New Update Windows 11 version 24H2 is now available for download

[monkeylove]

please clarify: was installation of win11 blocked by hardware incompatibility that you bypassed with a "hack" or you just decided to install 11 on compatible hardware?

Sorry, I was referring to updating to version 24H2.

 

[Szellem]

24H2 was offered today via Windows Update, which I politely declined. I'll continue to pass for now.

Unfortunately, I'm back to 23H2. It came down to 24H2 via WU. But then I couldn't play COD because the game crashed with a Directx problem. I checked drivers, updated them all. Nothing changed. I had to downgrade the system back to 23H2. But everything is fine here. In the meantime I read on the net that many, many people are having problems with 24H2 and are also getting Directx problems. They all get the same error code. I am waiting with 24H2.

 

[Moonhorse]

Today i did clean install of windows with windows built in clean install tool, and it did remove everything i expected, except the drivers...even nvidia drivers were up to date? Is this new thing since its first time i see windows keeping the every single driver i had installed previously ( also system updates were up to date, only had to update windows defender updates )

Normally i do clean install with usb stick but since it took like 10 minutes this way ( powerfull pc) i wanted to do it with built in tool wich is more handy if i dont ever have to reinstall drivers..

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 download is now available for everyone

Windows 11's latest feature update, version 24H2, is far from flawless, with major upgrade-related bugs, widespread performance complaints, and potential data loss worries.

However, Microsoft has decided that it is now ready to roll it out to everyone. The company has announced that Windows 11 24H2 (2024 update) release schedule has "reached the last phase of the gradual rollout."

For devices on Windows 11 versions 23H2 and 22H2, Microsoft has recommended that they upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 in order to "try the latest Windows innovations". Thus if you wish to have the latest Windows 11 features, you can update to 24H2.

Finally, the company has added that systems with safeguard holds and compatibility blocks in place won't be offered the newest feature update until the hold is lifted.

Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 download is now available for everyone

Despite problems and complaints, Microsoft has announced the broad availability of Windows 11 24H2 today.

www.neowin.net

 

[eXDj]

No phone link to start !

 

[oldschool]

if you wish to have the latest Windows 11 features, you can update to 24H2.

No thanks. I'll see you in November, which reminds me of a song and which definitely doesn't apply here.

Spoiler: See You In September

 

[oldschool]

So the wide rollout comes just in time for the 25H2 update?

 

[bazang]

What is problem or controversy with 11 24H2?

It is the OS everywhere. No extraordinary problems or issues. Same typical Microsoft and code.

 

[oldschool]

No extraordinary problems or issues.

Nothing extraordinary, other than the usual updating and installation problems reported since its initial rollout. Even updates to 23H2 bring issues for some users on occasion. And let's not forget all the proclaimed changes to the whole update regime, and how they've gone back and forth. But you are correct when you say

Same typical Microsoft and code.

 

[bazang]

But you are correct when you say

There is no way to avoid the Post-2016 Microsoft except to remain on previous major version of Windows until the very end or migrate to Linux version with very well maintained stable versions (e.g. Ubuntu). A vocal minority would argue that Ubuntu is full of problems as well.

All code - from any source - brings problems and the less you use any code, the better off a person shall be. Way less is way more.

Windows 10 is pervasive within governments & enterprises and it remains as problematic as it ever was.

 

[oldschool]

All code - from any source - brings problems and the less you use any code, the better off a person shall be. Way less is way more.

Indeed.

Windows 10 is pervasive within governments & enterprises and it remains as problematic as it ever was.

No doubt.

 

[bazang]

All code - from any source - brings problems and the less you use any code, the better off a person shall be. Way less is way more.

Windows 10 is pervasive within governments & enterprises and it remains as problematic as it ever was.

On security forums the "less is more" is not a security position presented often; the exact opposite prevails. "Use this and that" is popular because of the hobbyist and enthusiast aspect, when people really do not need 99% of what they use.

Microsoft holds the world hostage so much - mainly by Office/365. Oh. One can switch to an alternative and make due best they can, until they get tired of the quirks of converting from Word .doc or docx or Execle . xsl or .xslx to whatever they are using. Only to be faced with hours of additional work due to messed-up conversion. If it were not for Office/365, global Linux users would be more than 1 to 3%.

Windows 11 will be fine until Microsoft wipes it off the map and that € 2,700 laptop is now the equivalent of a paperweight because the next iteration of Windows won't run on it.

I have to admit that the upgrade from 10 to 11 has been trouble free whereas the upgrade from 8.1 to 10 burnt one system. That system could not be resurrected.

I attribute most of my luck to not installing Preview Updates, which is not the way here amongst the security and play-with-software minions. They cannot control themselves and therefore get themselves into trouble and then point the finger at Microsoft. Another thing is that their systems are full of 3rd party software, which is not good and it is inevitable that Windows major updates will go wrong. Again they point the finger at Microsoft.

News flash. Microsoft, Linux, and any other OS publisher do not guarantee a smooth update or upgrade experiences when the user has a ton of software installed and/or they have a habit of installing/uninstalling software, nor when they have not maintained their current OS and it is 5+ years old with all the dirt that they've put onto it. Microsoft itself disavows all responsiblity when people turn their systems into a filthy, dirty, problem-ridden animal farm full of software.

Most update problems are caused by the user and not Microsoft, especially playing with Windows drives and partitions.