Windows 11 24H2 Unsupported With Rufus Updated

[@ronsingh]

Hey there dude with the epic beard, this vid is worth doing again with the following changes/adds -- - Unplug from the internet before starting the upgrade - Check all them boxes especially the killing of auto bitlocking and stopping all those questions - After the upgrade, reboot, STAY OFF the internet, change all the privacy options/settings as you find prudent - Get on the internet, do a Windows Update, reboot and behold --- Glory! Massive thanks for putting this out there, saves a mountain of e-waste, most certainly. Found this channel as a YT recommend, love the video, love the channel, subscribed!

[@WSS_the_OG]

Confirmed, "Remove requirement for an online Microsoft account" and "Create a local account with username" both work fine with W11 24H2. Thank goodness.

[@mrgeebee1622]

I can confirm that overriding the Microsoft Account option, Local Account Creation, Regional Settings, Telemetry option and Disable Bitlocker all works.

[@WSS_the_OG]

Seconded. Those options now have full functionality as I did a fresh install of W11 24H2 over the weekend using Rufus with those options.

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Wouldn't it be better to wait until next year? I don't see them shutting down Windows 10 regardless of what is being claimed.

[@Sterling_Silver04]

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES The shutdown of Windows 10 is going to be Microsoft's biggest payday ever in terms of how much money they are going to make selling new hardware and product keys because of how many perfectly good devices will not "run" windows 11 according to the arbitrary requirements set by Microsoft themselves. They aren't going to backtrack on that.

[@bandit8623]

@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES 2 more years of support either way

[@hgva76]

I echoe that. This option in Rufus has actually always worked for me. Helps alot in saving time setting up a customer's pc. I usually check all the offered options and they work like a charm.

[@davidgilpin5200]

Rich, even though several videos recently came out about "installing 24H2 on unsupported HW", I use YOUR videos as the reference - they are clear, concise, and entertaining. I'm quite a fan of your "Potato" e-waste machine! Yet again, Rufus proves its value as a fantastic FOSS utility! About the Core2Duo thing... I have several e-waste Core2Duo machines (Dell Optiplex 760, E8400) around here. They were built like a tank! Been running Linux on them for years, but alas effective with Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL, Alma, Oracle, Rocky) the CPU must be x86-64-v2 which is Nehalem or newer. Soon, those Core2Duo machines will join my Celeron 300, Athlon, and others collecting dust in my garage.

[@Nick_R_]

Yes, Core2Duo gets along ok with Ubuntu 22.04. Although my E8400 is a bit slow with that edition. It was faster under 18.04 and earlier. I've yet to try the Q9650 upgrade, but without x86-64-v2 compatibility, that may be another dead end.

[@BillyRazOr2011]

Actually there's a hidden key that can make a boot Windows 11 for either "BIOS or UEFI" by simply press Alt + E to change that target system. With this hidden functions applied, Windows 11 installation would able to boot BIOS or UEFI in this same USB drive. Hope you will get this helps.

[@uk_drew]

cheers billy

[@worldrecord54]

So glad that you kept your FX 6300. Mine is still running . Never a problem Linux and Win 10 work flawlessly

[@slowpoke3102]

PS FX 6300 is a six not three core, 3 dual cores

[@mikoldeon]

@@slowpoke3102 If I recall correctly, some people say 'integer cores', since, apparently, for every 2 INTs there is one FP part in this CPU.

[@DerekFrampton]

I'm actually using a PC I built in that exact case to watch this video. I bought it in 2006 at CompUSA when it was still a thing. Thanks for the update!

[@823Steve]

I loved CompUSA!

[@IamLookingforWoody_________786]

WOW. You made a very detailed video about Windows 11 installation on unsupported PC😮😮😮.

[@shailaindraT]

If you press Alt+e in Rufus you get dual UEFI+Bios mode..

[@CyberCPU]

I'll have to test that. Thanks for the comment.

