Your version of windows 11 has reached the end of service. click to download a newer version of windows 11 to stay supported.

Anonymous
2024-12-06T12:07:08+00:00

Can someone help me out here? After I updated my Windows software on my laptop this evening, I got a message saying "Your version of Windows has reached the end of service". This really confuses me because I'm on Windows 11 and I got a new laptop literally 2 months ago and I barely even used 10-15% of it's total memory space on my C Drive.

Does anyone know what's going on here? Does this mean I won't be able to get security updates for my Windows on my new laptop? Am I going to have to pay more money just to get Windows to work properly and stay up-to-date? I'm feeling very concerned.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T14:16:43+00:00

    Using the Insider program in that way is not good advice.

    They recommend not using test builds on your day to day system as a problem update may require a clean install.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T12:02:35+00:00

    The best approach I have practiced, is to joins the Insider Programme (the recommended is Dev Channel, it is relatively more stable than the rest.), and then you will receive an update to the newest preview version of Windowes11 (mine is 23h2).
    Pls note that preview version are usually unstable, so you need to unscbscribe the insider programme after the dev channel update(https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsinsider/leave-program ).
    Then, not soon you will receive the newest stable update. This is how i managed to move my device from 21H2 to 23H2.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T09:30:14+00:00

    As I posted as an answer to the other user on ARM Download Windows 11 Arm64 use the ISO image. Download and mount it in File Explorer. Select the new drive letter and run setup. This is an in=place upgrade process that should update to the latest version release.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T08:32:21+00:00

    I have the same error and easy fixed it after installing Version 23H2 Enablement Package

    https://catalog.sf.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/caa3ff4a-6420-4341-aeae-33b2d7f463be/public/windows11.0-kb5027397-x64_3a9c368e239bb928c32a790cf1663338d2cad472.msu

    After this installation i have just restarted my pc and chacked for a new update ,its now downloading "2024-12 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5048685)"

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T02:13:29+00:00

    This is exact issue I'm having.im running 22h2 and have parrels on my MacBook. i was able to download windows 11 no issues when i bought it last year so why now cant i update it to new version of windows 11 home as its saying only works with x64 processors not arm based. did you figure anything else out on how this can be done?

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