Windows 11 Upgrade

Don’t you mean, let it Ferment – or is it more like Beer ??

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Power off your PC, restart and it should show otherwise check back later

Also change any download time restrictions windows may have set based on your usage, turn off gaming mode

I was helping a friend to install Windows 11 and I ran into a problem.
Secure Boot I was unable to select it? After researching the problem
I found the solution it might help others with the same problem.
If you transferred your old computer system to Windows 10 you
would have transferred the old file system which Secure Boot can’t use.
Microsoft has a program that will convert your old file system to the new one
if you have this problem.

I can imagine as yet few games, even those that use DX12 shaders, are fully optimised for Direct Storage but it will come.

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Don’t think I was too clear what I said lol. I was simply saying that even after turning Hyper-V off, it still says I can run W11, so I wasn’t sure that Hyper-V made the difference or Windows Settings had a bug!

You can also download the media creation tool or update direct with this tool.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

Check with whynotwin11 tool if your PC is compatible.

Good luck.

Maybe … but I left mine on until after the install just to be safe

Once it becomes established, and more users systems support it, then developers will start to adopt it. Look at DLSS now, for example. It’s not a huge list, but it will grow.

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I still can’t install it anyway as it’s a phased distribution but that’s alright! Yeah it will probably be best to keep on before the update which is what I was planning on anyway.

I was about to upgrade to Windows 11, if only for MSFS and to see if the CTDs will continue. From what I’m reading it’d probably be a bad idea at the moment due to several ongoing issues as the release may be a bit immature yet.

Thankfully Microsoft saved me from my folly, as Windows Update says I don’t meet all requirements for the upgrade although PC Health Check and other official/unofficial tools show everything is fine and compatible (CPU, TPM and Secure Boot included).

Oh well…

If you scroll up a bit, we had a bit of a discussion to resolve this issue. Just turn on Hyper-V, unless you already have this enabled.
Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off > Hyper V

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Works great

I agree with you.
As a Win 11 tester, I found nothing that spurs me on to move to Win 11.
MSFS did work but not any better. Layout was a bit different but I found no technical reason to move. I am staying on Win 10 as my primary.

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I upgraded today with Release version of Win 11.
Everything works and looks great… BUT
Flight Simulator CTDs every time like 5 minutes in flight (on ground) ;(
Reported on zendesk.

Thanks. Sadly it didn’t work so the workaround doesn’t apply to all users.

Sorry to hear that mate. Did you close settings and then open it again after making the change? Try heading to system information from the windows search bar and see what’s turned off. If you’re comfortable with enabling these features, then give them a go as W11 has lots of requirements, some of which are hidden.

I’m torn on this. It’s been a mixed bag so far. I’ve read several articles from gaming magazine editors who mostly say that it would probably be best to wait until the first major windows 11 update to make the upgrade. Not only will many bugs be ironed out but also some new features will be implemented that didn’t get implemented in the initial launch that’s happening today. The problem is that they are saying this won’t happen until maybe early spring. So my question is, is this initial release worth it, or should I wait clear until spring when it’s possible I could get benefits right now that I would miss out on if I waited?

Anybody read this?

There are several PCs, like those based on AMD’s Ryzen 1000 series or 6th/7th gen Intel CPUs, that are capable of enabling TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot but still aren’t listed as supported. That’s because these older processors lack Mode Based Execution Control (MBEC) and hence exhibit a greater impact on the performance when running Microsoft’s Virtualization-based Security (VBS).

So more modern processors should have no problems then, which is good to know. Plus both of those Intel CPU’s don’t even meet the minimum requirements for MSFS, so nobody here should be concerned about that.

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Like a wine, i dont know how to write correct