[@corey7219]

I'll need to test that. As I have both UEFI and BIOS laptops at home

[@garyjonjon]

interesting, I'll be testing also. and here I've already made two separate usb's. hahah

[@vpilotflying]

Wow just ran this upgrade. I now have Windows 11 Pro 24H2. Thanks for this video... it was really easy. You are Da Man!

[@johnhorsfield4361]

Hi Rich , I was about to use your install method from the previous video, but will now use the latest method. All your good work will save scrapping lots of old hardware, be sure I'll be telling my friends about this.

[@smada36]

24H2 needing SSE4.2 does bring an end to an era. Those Core2 CPU's will run any version of Windows from 95 to 11 23H2 and not be that terrible. That's almost 30 years of operating systems. Of course, the 9x versions need a bit of shoehorning.

[@IP65-xu8xr]

To prevent E-waste mine will be going to Linux.

[@bandit8623]

20 years...

[@smada36]

@@IP65-xu8xr Mine is a hobby box so will stay on Windows 7 but goes nowhere near the internet. 😀

[@smada36]

@@bandit8623 I hate to tell you this but 1995 was 30 years ago. I know how you feel though. I'm the same age as the 8086 and I struggle to believe it myself 🤣🤣

[@bandit8623]

@@smada36 core 2 duo wasnt 1995 bud

[@devontoner]

Found this looking for a quick example to show the rufus options to some friends but this video exceeded my expectations for a quick how-to. Easily deserved sub.

[@rumsfield78]

I used your guide on the last video to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Worked like a charm.

[@Wile-E-Coyote_Super_Genius]

Have to say between you, Rufus and Open Core you are keeping tons a computers out of the trash. I am in the process o f upgrading a 2015 MBP to MacOS Sonoma - completed - and Boot camp Windows 1124h2 its all ready running an older version of 11.

[@rickmcintosh2366]

Amazing simple process. Thank you for the great tip! My old laptop will be around for a while.

[@jjcrom4280]

Worked great on a Toshiba Satellite C75D-B7260. Took about 6 hours after putting the ISO onto a thumb drive and running setup from the drive. Thanks for the video!

[@TRULYMORTAL]

I installed Windows 11 on a old laptop with 4 cores. Rufus is amazing! All the options Rufus offered on the drop down menu worked flawlessly! Thank you for this video! 👍

[@fragalot]

Secure Boot is an option with UEFI, so you CAN still install your OS in UEFI mode, without secure boot enabled as I do this all the time. Keeping it active MAY activate Bitlocker during install and encrypt your boot drive, which can hammer overall performance... though that's largely dependent if TPM is enabled which i keep off also. You can still use BitLocker on other drives, or external drives, with out issues with these motherboard features turned off or missing.

[@AnthonyElsom]

OK, I guess I can stop upgrading my core 2 duo now.. I'll be happy with 23H2 for now, since I don't want Recall anyway, and having a laptop with integrated graphics I won't score on game play features all the same.. I can honestly say I've had a great experience on Windows 11 and that's from skipping from Win7 straight to 11. SO, I'll enjoy 23H2 until it's end on this laptop.

[@btomas225]

One has to be very careful when doing this on "unsupported" hardware as I found out. I updated three desktops from Win10 to 24H2 and 2 work well, ONE does not. It slowed the PC down to the point it was unusable. There's anecdotal evidence out there that Microsoft has slowed the distribution of 24H2 as an upgrade due to "issues" to give themselves time to fix it. If you do this upgrade make sure you make an image of your drive first so you can revert back if necessary. Fortunately for me I did that and it saved my bacon!

[@TK_Brainslug]

Awesome video I just found your channel. I'm running Win11Pro 22H2 and I wondered why I don't get any major updates anymore. I will test it in the morning

[@KnivesTV]

You covered my "Core 2 Duo" comment from your previous video at the 17:30 mark. Very cool. +1

[@philthomas4968]

Many thanks for this. Used the previous method for all but one of my systems… last one wouldn’t work (until I rechecked which language I originally installed) all done now!

