On the Devices page, scroll down. Below the list of devices you'll find 'Microsoft Store device management'. Click on 'Manage' to go to the screen shown in my 2nd screenshot from post #7.
With AI becoming more significant in 24H2 the PopCnt instruction may well be turning up almost anywhere. Apparently it's particularly useful for AI computation...
I have several Win11 Insider VMs, the Canary one can get about 4 feature updates a month. If I remember I'll clean up as I go along, but their dynamically expanding vhd(x) file inevitably grow over the month. Before making this month's image I'll mount and defrag each vhdx, then compact it...
Not for me, I'm in the habit of making my backups immediately after patching/cleaning up. Last month's are still good enough if I need them.
No, my preparations are all aimed at cleaning up any bloat that may have accumulated over the past month so that my images will be as small as possible...
Good morning Mike.
After a sunny weekend that tipped the scales at 27°C/80°F today is mostly cloudy and will reach no higher than mid 60's. Rain is due to arrive this evening and looks set to stay for the whole of Tuesday. :(
Top Tip:
Having a device listed, and having a device linked to the Store are not the same thing. I have 14 devices, but only 5 of them are linked to the Store.
Rayal, have you tried unlinking the devices from the Store first? Perhaps being linked to the Store is what's making the persist...
Type dism /online /cleanup-image /? and you'll see this built-in help
So, CheckHealth reports any already detected corruption, while ScanHealth actively scans for corruption.
More here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/repair-a-windows-image?view=windows-11
Not that old, an 8th gen Intel cpu is a supported device for Windows 11. Yes, an SSD will make a big difference, even my System Two with its 1st gen i5 runs 24H2 well after its SSD upgrade.