Microsoft admits to problems upgrading Windows 11 Pro to Enterprise

There are problems with Microsoft's last few Windows 11 updates, leaving some users unable to make the move from Windows 11 Pro to Enterprise. Microsoft made the admission in an update to the "known issues" list for the June 11, 2024, update for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 – KB5039212. According to Microsoft, "After installing …

[LenG]

Cannot upgrade windows

Some people might regarrd this as a desirable feature, not a bug.

[IGotOut]

Re: Cannot upgrade windows

Upgrading from Pro to Enterprise gets rid of much of the spyware, ad slingring and lack of control, so yes, its an upgrade

[Roland6]

Re: Cannot upgrade windows

Alternatively, to get rid of the cruft, grab the Global installer and reinstall using country as Ireland (or other EU nation) and use the language locale English(World) or English (Europe).

But this doesn’t given you the bits MS actually reserves for the Enterprise edition…

[Anonymous Coward]

Who the $%^& would have their spyware infested OS in their Enterprise?

Microsoft is pushing ahead with their zero privacy / sell every scrap of data we can get our hands on strategy to their detriment.

They told me Win10 would be the last OS I would need and they were right.

[ThatOne]

> They told me Win10 would be the last OS I would need and they were right.

Yeah, but it's actually not about you. They need you to keep upgrading and generating profit, more and more profit.

[Paul Crawford]

Oh dear, you did not realise that the "zero trust" architecture everyone is banging on about is really telling you about the modern OS?

[BPontius]

Privacy is a Unicorn, it does not exist!! Even if you never use a computer or the Internet your information is being collected, sold and traded by nearly every company, agency and activity you do in society. No O/S, browser, VPN, ad blockers, search engine will protect your data or prevent it being collected. Your driving is captured on video, license plate readers, GPS from your phone, car, laptop...etc even walking. All banking including your paycheck(s) is photographed, logged, tracked, collected...etc. Even before 9/11 the Postal Service started photographing every piece of mail and now all shippers do this. Our whole economy and society is a giant spying machine, Microsoft and Windows barely scratch the surface!

[Mr Humbug]

There is a workaround for the Enterprise upgrade

I found this when I came up against the problem last week

https://call4cloud.nl/2024/05/kb5036980-breaks-upgrade-windows11-enterprise/

It seemed to be affecting 23H2, not 22H2, and I only just started updating to 23H2 and the machines started downgrading.

[BPontius]

Upgraded to Windows Enterprise back before Windows 11. I am not a business and told the company I bought the upgrade through as much, a non issue. It is a pricier upgrade but well worth it, saving me from the forced Microsoft Account during install, ads and all the other nonsense Microsoft is pulling with Windows 10/11 now. I have had few issues with Windows 11, there was a bit of a learning curve with the Settings menus and the initial lack of Task Manager not accessible from right-clicking on the taskbar. But it Windows 11 was much more stable than Windows 10 upon release.

The Start menu is a big dislike since Windows 8.x, would use a third-party app to revert to Windows 7 style menu but they always seem to cause issues. Personally would like Microsoft to complete the Control Panel to Settings migration already, will be 10 years July of 2025. But SMBv1 and NetBIOS lingers on in Windows 11 with NetBIOS still active by default for 37 years since it was first implemented in OS/2 and Windows 3.1. Microsoft declaring SMBv1 insecure for over 20 years, yet leaving it in Windows versions time and again. Yet Microsoft touting security in Windows 11, while insecure legacy protocols and apps continue live on in "Turn Windows Features on or off".

[Snapper]

Solution

Better Recall it then!

[FuzzyTheBear]

Windows ?

There's always something broken , not working , loosing data ,, what a mess.

I have come to accept that as a reality of MS , they can't get it all right .

22 years ago i switched to Linux being tired of the massive mess they were.

Never going back. This is working and headaches free for me.

Results may vary but once you're decided and motivated i don't see a reason

why you can't make it happen too.

Problem always is Microsoft software but i manage very well without them using alternates.

If you can , why not give it a spin and save yourselves the constant problems ?

Just a suggestion

ric

[Wolfclaw]

Well Microsoft maybe right that Win10 is the last OS I will need from them, after many trials of distro's I'm now using Debian + KDE plasma and liking it on my laptop, so my desktop may go the same way with WINE taking over and stripped down secondary boot partition just for Windows 10 gaming. Even my servers are now going Proxmox rather than WinServer and my router being replaced by a Proxmox+opnsense box.