[DISCUSSION] Windows 11 Enterprise/IoT Enterprise (N) LTSC 2024 (24H2 / 26100.x)

I wouldn"t advise you to install newest drivers on the old machines and use WU and/or drivers update utilities for that purpose. It can lead to an unstable PC runing, even to BSoD. IMHO, best way - before installing Win 10/11 on an old machines is make drivers backup on installed old OS, for instance via cmd.

 

@-Jim-

Drivers should not be an issue. You can install drivers for unknown devices in compatibility mode just using the old stable/working drivers from W10, even W7 or what driver worked for you in the past and after that you can do a restore point or full backup and try to update them.
For Windows only you can try NTLite if you want to make a "debloated" ISO and also Rufus is a good option after, still. Sometimes, only sometimes I use Ventoy.

 

Thanks for the Drivers suggestions Gents. Of course the problem has been identifying what device lacks the correct driver.

Most of these Boxes will be running Windows 10. Is there a simple way, or App to quickly grab them off that install, and use them for the new OS?

Edit:
Sometimes I can find things myself if I just search for it. So right after I posted the above, I found an easy way to export the drivers using a Command Line instruction as an Admin.

dism /online /export-driver /destination: "full path of folder"

"full path of folder" is where you want to copy the drivers to.

So for just grins, I tested it on this Box, as long as I remembered to put the destination path in quotes - just replacing the verbiage above - it copied all 6,904 Files, 314 Folders in seconds.

So when I run into a Device that lacks a Driver after install, I can let Windows 11 Device Manager update it by directing it to search on a drive where they were exported to, or a USB Stick.

This should make it much easier to update those Boxes to this OS.

 

In some cases when you install Win 10/11 on the old machines drivers particularly OEM"s might be the big issue depending on PC brand.
And I think if old driver works ok you should not try to update it (on the old PCs).
"If something works properly then there is no need to change anything about it." Something like that....

 

Depends... in some cases that's true.

 

Hi Gents,

I'm looking for a downside to running this OS on a Laptop, particularly ones that don't fully meet Windows 11 hardware requirements. I really can't find anything. Do you know of something I've missed?

Thanks for the assist.

 

Has anyone tried installing this but signed with the 2023 CA via W10UI (UpdtBootFiles=1 in W10UI.ini)?
I noticed that my existing install was still signed with the 2011 CA so I attempted to reinstall it with the 2011 CA revoked and the 2023 CA added to the BIOS via @Akeo 's Mosby tool.
The install goes through only to the first reboot, and then I get a black screen with some red text right after the manufacturer logo. The text is:

Security Error: Secure boot version check failed.
Your system security may be compromised!

Current version: 2.0 - Minimum allowed version: 5.0

Does this mean that existing PC's that won't get updated BIOSes will be left without of the possibility to enable Secure Boot after the 2011 CA expires?

 

I read about this issue a while ago and if I remember correctly then yes, older systems with outdated firmware versions will not be able to boot the updated media, when secure boot is enabled.

-andy-

 

I tested on my 'newest' PC, from 2021, it still doesn't have 5.0. I hope someone comes up with a workaround to disable that particular version requirement.

 

KB5052093 not being offered in WU for my Enterprise 26100.3194 install.

 

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Haha Microsoft hates me. Installed the update... although the "Get New Features" toggle is turned on, even after multiple restarts, no new features got enabled whatsoever.
They are almost never enabled for me with very rare exceptions. Lame.

 

I would like to know if there is Feb '25 updated ISO of Win11 Enterprise IoT LTSC - I have been looking around both Win11 topics and only found links to Sep '24. Please, kindly post a link.

 

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Which one would you recommend 2024 ioT LTSC or 2024 24H2 ioT LTSC from this post (for an older computer)?