Rufus is certainly one of the most popular applications in the software field, many people use it for the most disparate reasons; one of the most common reasons is certainly that of wanting to install a Linux distribution where there was previously Windows 10, and another very popular reason in recent times is the following: try to bypass the hardware restrictions of Windows 11, so that it can be installed on incompatible computers.
However This practice doesn’t always work as well as you think, but that’s not all on very old computers Windows 11 could also work, However, it is so atrociously slow that it puts even the most patient computer scientist on the planet into crisis; and this is precisely the motivation that made the RUFUS developer alter a little.
Earlier this week, Microsoft has remembered to IT administrators and sysadmins the new policy for corporate and managed PCs which now allows for an update of features, such as Windows 11 24H2like “optional” and this came after the company released full details about the 2024 update, as well as the LTSC version.
A somewhat upset Rufus developer has his say
Meanwhile, on the home user front, even those with unsupported hardware are looking to try out the latest version of Windows, and one of the most useful tools in such cases is Rufus.
However, several users have reported that an in-place update to Windows 11 24H2 does not work, as the system fails to bypass the minimum requirements. Pete Batard, the author of Rufus, recognized the problem and provided a batch script to fix it. Batard also added that a future version of Rufus will include this script.
The developer of RUFUS wrote:
For on-site updates, You need to run the following command from an elevated command prompt [o anche PowerShell può andare] before running setup.exe
- reg.exe delete “HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionAppCompatFlagsCompatMarkers” /f 2>NUL
- reg.exe delete “HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionAppCompatFlagsShared” /f 2>NUL
- reg.exe delete “HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionAppCompatFlagsTargetVersionUpgradeExperienceIndicators” /f 2>NUL
- reg.exe add “HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionAppCompatFlagsHwReqChk” /f /v HwReqChkVars /t REG_MULTI_SZ /s , /d “SQ_SecureBootCapable=TRUE,SQ_SecureBootEnabled=TRUE,SQ_TpmVersion=2,SQ_RamMB=8192,”
- reg.exe add “HKLMSYSTEMSetupMoSetup” /f /v AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU /t REG_DWORD /d 1
I will add this batch script to media created in a future version of Rufus.
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It should resolve the new in-place upgrade restrictions if you manually run a batch script which will be placed at the same level as setup.exe and which will contain the registry commands listed above.
Nothing will change for clean install, as I found no problems in clean install bypasses during testing. This means that if a clean install of 24H2 doesn’t work with Rufus 4.5, it won’t work with Rufus 4.6 either.
On top of this, the Rufus developer clearly got irritated by users who, on very old systems, they complained that their PC couldn’t bypass the minimum requirementsnot even after using this script; he therefore has written on Github:
Please discuss which CPUs are worthy of running Windows 11 elsewhere, or I will start deleting posts, as this discussion is already long enough. These topics are completely off topic.
Stubbornness: the worst enemy of the IT field
This is just another case of “therapeutic fury” where you try to make something modern (Windows 11 in this case) work in something that is too old to be supported.
Let’s be clear: it is sacrosanct not to want to transform old computers into unusable scrap, but this will depend a lot on the hardware characteristics of the computer you want to “resurrect”, as well as what you want (or have to) do with your computer.
If you need specific software to work and the computer is not very old, it may actually be a good idea to continue using it with Windows 11 installed via Rufus, on the other hand, however, if you do not have particular software needs or such software can easily be found elsewhere , in that case you can very well consider changing the operating system.
There are really many alternatives, including various Linux distributions if you have to work with them such as ZorinOS, created specifically to facilitate the transition from Windows to a Linux distribution, Linux Lite OS, as the name itself suggests, a light distribution (be careful that this ‘latest only supports dual cores onwards, unlike ZorinOS Lite which also supports single cores well), or because if you only use it for browsing and little else Chrome OS Flex, a fork of ChromeOS even if more “limited” than to the “big brother”.
However, there are several other Linux distributions designed like ZorinOS to facilitate the transition, but remember that getting too used to computer science is not an advantage: It’s a huge limitation!
There are alternatives, as you can see, not only do they exist, but they are longer than you think and yes, you can install all of these via RUFUS.
So what do you think of the RUFUS developer who is a little altered due to his “therapeutic fury” towards old machines? Write it in the comments.
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