Windows 11 not updating to Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update (26220.7051)
Respected Madams/Sirs, I am facing a very unexpected problem while updating to Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update (26220.7051), which encounters an error and says, "couldn't extend system reserved partition". My disk has a lot of free space available, but the EFI, of course, was full with 6mb left, so I had to extend its capacity. To fix this, I tried numerous methods, but they eventually proved fruitless. Tried extending the EFI size (currently 100 MB) using GParted, but couldn't, so created a new EFI with a 500 MB size. Executed the necessary steps and commands to make sure the computer used the new EFI as its primary EFI. The computer boots using the new EFI, but the update error hasn't gone. Tried clearing unnecessary files from the original EFI. Nothing worked. Tried cleaning my hard disk, which of course might not be the key for this since the error is related to EFI, not the hard disk itself. Still, nothing worked. To put it short, I may have tried every method possible, but nothing has worked. I urgently require assistance. My current Windows version is Windows 11 Home, version 24H2, OS build is 26120.6982, on a Dell Inspiron Laptop Please help. Thanks!
3rd party Whitelisting Application Control and Windows OS Upgrades from SCCM
Hello everyone! I am being as ambiguous as possible because I do not want to identify the vendor or customer. I am an admin for a 3rd party Application Control software with a client with a concern: OS: Windows 10 1909, upgrading to 20H2 Some context: Automating Windows Upgrades. I use 3rd party software to manage the same software. Windows Updates work fine, as only a few execution control rules need to be created. Major OS Upgrades (1909 to 20H2, in this case) are largely blocked, which is by design since the Windows directory itself is protected. The customer has a strict governance on the software allowed/whitelisted. While my software has a specific mode that is designed for this type of upgrade, which by nature allows changes to be made to the system. Leaving the system in this mode longer than is required for the OS Upgrade is a security hole we need to avoid. We do this the Application to change to this mode in order to make the required changes to the OS. Currently, SCCM creates a custom variable that my software scans for, and then executes the change on the system(s), then creates another variable when the upgrade is complete to lock the system down again. I do not want to depend on SCCM for my deployments. I'm trying to remove an extra point of failure. All that leads to this ask: Is there any flag, change, or otherwise modification that occurs, with respect to Windows, before the upgrade? I'm effectively looking for something that I can detect or scan for reliably to automate changing modes from my own automation. Thank y'all for your time!Why Edge canary is downloading 140MB just for an update?
on Windows 10 the update finished quickly, downloading only few MBs but on my Mac, it appears that the updater is downloading the whole package again. isn't there any way to make it download only the changes? not to mention that it's painfully slow and I don't know why
