#INSTALLATION SOURCE REGISTRY KEY INSTALL#
#INSTALLATION SOURCE REGISTRY KEY DRIVERS#

If you are already running Windows 10 2004, the upgrade to 21H1 should be quick and painless all of your vendors should be fully supporting it at this point.

#INSTALLATION SOURCE REGISTRY KEY DRIVERS#

Stick to Acer, Lenovo, Dell, HP, or other vendor sites for overall computer drivers and to Nvidia and Intel for specific video, chip or network drivers. They often are malware delivery mechanisms. I do not recommend using third-party driver tools, however. Major vendors often have driver monitoring software that will alert you when driver updates are available. I also keep an eye out for vendor driver updates. Vendors are now used to the twice-a-year cadence and I no longer have to worry as much about feature release side effects.

In the early years of feature releases, I routinely had to deal with side effects such as losing Display port drivers and other odds and ends. The вЂњ Update nowвЂќ link lets you download a small program that triggers the installation of 21H1. Waiting patiently has never been my strong point, so I often hop over to the Windows 10 ISO download site. At the bottom, you should see вЂњSelect the target Feature Update version.вЂќ Click to enable and enter in 21H1.ДЄnd now you wait for it to be offered up. Launch the console and browse to Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Windows Update, and finally get to Windows Update for Business. Click on the search box and type in edit group policy. If you run Windows 10 Professional (with access to the local group policy editor,) thereвЂ™s another way to upgrade to 21H1. You may not see the new version right away be patient and wait for it to be offered up.

#INSTALLATION SOURCE REGISTRY KEY INSTALL#

Note: if you use configuration manager or Intune, you need to use a CSP policy to set the feature releaseВ - then let the computer check Windows Update and install the feature release. Remember this registry key adds the following values: If youвЂ™ve used the registry key method in the past to stay on 2004 or 20H2 you can now download the 21H1 registry keyВ and install it. An easy way to use the registry key method is with links on the Askwoody site. I remain a fan of using the targetreleaseversion (TRV for short), where you use either a registry key (with Windows 10 Home) or a group policy setting (with Windows 10 Pro) to select the feature release version you want.

(If you have a fast computer and an SSD drive the process should be quick it took me about 20 minutes from start to finish to install the feature release.) If you are still running Windor 20H2, itвЂ™s time to move to 21H1. The first thing I do is check to see what feature release version IвЂ™m on. Mid-summer is that time of the year when itвЂ™s too hot to go outside and garden so IвЂ™m inside checking on the status of various computers and reviewing what needs to be done to keep them in a happy, healthy state.

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