14 DAY TRIAL // The rollout of Windows 11 is under way, but every time Microsoft comes across a new potential problem hitting eligible devices, the company quickly sets an upgrade block in place, therefore preventing them from receiving the new operating system.
This time, for example, Microsoft has confirmed that some apps could fail to run on Windows 11 or lead to all kinds of other problems on the operating system, so the company has decided to set a new hold in place to suspend the release to potentially impacted computers.
“Compatibility issues have been found between apps using some non-ASCII characters in their registry keys or subkeys and Windows 11. Affected apps might be unable to open and might cause other issues or errors in Windows, including the possibility of receiving an error with a blue screen. Important Affected registry keys with non-ASCII characters might not be able to be repaired,” Microsoft explains.
No ETA for the fix just yet
For the time being, however, the investigation is still under way, and there’s no ETA as to when Microsoft could address the whole thing and therefore resume the rollout of Windows 11 to those devices that have now been blocked from receiving the operating system.
“To safeguard your upgrade experience, we have applied a compatibility hold on these devices from installing or being offered Windows 11. If your organization is using Update Compliance, the safeguard ID for devices with Cốc Cốc browser is 35891494. The safeguard ID for devices with Aplicação Autenticação.gov is 36632506,” the software giant says.
Needless to say, while Windows 11 wouldn’t show up on Windows Update, there still are other ways to install the new operating system, including the Media Creation Tool, which allows you to create bootable media and therefore deploy the OS in spite of official upgrade blocks.
Microsoft, however, recommends against using these workarounds, as users could end up hitting major problems on Windows 11.