Windows Insider Builds on old laptop no longer installing after Windows 11 re-install

Hi all,

I had Windows 11 Insider installed on an old unsupported laptop of mine (Intel 2nd gen i3 with 8GB RAM, no TPM) but it was on the old DEV builds before it became Canary (25xxx), so I wanted to wipe it and re-install Windows 11 so that I could set it to install the new DEV builds (23xxx)

I have done this, and I used Rufus to create the USB stick to bypass stuff during set up. However, after getting Windows Installed and using the OfflineInsiderEnroller script (GitHub - abbodi1406/offlineinsiderenroll: OfflineInsiderEnroll - A script to enable access to the Windows Insider Program on machines not signed in with Microsoft Account) it sees the new Insider builds in Windows Update and starts to download them, but when it gets to 8%, it shows the box saying that Windows 11 can't be installed due to the lack of a TPM module. This was never an issue before. So then I tried the TPM skip on dynamic update script (MediaCreationTool.bat/Skip_TPM_Check_on_Dynamic_Update.cmd at main · AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat) but this hasn't resolved the issue either.

I know I could use the manual method probably of replacing appraiser.dll with the Win10 version, but I never had to do this before - when using the OfflineInsiderEnroller script, it was all automatic.

Any ideas?

Thanks

alex_ncfc said:

I know I could use the manual method probably of replacing appraiser.dll with the Win10 version, but I never had to do this before

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Welcome to Eleven Forum.

I've used the the OfflineInsiderEnroller script on an unsupported device too. It's currently running the Beta build. Whether it's an insider build or the Release build, all cumulative updates will install without a problem. However, Feature Updates are another matter.

For the Release build they just won't get offered in Windows Update. For my Insider builds they have appeared in Windows Update but always fail, as yours has, on the hardware check. I've always had to replace appraiserres.dll and tell Windows Update to retry the install.

But you do not have to use the W10 one, a zero-sized file will do - just as long as it's named appraiserres.dll. I just make a new text document on the desktop, rename it, then copy that in place of the original. Then I tell Windows Update to retry the install and it completes successfully.