Just hope they can fix these occasional UI quirks like the spinny wheel before release. Must be getting close if the 2025 "RTM" is there...
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This one? Code: [01] 04/10/2023 en-US x64 10.0.25398.469 Windows Server 2022 Datacenter | ServerDatacenter Installs fine on an unsupported VM.
Wondering if some new checks are in at least the installer for this latest build. Finding it /incredibly slow/ to try to get to the installer on some machines. Yet ones with virtually the same spec and less RAM will manage fine.
For me fast installation on new Samsung SSD. Even on a hard and slow HDD, the installation goes at a satisfactory speed.
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/server-ip-ltsc-builds.84158/page-28#post-1813167 Added checksums and SVFSFX mirror, TURLs thanks to my discord friend
Well there was definitely some kind of change in the last codebase/codename switch because even upgrading to builds newer than the previous set or DISM (eg 25977 itself) results in an endless bootscreen on certain older hardware. Seems to be true for W11 builds too (although lite versions seem unaffected), wonder what it was...
Ah, so, they are speaking about the latest builds as Host, not Guest. That explains. However, we were told countless times that software compatibility is not guaranteed to any degree when using these builds. Everything can break, and you can't blame anyone for that, just report the problems.