Microsoft has lastly lifted a compatibility maintain blocking Home windows 10 customers from updating to Home windows 11 on techniques with Intel Sensible Sound Technology (SST) audio drivers and Intel eleventh Gen Core processors.
The corporate first acknowledged in November 2021 that some Intel audio drivers (variations 10.29.0.5152 or 10.30.0.5152) have been triggering blue screens again on Home windows 11 21H2 gadgets when it additionally added safeguard holds blocking Home windows 11 upgrades from being provided to clients on affected techniques.
“Intel and Microsoft have discovered incompatibility points with sure variations of drivers for Intel Sensible Sound Technology (Intel SST) on Intel eleventh Gen Core processors and Home windows 11,” the corporate stated on the time.
“Home windows 11 gadgets with the affected Intel SST driver may obtain an error with a blue display.”
One other replace block was added in September 2022 to stop gadgets utilizing the incompatible Intel SST drivers from upgrading to Home windows 11 22H2.
Replace blocks lifted two years later
Whereas Intel developed and launched SST driver variations 10.30.00.5714 or 10.29.00.5714, which resolved the problem months after Microsoft utilized the safeguard holds, Redmond has solely lifted them over the weekend after including the mounted audio drivers to Home windows Replace.
“The difficulty is resolved by updating the Intel® Sensible Sound Technology drivers to model 10.30.00.5714 and later, or 10.29.00.5714 and later,” Microsoft said.
“For many customers, up to date drivers may be put in through Home windows replace by checking for Home windows updates in your gadget. That is the popular technique of putting in these and different drivers.”
IT admins can use Windows Update for Business, Intune, or Autopatch to deploy the brand new Intel SST audio drivers and take away the replace blocks on affected endpoints.
After updating to a driver model appropriate with Home windows 11, it is best to be capable to improve to the brand new working system. Nevertheless, it is necessary to notice that it could take as much as 48 hours earlier than the improve is obtainable, even when no different safeguards are impacting your gadget.
“We suggest that you don’t try to manually improve utilizing the ‘Replace now’ button or the Media Creation Software till you’ve carried out the mandatory driver updates,” the corporate warned.
Microsoft started force-installing Windows 11 23H2 in February on eligible gadgets which have both reached or are very near their end-of-service date.
This compelled rollout comes after Home windows 11 21H2 techniques operating a number of editions of Home windows have been additionally automatically updated to Windows 11 22H2 earlier than reaching end of support in October 2023.
