Windows 11

[Vasudev]

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

[humbert]

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

I believe you posted the link somewhere. Give it to me again please.

Why did you disconnect from WiFi and Bluetooth? Does it refuse to install if WiFi and Btooth are active?

[Vasudev]

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

I believe you posted the link somewhere. Give it to me again please.

Why did you disconnect from WiFi and Bluetooth? Does it refuse to install if WiFi and Btooth are active?

Yeah, I tried dynamic update that pulls latest patches & drivers but it failed with something went error after 20-25% multiple times.

Win 10 22H2 July 2025
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Win 11 24H2 July 2025
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EDIT: Links updated

[humbert]

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

For some reason it didn't work for me. I made 2 attempts - one from mounting the ISO with Windows and the other copying the files to another drive. In both instances I double click setup.exe - then it goes through the motions as usual. BUT when it reboots it goes into a continuous loop, i.e., just boots and boots again. In both instances I had to restore the whole thing from backup. What do you suppose is going on.

Scarface or anyone else -- do you have an copy of 24H2 that can upgrade 23H2 by mounting and double clicking setup.exe When upgrading this is the only time I've ever had this error.

Also: For some reason it prompts me to choose between Windows Home and Pro. I selected Pro. Could the error be there? Another thing: I didn't bother to disconnect from LAN, but given the fact that it did not boot after pressing setup.exe, I don't think that's what's causing it.

[Vasudev]

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

For some reason it didn't work for me. I made 2 attempts - one from mounting the ISO with Windows and the other copying the files to another drive. In both instances I double click setup.exe - then it goes through the motions as usual. BUT when it reboots it goes into a continuous loop, i.e., just boots and boots again. In both instances I had to restore the whole thing from backup. What do you suppose is going on.

Scarface or anyone else -- do you have an copy of 24H2 that can upgrade 23H2 by mounting and double clicking setup.exe When upgrading this is the only time I've ever had this error.

Also: For some reason it prompts me to choose between Windows Home and Pro. I selected Pro. Could the error be there? Another thing: I didn't bother to disconnect from LAN, but given the fact that it did not boot after pressing setup.exe, I don't think that's what's causing it.

After unpacking the ISO to a folder rename unattended.xml to unattended.xml.old in my July ISO 24H2. I upgraded from 23H2 after multiple strange errors. Nvidia, Intel drivers should be updated to the ones that support 23H2/24H2.

[humbert]

I finally managed to upgrade to 24H2. I downloaded an ISO straight from M$, mounted it and pressed setup.exe - it took forever to install but it finally did. I'm not sure why Vasudev's ISO didn't work, but I'm thinking I may have put in on a drive other then C:

They're saying support for 23H2 ends November 10. They're probably back up the date, but at least I upgraded.

[Vasudev]

I finally managed to upgrade to 24H2. I downloaded an ISO straight from M$, mounted it and pressed setup.exe - it took forever to install but it finally did. I'm not sure why Vasudev's ISO didn't work, but I'm thinking I may have put in on a drive other then C:

They're saying support for 23H2 ends November 10. They're probably back up the date, but at least I upgraded.

That's great to hear. For me it was opposite the stock ISO with July Updates failed repeatedly with "Something went wrong. Try again later!" and had to use my custom edition with same July update which took 3hrs to install on battery power.

[humbert]

That's great to hear. For me it was opposite the stock ISO with July Updates failed repeatedly with "Something went wrong. Try again later!" and had to use my custom edition with same July update which took 3hrs to install on battery power.

It would be great if the issue were limited to only OS upgrades. More often than not a "cumulative update" comes down the pipe, and you get this message that says "Something went wrong, undoing changes". The worst part is that the OS doesn't learn that the upgrade won't install. It tries again and again, only to get the same results. Your only choice is to shut down Windows Updates.

[Vasudev]

That's great to hear. For me it was opposite the stock ISO with July Updates failed repeatedly with "Something went wrong. Try again later!" and had to use my custom edition with same July update which took 3hrs to install on battery power.

It would be great if the issue were limited to only OS upgrades. More often than not a "cumulative update" comes down the pipe, and you get this message that says "Something went wrong, undoing changes". The worst part is that the OS doesn't learn that the upgrade won't install. It tries again and again, only to get the same results. Your only choice is to shut down Windows Updates.

Faced this issue on September updates and refused to install. It seems /ResetBase still causing problems.

Updated the 24H2 with September Patches and 90% of the tweaks has been migrated to unattended xml file which is helpful on clean install and now installs all packages using the cmd/ps1 generated by AI. Took me hours to debug and fix scripts getting stuck without timeouts but all good know. Managed to reduce the image size by 200MB from 5.2GB to 5GB.

Windows 11 24H2 ISOWindows 11 24H2 SHA256 Checksum

You can rename the autoattended.xml to some other name (prefix by random alphabet) to do upgrade in-place keeping existing files and apps.
As always Edge is removed so Brave is installed and this time I went with Irfanview instead of Faststone image viewer for licensing issues when used commercially. It looks for WinApps folder to install offline content if present otherwise fetches latest versions through winget or powershell.

[scarface]

Tonight, Windows 11 25H2 is available with the latest updates and software.
This version was created with Windows 11 25H2 RTM Build 26200.6584.
Note that the latest AMD drivers were integrated in this version.
TPM2 and Secure boot are disabled.


Link: https://mega.nz/folder/hFMVTIBL#OP7Z1vb95a0AIFl5-_UctQ





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