Windows 11 25h2 Early Release if on 24h2 with fully supported hardware

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It's out and you can install it. Did it on two laptops. It's in the pre release test mode as those late month updates. If you follow the instructions and the servers are good. Slight 5 minute delay till you get enrolled.

You need to do the final step in the video else you'll get other builds for next year. Only select the bottom box of what you want from the development releases.

Got fed up with waiting for 25h2 and since it was on the final test build prior to release like the monthly test builds thought, blow it, will install it. Nothing shattering about 25h2. There isn't suppose to be.

Second lap top was moaning about the environment string. Googled it. Wouldn't allow me to accept the terms. Opened up the area and suddenly allowed me to accept the terms. First laptop was fine except it needs about 5 minutes to enrol you on the program and reboot then you see 25h2 being offered on a check for updates. Could be Microsoft servers get busy.

All good the launch release will magically appear as an update using the guys above instructions. Pre release till then.

As for putting it on unsupported machines using the iso, wait. The final iso isnt out and last year people on unsupported hardware got stuck on the wrong release. I found an iso but concluded I might end up like people last year with a development release unable to get off the release since it was unsupported hardware, catch 22. You got to wait for the official release of 25h2 to put it on unsupported hardware where the server method the same as last year will work. I'm waiting on that, then will edit the other thread for unsupported hardware.

 

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Posted the unsupported PC way of doing it here. See end post. You use the "server method" for that.

Windows 11 21H2/22H2/23H2/24H2/25H2 Upgrade on unsupported 64bit hardware - link

It's that time again with Windows 11 unsupported hardware. The annual release is out 22H2 so to do it you have to do the workaround. This changed from the one I put up last year, although there are others which got you from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Last years link...

www.seatcupra.net

After Monday 29th September test release of 25h2 updates the unsupported and supported build release have come together in the build release code. The iso was the production release to hardware companies that I used in that link. Was getting slightly concerned I'd got two build releases of 25h2 but now back on track, its the same release going forward. Thought by some, the second Tuesday in October circa 8pm GMT may be the actual release on Windows 25h2 but us early birds have it already .

Edit 30th. Its out.

Download Windows 11

If you have a fully supported Windows 11 PC you can sit back and wait to get the invite (toggle get updates as soon as available) or take the more direct action to nudge it along. In that case you need the files in the link above and take the first option (Installation Assistant). What to do is explained in this video:

After the feature update which is what this is, you are suppose to make another Recovery Drive USB. Don't forget and back up. Normal operating procedure.

If on unsupported hardware see the other thread and look at 25h2 post of that.

 

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It's out and you can install it. Did it on two laptops. It's in the pre release test mode as those late month updates. If you follow the instructions and the servers are good. Slight 5 minute delay till you get enrolled.

You need to do the final step in the video else you'll get other builds for next year. Only select the bottom box of what you want from the development releases.

Got fed up with waiting for 25h2 and since it was on the final test build prior to release like the monthly test builds thought, blow it, will install it. Nothing shattering about 25h2. There isn't suppose to be.

Second lap top was moaning about the environment string. Googled it. Wouldn't allow me to accept the terms. Opened up the area and suddenly allowed me to accept the terms. First laptop was fine except it needs about 5 minutes to enrol you on the program and reboot then you see 25h2 being offered on a check for updates. Could be Microsoft servers get busy.

All good the launch release will magically appear as an update using the guys above instructions. Pre release till then.

As for putting it on unsupported machines using the iso, wait. The final iso isnt out and last year people on unsupported hardware got stuck on the wrong release. I found an iso but concluded I might end up like people last year with a development release unable to get off the release since it was unsupported hardware, catch 22. You got to wait for the official release of 25h2 to put it on unsupported hardware where the server method the same as last year will work. I'm waiting on that, then will edit the other thread for unsupported hardware.

Lucky people if you followed post 1 this weekend Microsoft knocked a lot of people off the Insider programme which then caused the update system to try to update to 25h2 when it was on 25h2, fails and the update sticks. The solution found by others is to put it back onto the Insider programme. The bottom option then the issues goes away. Rejoin the programme .

Reading around it looked a bit tricky to take it off the Insider programme properly we no issues, although one was led to believe that was what was going to happen automatically from the video. No, not at the minute. So an easy solution to get rid of that pending update that isnt required that sticks it, is to put it back on the programme. Its clever enough to know it cant do it after 90 minutes... but will re-try and re-try till its put back on the programme. Make Microsoft Great Again is a bit tricky .

I'm sure there will be something published that clearly says how to get off the Insider program cleanly without a clean install. There are home brew programs that tinker with the release details to switch channel but left that for another day until more is known about the current issue of what happened.