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Window 11 now saying my Windows has reach it's end of service?
My XPS 15 9500 was shipped with Windows 10 but I got a free update a few months after I bought it. Now when I do a Check for Updates I get a message that says "Your version of Windows has reached the end of Service".
What does that mean? I'm not buying another version of windows since I'm on Win 11 now. What are they telling me or is this a bug with their update.
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HedgeFundManager
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December 22nd, 2024 00:56
Windows 10 has the license in the UEFI as the old stickers got damaged too often. So given your machine is Windows 10 it is eligible for Windows 11.
24H2 wants at last 8GB RAM but I use 32GB to 64GB as I use a lot of demanding worksheets
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December 21st, 2024 22:57
What version of Windows 11 do you have? Open a command prompt and type ver
The current released version is 10.0.26100.2605 (December 2024) -- there are older versions that are now end of life and need updating.
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December 21st, 2024 23:05
There is no ver command on my system. Here's what is on my System > Windows Spec page:
Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 22H2
Installed on 10/12/2022
OS build 22621.4317
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1041.0
ejn63
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December 21st, 2024 23:36
That version went end of life in October 2024 -- have you not updated Windows since the release of that version over two years ago?
You need to update Windows 11.
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December 21st, 2024 23:52
@ejn63 Not sure what you mean by update. I run Check for updates about once a month and do what it needs to do. This is the first time I've seen that my Win 11 Home needs to be upgraded. I guess I don't understand.
Windows came on my laptop when I bought it, but I immediately put in a second NVME m.2 SSD and installed Linux on it. That is my daily driver. I boot Windows to update it and to run Turbo Tax once a year. Other than that all my programs are on Linux.
I assume WIndows will want more money to upgrade my Windows 11 Home. I just bought a GMKtek G3 NUC computer for $128 and it came with Windows 11 Pro. I just removed that SSD and installed a new SSD to run Linux on. Maybe I can just install that SSD when it Turbo Tax time and then remove the SSD.
I just don't understand Microsoft. Once I retired in 2013 I quit using Windows on a daily basis so I'm not very familiar with anything on Win 11 except running Turbo Tax.
Sounds like I can just reformat the Windows SSD on my laptop and give more space to Linux.
Thanks for your help.
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December 22nd, 2024 00:19
24H2 is the current version of window 11
ejn63
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December 22nd, 2024 00:20
It should not cost anything to update to the latest version of Windows 11. Why it's not auto-updating is a mystery unless you've set it to block updates.
You can download the latest version of Windows 11 from here and install it manually (the last update is basically a reinstall-merge anyway).
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
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December 22nd, 2024 00:21
@HedgeFundManager 24H2 is what is on my NUC that came with Windows Pro
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December 22nd, 2024 00:23
@ejn63 So can I install the linked version of Windows you pointed me to on my system without loosing everything? or does it format the drive?
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December 22nd, 2024 00:30
I would not do the update until you have made and verified a complete backup of the system. The latest Windows update basically does a reinstall and then merges your data back into the new version of the OS. No, it doesn't format the drive - - but things can go wrong with the update, and the best defense against that is a system backup.
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December 22nd, 2024 00:33
@ejn63 This is too funny. I went to your link and it suggested running the assistant app and I did that and it had me run PC health check and it confirmed my PC was ready for Windows 11, then at the next Step it said you already have Windows 11 and sent me to Check for Upgrades and when I did I got the same message about windows need upgrading to a newer version
HedgeFundManager
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December 22nd, 2024 00:46
I stuffed a new SSD in my Dell so I installed 24H2 clean and I presume it will be fine forward looking
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December 22nd, 2024 00:51
@HedgeFundManager I could do that but what about the Windows License? There is no sticker on the bottom of my laptop like a long time ago. I do have a recovery partition on my drive but that would put me back on Win10
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December 22nd, 2024 10:19
@HedgeFundManager So I had a little success. I found a bootable Macrium Reflect backup image of my WIndows SSD from 2022 and restored to that. I then went through the update process that took hours. When I woke up this morning the update screen said update 24H2 was available, so that is a vast improvement. So I'm in the process of doing that upgrade.
IMHO, MS needs to work on their update process. It takes way too long and too many reboot. I can install Archlinux, one of the most complicated Linux distros out there in 30 minutes with the most complicated BTRFS subvolume file system structure. I can't do a 2nd Tuesday update on Windows 11 in anything like 30 minutes.
Thanks for all the help. I'll mark this as an Accepted Answer once I'm truly on 24H2.
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December 22nd, 2024 12:18
@jfabernathy Well it's updated and ready for TurboTax Season
Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 24H2
Installed on 12/22/2024
OS build 26100.2605
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.36.0