[@WildFire2028]

That's strange! I followed the last video and managed to install Windows 11 24H2 on a really unsupported laptop of mine. It worked perfectly. Maybe Microsoft changed something since then? By the way, I used Rufus 4.5. I love your content-keep up the great work!

[@brianmiller1909]

If you're running a Core 2 Duo, use Linux or repurpose as a retro gaming PC! I agree with you fully!

[@fookingsog]

For retro Core 2 Duo users...just use YUMI Multi-Boot and whatever *nix distro you like. Recommended: Linux Mint.

[@yassinehani]

why would you install win11 on a core 2 duo win 10 and more then enough

[@corey7219]

I have windows 10 ltsc 1809 on my dell latitude e6400 atg (core 2 duo p8700). It's more than enough for me

[@ZombieLurker]

The Rufus option to remove requirement for Microsoft account had still worked great for me the last time Microsoft messed with the ability to use the OOBE command on an internet connected pc. Sometime right before you made your last update video on bypassing it. Haven't tried it since then.

[@TomitriusJabariDragon8th]

Everything worked for me when installing from USB boot, but the internet requirement/local account didn't work without extra steps when installing from Windows. If you are getting the same network requirements to install, - hit SHIFT-F10 to enter command prompt, - type OOBE\BYPASSNRO - PC will reset and it will then display an option to skip network connection. After that, it will then let you create your local account. Also: +1 on the epic beard! You should do a video of you trimming that 🤣🤣 Mine is about the same length, just an absolute mess.

[@MichaTerajewicz]

Hi! 😀 And incredibly useful video, as always. Thanks!

[@dungeondark]

The Rufas microjunk account bypass does work. You will automatically have a local account that you choose at rufus options.

[@johnfratacci6468]

No wonder my dinosaur doesn't update to 24H2. Thanks and keep up with great videos like this.

[@peterlennon1139]

It worked perfectly on my HP g6 laptop thank you very much. Screwed up wi-fi network adapter but luckily I have a USB one and was able to work around deleting the realtek driver and using the Microsoft one. Working on original i5 hardware now. Very happy 👍

[@pappadavescooking4693]

HI! watching from Jamaica. Love your videos.

[@josefmazzeo6628]

Always love your videos - so clear and concise! So, you're telling me I can't install Windows 11 on my IBM Peanut 8088 processor system with 640k of RAM? 🤣 I recently read that someone compiled a version of Linux for the Intel 4004 processor - it takes 5 DAYS just to boot!

[@jilbertb]

Back in the day on my 8088, I would boot to DOS and then DOS had a batch file to run W3.1. I would turn on the PC, go to the kitchen and brew a full pot of coffee. When I returned, Windows gui would just be opening.

[@saturnblue]

The dropped icecream wallpaper makes my inner child cry everytime I see it!

[@robertcromwell9736]

Worked great. Just yesterday tried to upgrade an i3 powered laptop to 24H2 would not work. Unsupported CPU. Used Rufus 4.5 to make the USB media. Redid today with Rufus 4.6 and it is installing. I can also confirm that 24H2 using Rufus 4.5 installed on a Celeron J4105 system works.

[@ToshoKatana]

Man I like watching your video's, your knowledge is extremely vast! Thx for sharing

[@fragalot]

I prefer to get the Windows ISO file from the Media Creation Tool since it includes all languages, regions, and iterations from Windows Core, to Enterprise and everything in between, and you can choose all of those things during install. The ISO file isn't that much larger (if at all), but modifying/debloating it tends to make it larger for some reason, but any 8GB USB stick will still work.

[@pwal8468]

Thanks Rich. Will be upgrading soon and following the Rufus way....👍👍

[@rooscow]

Thanks for clearing up my confusion with the Core 2 Duo processor. I guess I had better start worrying about my Intel Core i7 X 980 that's still going strong. Thanks again.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

Although I jumped off the Windows bandwagon I'll always smash the like like button when Rich does these videos to show him some love.

