Thursday, July 18, 2024

Upgrade Windows 11 21H2 to 23H2

 If you are a Windows 11 user and started with it early on you may not know that the initial version of Windows 11 - 21H2 is almost out of support. 

When you want to upgrade to latest Windows 11 build, you're faced with the choice to upgrade to Windows 11 23H2 or newer by upgrading or reinstalling Windows 11.

Check the following video link for steps on how to download the latest Windows 11 23H2 ISO and upgrade your Windows 11 verion in place, even if your hardware is not supported. 

How to Upgrade to Windows 11 23H2 from 21H2 or 22H2 on Unsupported Hardware
https://youtu.be/U8dPFaPprSY?si=udGDw_831lqenq4m

Essentially the steps are as follows
The video basically has you edit this file with notepad:
C:\Users\richard\Desktop\WIndows11-23h2\sources\appraiserres.dll

Select All text, delete contents and save file. It should be 0 bytes now. 

The hardware check will get skipped next time you run install.

**NOTE: Make sure not to allow automatic downloads. Change to "Not right now".
Downloads updates AFTER the install or upgrade and it should work fine.


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