FIX: Insiders not able to switch channels - **UPDATED 8/3/2021**

Anonymous
2021-08-02T18:50:42+00:00

Hello Windows Insiders!

Windows 11 is now in the Beta Channel, and some of you are wanting to move over from the Dev Channel. We've been getting some reports that some of you are not seeing the options to change in Settings > Windows Update > Windows Insider Program. We have a fix that should get you back on track. Please note, this fix is for devices that are not showing the Choose your Insider Settings and Windows Insider account settings, as in the image below.

If you are seeing this, please follow the steps below to restore the missing options:

  1. If you have Bitlocker enabled, please suspend it.
  2. Click Start
  3. In the search box, type cmd
  4. In the lower right of the search results, under Command Prompt, click Run as Administrator
  5. On the UAC prompt, click OK
  6. At the elevated command prompt, type: bcdedit /set flightsigning on
  7. Press Enter
  8. At the elevated command prompt, type: bcdedit /set {bootmgr} flightsigning on
  9. Press Enter
  10. Reboot the device

You should now see the missing options:

If performing these steps to not resolve your issue, please file a new feedback item in Feedback Hub, so we can investigate.

Thank you!

-The Windows Insider Team

Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Install, activate, and Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-09-05T21:35:28+00:00

    Also, if it were a hardware issue, why am I being offered Dev builds (that I'm not installing) rather than a notice starting that due to hardware limitations we cannot offer you Dev builds any longer? This would not be an issue if I could select which downloads/updates I wanted. Security yes, drivers maybe, dev builds NO! As it is, it's all or nothing.

    I've read the blogs and I've not seen any of this addressed. Has a bug been filed?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-09-05T21:28:17+00:00

    I am on a beta release and have the same problem which I've documented extensively. I want to stay in Beta mode (or whatever it's called now) per the email I shared but it's stuck in Dev and other options are greyed out.

    It's not a hardware issue, as documented above. Unless Direct X 12 Ultimate is needed for office work. It says it is feature-specific - meaning gaming in the specs.

    I'd really like an answer to this. If not, I need to know what happens if I unenroll from the Insider Program since no one can explain the behavior I, and others are having.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-05T21:11:59+00:00

    great - how do we get preview release to show up and be able to select it?

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  4. Johnny55 5,155 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-09-05T18:22:39+00:00

    Hello RNG,

    What you have displayed is normal. Build 22449 is the first build of version 22xx (Even though these builds are not specified to any version). You are now at the point of no return in Dev channel. That's why other channels are greyed out.

    Beta is currently 22000.176 a 21H2 version. One cannot go back to a previous version without a total clean install. You would still have 10 days to roll-back if you want.

    Regards,

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-09-05T18:11:34+00:00

    This did not work for me as, I have all the three options but everything is grayed out, when I click it nothing happens.

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