[@RobinTheHoodedMan]

Thanks again. You're doing more to save e-waste than most environmental programs!! (As well as saving people having to buy a new pc just to run W11. Thanks!

[@danschreckengost6153]

After following your instructions and installing Windows 11 on my PC, will future Windows 11 updates load on their own?

[@pickngrass2651]

Hi, I really enjoy your videos and tips! Keep up the great content.

[@robcarley7506]

How about an LTLite mod of 24H2, aimed toward privacy and gaming, while removing co pilot and recall, if not NTLite, perhaps something along those lines, perhaps disabling or removing the requirements as well if possible on the produced iso. Im sure more than a few of us would be interested in that video.

[@turnerherbek6912]

The method from last video worked for me! Only hiccup I had is my first attempt failed because windows 1607 was trying to run an update at the same time I ran the iso setupprep exe

[@ericbergman9110]

Greeting from Holland, keep up the good work. Like your video's

[@wikedsuperlinklive]

thank you worked like a charm now i have a flash drive to install it on any pc i want to perfect tutorial definitely subscribing

[@xxTexas_outlaw71xxttv]

hey rich and happy monday.

[@dono42]

I installed 24H2 the day Rufus 4.6 came out. The remove Microsoft online account option worked just fine.

[@DouglasHeyen]

Rufus doesn’t mess around. Love it!

[@peterlennon1139]

Shame there isn't a love button. Great videos thank you 👍

[@richardlord50]

I've used your video for update Windows 23h2 via Windows Server for the last 10 months now and it works perfectly fine.My only problem is that I don't feel comfortable using Rufus.The last time I did this with Rufus my computer kept crashing or wouldn't start correctly(with Rufus messages).So to amoralate this I've decided to build a new computer next year and keep Windows 23h2 for now.

[@colt5189]

What about if you have Windows 11 23H2 on unsupported hardware, and want to UPGRADE to 24H2 while keeping all of your settings and data?

[@tommylopez4704]

I appreciated all that you do, so I'll just say hi!

[@ChrisSmith-rm6xl]

Informative and entertaining, as usual.

[@dhmhtrhsb13]

Not sure if mentioned in an another video, but what about UPDATES ? Will they continue working automatically in the windows 11 unsupported system ?

[@FAMBATZIS]

Hi! Nice, thanks and happy Monday.

[@DerekDominoes]

I've taken steps to prevent this update from EVER happening on my computer and will gradually transition to Linux. "Recall" is the final straw for me.

[@jimlucier9242]

You do an excellent and it is greatly appreciated! Your step by step instructions make it possible for even amauter techies to understand and succeed. Thank you!!! James

[@scorpio6819]

Before watching the video, creating offline account did not work , so had to disconnect the Internet to bypass that 😊 Btw I did a clean install

[@lawrencecavens5760]

great video - Thanks yous very much. Now- apparently there is a version of Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC - Could you investigate and do a video on this version as well ?? would be so much grateful and Appreciated.

[@Fogghorn_Legghorn]

Thanks again for an informative and entertaining video.

[@fragalot]

On a VM I install Windows 11 three different ways. First was the normal method that Microsoft wants you to do which took the longest and you had to babysit it for more than I wanted. Then I tried Rufus (v4.5) and it worked but there was a lot bloat software left behind but didn't take too long to install. I then used Chris Titus' de-bloat script that can also rebuild a window ISO called MicroWin (You can use Rufus to put it on a USB, or Ventoy) and it strips out a lot of apps in Windows that people never use, while also streamlining the install in about 5 minutes, and it also allows you to install it on unsupported hardware.

[@kdeuler]

If one upgrades to win 11 24h2, will in-place future updates be ok with the unsupported hardware? Or, is there another manual intervention required? Great vid thx!

