Windows 11 24H2 26100.1 install on non-complaint VM - it worked!

Just a quick update on my original post

A ran the 24H2 VM yesterday and checked for updates. It updated to 26120.461 without any problems.

I noticed before I updated that the security wasn't working - not sure if that was because I used a hybrid ISO or if there was a problem with the UUP.
The Security icon wouldn't show in the system tray and trying to access the security page through Settings caused Settings to crash.

I did 'cloud reset' to test it - worked without problems, security is working again now and 26120.461 is running - the cloud reset must download the latest available version

spapakons said:

as far as I know, Rufus doesn't yet bypass the PopCnt instruction requirement for 24H2. For that you need an Intel CPU with SSE4.2 or an AMD CPU with SSE4a.

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The requirements were raised slightly recently. Now you require SSE4.2 on an AMD CPU too, SSE4a is no longer sufficient.

See: What's different? - post #6

Anyway, I am sure IF there is a workaround it will be posted in this forum and most likely future versions of Rufus will include it.

If Rufus can remove the requirement for most of MS's BS, then I'm pretty sure (hoping anyway) that X-Lite or some other software group will find a way to bypass the SSE4.2 requirement, so that 24H2 can boot up and run on older CPU's.

Right now, there are millions of hard working PC's, world wide, that cannot run 24H2. That's discrimination, at its worse.

I just downloaded and installed 24H2, V2 (from X-Lite) on a new Crucial 500GB SSD, not on this system, but on her twin, and BOY is that OS ever running FAST! Probably the fastest OS I've ever installed, since DOS 6.22.

Cheers Mates!
TM

Nope... X-lite I tried but it reboots upon the install this when I tried it ofc rebooted

Any Windows version can be made very fast if you switch off or disable the stuff that slows it down. Disable all transparency, fades, animations everywhere. This will make the graphics much faster and also speed up Windows a little. Next step is to disable all useless startup applications such as Google Updater, Java Updater, (all updaters), Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, (all browsers), Skype, Zoom and any other application that you never need at startup. You can always manually load the applications by double-clicking the shortcut icon. If you disable 80% or more startup applications you can except at least 40% increase in performance. A little more advanced step is to also disable all useless Services or at least set them to manual instead of automatic execution. I cannot suggest anything, this is only for expert users, if you don't know what are you doing leave it as it is.

This is the reason why Linux SEEMS faster (isn't actually) than Windows on the same computer. Because it has zero visual effects and almost no startup applications.