. This will fail on me so I'm looking for anyone else who may have an idea.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows11 Enterprise
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Poweredge