[@DestructiveBurn]

I agree these requirements are stupid and I am curious what they will do in 2025 when the majority are still running Windows 10. My system doesn't have a TPM and I have an i7-3930K CPU which still performs well on modern games. Surprisingly my Alienware Aurora R4 still does a good job in that aspect with a GTX-1080. My system is from 2012 and would run circles around that OS. I have a modern potato ASUS laptop that is supported with a Pentium in it and barely runs KZbin. That potato struggles and yet it's supported and my older system is by far more powerful and not supported. Thinking about that makes these requirements sound even more stupid. Dropping windows security support in 2025 leaves a ton of PC's vulnerable to security issues. Being able to install Windows 11 to get security updates is better than no updates. Sure the TPM 2.0 helps but dropping all security updates is madness. Better to have something than nothing at all.

[@shadowchris_2kn852]

Well, well Looks like it's best time to install windows 11 on my 7300hq huh I'll definitely go this route, thanks 👍

[@martincrump2188]

Hi, Thank You for this video, i followed the video and it all worked perfectly with my AMD processor even though it said my machine was not compatable with windoes 11.

[@cliffjg]

You mentioned selecting Yes to check for updates, otherwise some functionality is missing. One useful function is the ability of Rufus to download the ISO.

[@johnpedersen8387]

Thanks for the video Rich. To run Windows 11 on unsupported works now. But how about in a year when support to Windows 10 is running out? I could maybe think this date will be the time when Microsoft is closing all ways to run Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.

[@WSS_the_OG]

Haha, took me a second to know what you meant by that Ath *A* lon 64. You pronounce it weird Rich (I leave that middle A out when I say it)!

[@vaviloffx]

Wow, what a long and elaborate way to tell that Rufus has been updated for 24H2! That being said, I thouroughly enjoyed these 22 minutes of agitated charisma 😅

[@petarvig6544]

THANKYOU !!!! DONT STOP WITH YOU WORK!

[@woodtvnetwork]

I can confirm that the Rufus online MS account removal setting still works but I used 23h2

[@keithwoodge8941]

Hi Ihave just updated from 10-11 using your method with RUFUS and it apears to be running ok MANY THANKS.

[@disintegrating605]

I installed Windows 10 22H2 on my 7800X3D + RTX3080 PC after daily driving Windows 11 for months.

[@WSS_the_OG]

Would love to go back to Windows 10, but multi-monitor support is ass, and is fixed on Windows 11. Pick your poison, I guess. :(

[@KarpowSCX]

Thanks for a great channel! I have two desktop PCs which are super old: 16+ years. I just recently added SSD and more RAM to less dated one and W11 23H2 ran just fine and snappy on it. So obviously it was a huge dissapointment to find out that 24H2 doesn't work on it anymore. Now, putting the obvious case of buying a new PC aside, my question is: Should I return to W10 or stick with W11 23H2?

[@ViorelIanasi]

Hey there! I have a desktop with an old Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R motherboard with an intel Core i7 1st gen 940 CPU. Windows 11 21H2 can be installed and even upgrade from Windows 10 using the /product server method but unfortunately, I cannot install or upgrade to 23H2 or 24H2. At a second boot of Setup it goes into a BSOD with an error of SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION and then rollback with SAFE_OS phase with an error during BOOT with SYSPREP operation. Any clues? Thanks!

[@diggit67]

Just give you an update as well there is a way to turn off recall because I don't trust my computer recording anything that I do Check If Recall Is ON or OFF Open up the Terminal (as Admin) and type in this command Dism /Online /Get-Featureinfo /Featurename:Recall Depending on your preference these commands can either ENABLE or DISABLE the software. Disable RECALL: Dism /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:Recall Enable RECALL: Dism /Online /Enable-Feature /Featurename:Recal

[@WSS_the_OG]

I believe Recall is disabled automatically if you install Windows using a local account. It's only users who login with an online account who have to disable Recall.

[@storetrollet404]

Great video! One year to go before W10 is no longer supported! But: At 5 07 you state that it's really important to choose upgrade to the language currently installed. But did you show how to check that? I'm running and supporting more than one W10 system and it would be nice if you could clarify that. Tank you in advance!

[@pwal8468]

By the way, could you do a video on installing a virtual machine? And what system is best to use. Thanks

[@Anthony-G2G]

If you are just doing an upgrade from the USB you can just use GPT on a system that does not support UFEI.

