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Why my pc not receiving Windows 11 25H2 update?
The PC will receive feature and security updates even if you installed Windows 11 on an unsupported PC. However, version update such as 24H2 to 25H2 is not available.
Despite the official warnings, in practice, many users who installed Windows 11 on slightly older, unsupported PCs have observed the following:
Security and Cumulative Updates: Devices often continue to receive the regular monthly security and cumulative updates via Windows Update without issue. These are the important, smaller patches.
Feature Updates: Major annual feature updates (like the shift from one version, e.g., 25H2, to the next, 24H2) are often blocked by the system requirements check. This means you have to manually trick the Windows 11 upgrade assisistant if the pc is not receiving Windows 11 update 25H2.
To fix this, users typically have to manually re-bypass the hardware checks using similar methods to the initial installation (e.g., using a modified ISO or a registry tweak for an in-place upgrade).