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Can I upgrade older windows 10 laptop to 11
Interesting in upgrading the older windows 10 laptop to Windows 11 but the old laptop is not officially by Windows 11. It is a HP Pavilion 15, released 10 years ago. However, it is still a device dev...
For the product server trick, there are a couple of things you should pay attention when you are trying to upgrade the older windows 10 laptop to Windows 11.
1. You must not boot from the USB or ISO — run setup.exe /product server from within Windows.
2. This does not change your edition to Server — the /product server flag only modifies setup behavior.
3. This bypass is similar in effect to the appraiserres.dll replacement trick.
✅ Post-Upgrade
After installation:
Your edition will remain the same (e.g., Windows 11 Home or Pro)
You can still receive cumulative updates
Some features (like Copilot, Windows Hello, etc.) may behave differently or be unavailable