…and it turns out the vendor software isn’t just magically compatible
Bad IT.
I remain thankful that Win11 is fussy about what it will install on. It needs at least:
- UEFI boot mode & GPT partitioning of the disk
- TPM 2
- Secure Boot
Nixing any one of these will prevent an automatic upgrade, regardless of what group policy etc is in place. On a bunch of new Win10 builds from a while ago, I set them up as CSM/MBR and turned off the TPM in BIOS. Absolutely no chance of surprises there, even if I accidentally mark a machine for upgrade.
My network is small though, < 50 clients. When the bullet must be bit, I have the time to add the client to the ‘will upgrade’ AD group & go over things with the user(s). Then run through converting MBR to GPT, switching to UEFI and enabling the TPM again.
After that it takes care of itself and pulls down a load of QoL fixes post-upgrade.
I don’t think you’re the first nor will you be the last to be smacked with a driveby install that fucks up your equipment, sadly :(
lapping147@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Microsoft forced win11 on customers… we had 100+ pc’s upgrade on their own… gave f all about group policies.
Happy to not be a part of endpoint management team and to not care if my work pc is on wi10, win11 or anything else… I need a browser, an ide and a terminal to do my work
nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Same boat here.