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RonLyster
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Sep 26, 2021
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Windows 11 Update Failed, then Windows Update failed

I was just offered the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 11 in the Release Preview Channel. I gladly accepted the offer. The upgrade downloaded, then installed (seemingly 100%), and then rebooted. Wi...
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    Anonymous
    Jan 17, 2022

    RonLyster 

    It seems that on many computers there is this problem!

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/cannot-install-windows-11-error-0xc1900101/d29d90f5-8ae0-49d7-b412-38db1d53becf?page=18

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RonLyster
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Oct 09, 2021
So sad to report that using the fresh USB stick twice now and the same result.... A small error message appears on my screen after a lengthy install process simply saying "Windows 11 Installation Failed." That's all. No error codes. No clues at all. All steps along the way seem to be working fine. But then.... Nothing.
There must be some log of all this to help determine what is causing these failures. To do a "clean install" would truly be a pain.
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RonLyster
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Oct 10, 2021

I searched for help on log files and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/upgrade/log-files.  I found the two log files I am attaching here on my computer.  Both of these files have several entries like this:  "Abandoning.: The specified user does not have a valid profile. [0x000004E5]."  Does that provide a clue to my problem and how to solve it?

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    Anonymous
    Oct 17, 2021

    RonLyster 

    Currently, another version has been released for your Insider channel - is it available to you after checking for the update?

    https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/10/15/releasing-windows-11-build-22000-282-to-beta-and-release-preview-channels/