[@CyberCPU]

That's correct. However, I would just use the server installer method in that case. It doesn't require any third party software at all. You can use the factory Windows 11 ISO.

[@doughnut_panda]

11:15 it does. The "I don't have Internet" option appears.

[@GraphicdesignforFree]

Great video, thanks!

[@repairman757]

Thanks for the video. I have decided to stay on Win 10. I now use win 10 IOT e'prise. Plain simple windows without the hype and crap installed.

[@TheForce_Productions]

Unsupported hardware + a buggy 24H2 upgrade = what could go wrong?

[@spartan5921]

Could you explain to me whether using the German Schneegans autounattend will install Win11 24H2, as I like the simplicity of what I saw on that video. I then saw the age and figured...Hmmm I better check, because Windoze is always messing us around with updates that either work or don't work. Sure enough, there were two 24H2 video's, one tearing a new black hole in my brain and now this one which is easier. However, it is not as easy as the autounattend. Just wanting to know your thoughts?

[@THEPREDATOR1982]

thanks for the info it helped a lot

[@pogue972]

I have a house full of Windows 10 PCs from Dell made 2015-2018ish. I can't afford to buy new machines, but I was hoping I could just throw W11 up on them. But will there be driver support? Will they be super slow? If everything gets messed up can I roll back to W10 or is it too late? So many questions 😅

[@draken1175]

Windows 11, version 24H2 has some new system requirements, including: CPU: Requires an x86-64-v2 CPU that supports SSE4.2 and POPCNT CPU instructions. This means that the OS won't boot on systems that don't have this instruction set.

[@si4632]

What about a Athlon 5350

[@microspock2]

This is vert important 😊 If raid is enabled in bios even if you only have 1 SSD on an i7 X58 board the method does not work at all.... Only when I disabled Raid and set to AHCI or IDE windows 11 upgrades flawlessly

[@regwatson2017]

When the battery died in your mike it sounded like you needed to take a bathroom break whilst you waited for the lengthy install to complete ! Some people do say that Windows 11 is a crapfest 🤣🤣🤣

[@ronaldhofman1726]

What i did to update my windows 11 on unsupported hardware is setup.exe /product server and choose not to update the installer and you can do a inplace update with all of your currect settings and applications. did this in 2 pc's , works also from windows 10 to windows 11

[@frankantonio1062]

Dear Cyber ​​CPU Tech Team. -After that upgrade to Windows 11 24H2, Everything's it's Great and u really did a Great Job, Im super Proud from Your tips and ur help. Only 1 Problem withThe Fingerprint sensor Did not working anymore,Under this type of model, (Kensington IT Fingerprint Key VeriMark) . - the Fingerprint recognition error, I am absolutely sure that the fingerprint reader on my device is clean and dry and the correct DRIVER is in there, but it still doesn't work. Thank you very much for your answer, Kind regards From Germany

[@josefmazzeo6628]

I will probably use this Rufus technique for my older Dell laptop with 7th gen Intel i7 (fails Win 11 test - but circa 2017 vintage, so should have SE 4.2)

[@jilbertb]

Any luck? I have an ASUS ROG GV7 (2017) with the same processor. I dug a little bit and found out that processor hates 11 and will not work at all, but.... does it?

[@diamondblack3776]

Rumours that TPM 2.0 will be hard coded necessity in future.

[@happyputt9709]

17:40 Snuck a few adverts in.

[@andrewwilliams3549]

So i watched your 'tin hat' 😆video about why the spec reqmts are so high for Win 11 from last year; you said at the end either MS need to extend support for Win 10 or reduce the req for Win 11 in 2024... or ther'll be a tonne of E-waste..??? Oct 2024 at time of writting

[@CyberCPU]

Windows 10 end of support is 2025. I may have just misspoke.

[@iceManSwag]

Windows 10 LTSC support up to 2032​ @@CyberCPU

[@Amardeep09]

Helo good