Question – Update for Windows 11

Normal updates every patch tuesday won’t be blocked. But when the next major annual update comes (26H2?), it won’t be offered to machines which don’t meet microsoft’s draconian requirements. You’ll have to download the new ISO and apply the needed workarounds to install it.

I’ve done it several times, and the easiest is to use rufus to create an installer flash USB drive. Rufus has all the needed patches for noncompliant computers. A popup window will let you select the specific patches you need (or just select all of them). You can either boot the USB if you want a clean install, or you can also just run the setup file on the USB drive if you want to do an update install but ( keeping all your current software and settings ).