Solved Win11-24H2 Upgrade - problems - solved

Hello All,
I post this since I've been waiting for the upgrade for month and nothing happened.
I want to share a simple thing that made it happen:

It’s the end of February 2025 and still haven’t received the 24H2 update!

On one hand, 23H2 work wonderfully and I’m perfectly happy with it.
And … it’s unquestionably a good thing having waited until now … providing time for some known bugs to be straightened out.
However – at one point we all want / need to be UpToDate.
Here are some of the main points that are, as documented before by others, important:

- Of course your update utility must be working ok … handling regular updates as received on a daily basis.
- Get the “Windows PC Health Check Tool” and check if your machine meets the requirements and is
ready for 24H2.
- Check if: - your PC supports Secure Boot
- TPM 2.0 is enabled

All was the case (amongst other items) but still never received the 24H2 update.
So, there had be something else preventing it.

Thanks to an article I came across, here is what changed everything immediately (at least on my machine):
- Task Scheduler > Task Scheduler library > Microsoft > Windows > Application Experience

- Microsoft Application Appraiser: right click > enable
right click: Run

That was the culprit!!!
After that 24H2 started downloading immediately
I hope this helps some who are still waiting for it.

I’m not an adviser or a techy. I’m a regular user / graphic designer who needs a powerful, lean and fast machine and got acquainted with some of the technical requirements needed for that.


PS: Now, since I have the upgrade, I think people can easily stick with 23H2 (as long as it’s supported) since NONE of the “NEW, Major Improvements” are of any significance … some already existed before in 23H2 and other are so trivial that they don’t make a difference, especially if one has no use for- and eliminates all AI … Copilot and 365 crap, telemetry, OneDrive, privacy submissions and feed-back, etc., etc. LAN, no Wi-Fi, no cloud storage, no cloud backup. SFC scan in 85 seconds, startup from complete shut-down in 6-7 seconds.
As a matter of fact, if you didn't upgrade consciously/knowingly, you wouldn't even notice that you have the new version

(Win11 24H2 - 26100.3194, Intel i10, Samsung Revo980 Pro 2x, 32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 2080



Cheers

I don't see any item named MS Application Appraiser. I do, however, see an item named Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser, which is showing up as enabled on my working 24H2 machines. Thanks for pointing this out: if I ever run into the situation you've described, I'll know what to check.
--Ed--

Posting your solution is much apprciated. Thank you.

Hello,
yes, must have mixed that up ... it's "Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser"
Here is the reason why it was off:
A while ago I did a lot of tweaks in regards to privacy / Windows spying / Telemetry / copilot, in Settings, etc.
One of them was to disable (as suggested by a post) Comp. Appraiser, Comp. Appraiser Experience, PcaPatch..., and a couple more further down
under Customer Experience Improvement Program.
Anyways - they are all "Ready" now and I'll leave it at that.

All in all - the problem is solved - 24H2 is working fine and running.

Thanks

Tweaking is a two-edged sword for me, because remembering what I've done gets increasingly difficult as I do more and more of them. Sigh. I keep a plain-vanilla test machine around with nothing but bare MS capabilities so I can use it as a point of reference when I paint myself into a corner. Sigh again.
Cheers!
--Ed--

Hello Ed,
you are, of course, absolutely right ... to be very careful with tweaks.
In this case it was very reputable and I make notes what was changed ... to be reversed if necessary.
There is quite a lot of documentation about settings for privacy / anti spying by Windows out there and what i did
has never gotten my into unexpected difficulties. (except as described above)
... mostly in Settings / Privacy / General and others there, but also a couple regarding eliminating Copilot and Telemetry in Group Editor and/or Registry.
No problems ever. (if you are interested check out a program called O&OShutup ... suggested / safe settings)
However ... yes ... the above in Task Scheduler obviously prevented me from receiving the 24H2 upgrade.
Anyways, I don't want to side-post / change the subject.
24H2 is happening!

Thanks for your reply and the help from the forum!

O&OShutup is "echte Deutsches Software" (real German software). Quality stuff. I prefer using tweaking packages myself, but am instead partial to WinAero Tweaker (from Sergy Tkachenko). Works for me!
Cheers!
--Ed--