Windows 11 23H2 installation fails

Anonymous
2023-11-09T20:12:14+00:00

I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to update my Lenovo Thinkpad T490 to Windows 11. Last resort before going to some kind of paid solution is to throw this out to the community. Here's a summary of what I have tried already.

Windows has been not-so-gently nagging me to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 for at least 18 months and assures me that my computer can run it. There is about 32 GB free space on the hard drive. Drivers are up to date.

When I use the Update function from the Settings the update downloads and I am prompted to reboot. During the reboot, I can see the screen indicating the progress of the installation, but in the end the system is still in Windows 10. The message below is displayed in the Windows Update screen "There were some problems installing updates, but we’ll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x8007001f)"

When I use the Windows 11 Installation Assistant the update also downloads successfully, but the computer still boots back into Windows 10. The only difference is that the message in the Windows Update page in settings now references the code 0xc00000f0.

Similarly, if I use the media creation tool to create a .ISO file, the update downloads, but the installation still fails.

I have also tried updating from a clean reboot, removing the laptop from the docking station to ensure that no external devices (other than Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard) are connected, and uninstalled the McAfee antivirus program that my ISP provides.

I have also tried all of the suggested fixes and scans from this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pz52tUWNPU.

I'm out of ideas. If anyone can suggest further steps, I'd love to hear them.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2023-11-25T19:06:44+00:00

There are a lot of unwanted/invalid profiles. Download and run del_unwanted_profiles.reg. Click Yes to confirm.

(As you've already backed up the key to "Profilebad.hive", go ahead and run the above registry fix without any hesitation.)

Re-run the Windows setup now.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T04:46:49+00:00

    Removed Bluestacks and ran all WDV tests except for Randomized low resources simulation. Boot up was normal.

    Here is the output from verifier/querysettings.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T01:27:49+00:00
    1. Please uninstall all bluestacks software.

    BlueStacks X 10.0.3.1001 now.gg, Inc.

    BlueStacks App Player 5.11.40.1003 now.gg, Inc. 20230402

    BlueStacks App Player 4.240.20.1016 BlueStack Systems, Inc. 20201105

    1. Make a new restore point.
    2. Restart WDV using all customized tests except:

    [ ] 0x00000004 Randomized low resources simulation.

    If there is no immediate crash then post verifier / querysettings results.

    Report any major performance problems including very slow reboot.

    For any BSOD post a new V2 share link into the newest post.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-16T20:29:10+00:00

    I ran WDV again. This time I saw just a glimpse of the Windows log-in screen before getting a BSOD. The driver verifier detected violation was caused by BstkDrv.bgp.sys.

    Here is the V2 file.

    This driver is associated with Bluestacks. So I guess next step is to uninstall Bluestacks and then run the same WDV tests?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-16T05:35:01+00:00

    When WDV is restarted please include the report with either querysettings or V2 links.

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