Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Windows 10 Update

I've upgraded a bunch of unsupported Windows 10 PCs to 11 successfully.
Some of them were Legacy boot. But one Legacy boot didn't boot. I had no idea what to do. I fooled around with it until I just gave up and reinstalled to Win11 with bypass tricks. Later I realized I just needed to raise the Windows Boot in BIOS to the #1 position.

I say all this because it changed my approach. I've run into a couple Legacy boot Win10 that should upgrade to 11 with bypass but they are used every day and would involve a lot of setup if reinstall is required. The simple answer for now is to sign into a MS account and subscribe to a free upgrade extension.

I remembered the old WSUS offline update program I used in the past and wondered why it's never mentioned as a solution. It is now a community gitlab project. I've downloaded it to check it out. It may be an answer if and when the MS account subscription is no longer available.


I plan to put the suggestion for use from Gemini below. Along with my own experiences, of course.

Windows 10 Update

I've upgraded a bunch of unsupported Windows 10 PCs to 11 successfully. Some of them were Legacy boot. But one Legacy boot didn't bo...