Is it safe to update from W11P 22H2 to 23H2?

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad 540P from 2014. I got by the W11P hardware requirement using the Rufus method. I just now realized I'm still on 22H2 instead of the current 23H2. Windows Update says I'm up to date with update 2024-02. My system is Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4300M CPU @ 2.60GHz with 16.0 GB RAM.

Since I don't have the required hardware is it safe to update from W11P 22H2 to 23H2 using the KB5027397 enablement package ? I don't want to bork my install.

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/wi...ake sure your PC is,ve been upgraded to 23H2.

 

Yes it is. I've done it myself on unsupported hardware.

 

anyhow it is ever recommended to create an image backup first.
for unsupported hardware it's so called "inplace upgrade" and need to be done from a boot medium, eg rufus. for regular installations 23h2 comes with ease.
the enablement package is needed for 23h2 to show you "23h2", it has no impact for 22h2.

 

@Brummelchen confused by your post compared to roger_m's.

 

You don't need to do an In-Place Upgrade in this case, although you usually do need to do that. For the 23H2 update, you only need to download and run the enablement package that you posted a link to. That's what I did to upgrade on my PC with unsupported hardware. I've also done in a few PCs with supported hardware, that weren't yet showing the update in Windows Update.

 

sorry, but i consider this as wrong. there exist no method to upgrade from 22h2 to 23h2 on not supported hardware with that patch. that patch only enables features in 23h2 after the update from 22h2, nothing else - it does NOT enable the update from 22h2 to 23h2. read yourself:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5027397-feature-update-to-windows-11-version-23h2-by-using-an-enablement-package-b9e76726-3c94-40de-b40b-99decba3db9d

 

Well I just tried installing the enablement package. It wouldn't install & gave this message. "This update is not applicable to your computer."

 

This message occurs on an unsupported PC. You'll have to install from an iso.

 

I've done that on probably a dozen unsupported PCs. If it doesn't work now either something else is wrong or they have blocked it with some other recent update.

 

I'm not too sure what you're saying. I've installed the patch on both supported and unsupported hardware and in both cases, Windows was upgraded to 23H2.

For example, this is from my main PC, which has unsupported hardware.

 

I found my mistake. I was trying to install the arm64 version. The x64 version installed perfectly easy & fast. Now I'm on 23H2. Lesson learned. Until next time that is.