These apps will prevent Windows 11 version 24H2 from installing on your PC

Windows 11 version 24H2, the upcoming OS version that comes to the public in the second part of this year, has a list of apps that prevent it from being installed. If you use one of them, you may be out of luck with upgrading to 24H2 unless you remove the app. Here's the list.

Apps that prevent Windows 11 version 24H2 from installing

• ConisioAdmin.exe (Solidworks PDM),
• EaseUS Disk Copy.exe (EaseUS Disk Copy Application),
• ep_dwm.exe (ExplorerPatcher), starting in Windows 11 22H2,
• iCloudServices.exe (iCloud files available in Explorer via WhatsApp) starting in Windows 11 23H2,
• RadeonSoftware.exe (AMD GPU Performance Settings) starting in Windows 11 23H2,
• StartAllBackCfg.exe (StartAllBack) starting in Windows 11 22H2,
• Multi-mon + Copilot (Microsoft),
• MergeSdb (Microsoft),
• Intel IntcOED.sys (Intel),
• Intel IntcAudioBus.sys (%WinDir%\System32\drivers\IntcAudioBus.sys),
• Realtek 8192su Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter (%WinDir%\System32\drivers\RTL8192su.sys).

As you can see, some of these apps are marked as incompatible with earlier released Windows 11 version, including 22H2 and 23H2. These locks are stored inside the appraiser.sdb file.

So, with Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft is not only blocking old CPU without the POPCNT instruction (i.e. without SSE4.2 / SSE4a),  but also has expanded the list of soft locks.

From the same appraiser.sdb, you can also get the list of hardware that is not compatible with the OS. Here's its current content for Windows 22H4.

Hardware not compatible with Windows 11 24H2

• ACPI\ACPI0017, ACPI\AMDI0104 (Microsoft)
• ACPI\BCM2838, ACPI\BCM2839, ACPI\BCM2841,ACPI\BCM2845 (Microsoft)
• ACPI\DSN3832 (Microsoft)
• MIPI0100 (Microsoft)
• ACPI\MSFT0007,ACPI\MSFT0201 (Microsoft)
• ACPI\SOFTGPU_DOD, ACPI\SOFTGPU_FULL_D3D12, ACPI\SOFTGPU_FULL_D3D9L (Microsoft)
• ACPI\SOFTGPU_ROD (Microsoft)
• ACPI\VEN_8086&DEV_0F09, ACPI\VEN_8086&DEV_0F0E, ACPI\VEN_8086&DEV_0F41, ACPI\VEN_AMDI&DEV_0104 (Microsoft)
• ACPI\VEN_INT&DEV_33FC (Microsoft)
• ACPI_HAL\LOGAN2, ACPI_HAL\LOGAN3 (Microsoft)
• COMPUTER\{D5F9F684-700B-53C8-A3DC-B364D9C54F9F} (Microsoft)
• HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0280&SUBSYS_10280617&REV_1000 (Microsoft)
  HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2809 (Microsoft)
  HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2809&SUBSYS_80860101, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280A, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280B, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280C, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280D, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280E, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280F, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2810, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2811, HDAUDIO\SGPC_FUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2812, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2809, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280A, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280B, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280C, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280D, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280E, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_280F, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2810, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2811, HDAUDIO\SUBFUNC_01&VEN_8086&DEV_2812 (Microsoft)
• I3C\TARGET (Microsoft)
• KDNIC\LEGACY (Microsoft)
• NVMD2\CC_010802 (Microsoft)
• PCI\CC_0C0A00 (Microsoft)
• PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_1456, PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_790B, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0934, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0935, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_09A2, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_09A3, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_09A4, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_09A6, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_09A7, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0CFE, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_18DB, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1911, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1BC9, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1BCA, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1BCC, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1BFF, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1D3B, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_205A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_205B, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2710, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2880, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3240, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3241, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3242, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3245, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3246, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3247, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_324A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_324C, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_324D, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3250, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3251, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3252, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3255, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3258, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3259, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_325A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_325B, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_325C, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_325D, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_325E, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_325F, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_344F, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3456, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3457, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_37C8, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F1D, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F1E, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F1F, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F28, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F2A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F30, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F34, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F36, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F38, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F60, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F68, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F6A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F6B, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F6E, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F6F, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F70, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F71, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F76, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F78, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F79, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F7D, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F80, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F81, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F83, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F88, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F8A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F90, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F93, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F98, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F99, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F9A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6F9C, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FA0, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FA8, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FAA, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FAB, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FAE, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FAF, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FB0, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FB1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FB2, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FB3, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FB8, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FB9, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FBA, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FBB, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FBC, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FBD, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FBE, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FBF, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FD0, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FD1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FD2, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FD3, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE0, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE2, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE3, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE4, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE5, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE6, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE7, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE8, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FE9, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FEA, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FEB, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FEC, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FED, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FF8, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FF9, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FFA, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FFB, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FFC, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_6FFD, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_7747, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8D22, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8D24, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8D3B, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_8D7C, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A323, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A324, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A328, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A360, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A364, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A379, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A847, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A862, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_A863, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_E447 (Microsoft)
• ROOT\HIDINJECTORKD, ROOT\REMOTESENSORDRIVER, ROOT\SIMULATEDSPM, ROOT\STORNVMEOFI, ROOT\SYSVAD_PHONEAUDIOSAMPLE, ROOT\UWBSIMULATOR (Microsoft)
• SNDW\CLASS_01…. (Microsoft)
• SOFTGPU_INDIRECTDISPLAY_V110 (Microsoft)
• SOUNDWIRE\AUDIOFUNCTION_UNIVERSALAUDIOJACK, SOUNDWIRE\HIDFUNCTIONV06, SOUNDWIRE\SDCA (Microsoft)
• SWC\VEN_CON&CID_GLOBAL_BT_AUDIO_EFFECTS (Microsoft)
• USB\CLASS_01&SUBCLASS_03&PROT_00 (Microsoft)
• USB\NARRATOROVERRIDE (Microsoft)
• USB\VID_0009&PID_21E7, USB\VID_03F0&PID_2927, USB\VID_0403&PID_DE58, USB\VID_0403&PID_DE59, USB\VID_0403&PID_F208, USB\VID_0403&PID_FE70, USB\VID_0403&PID_FE71, USB\VID_0403&PID_FE72, USB\VID_0403&PID_FE73, USB\VID_0403&PID_FE74, USB\VID_0403&PID_FE75, USB\VID_0403&PID_FE76, USB\VID_0403&PID_FE77, USB\VID_0452&PID_0100, USB\VID_045E&PID_07AB&REV_200D, USB\VID_045E&PID_07C6&REV_300D, USB\VID_045E&PID_085C&REV_3100, USB\VID_045E&PID_085C&REV_3101, USB\VID_045E&PID_085C&REV_310D, USB\VID_045E&PID_085C&REV_310E, USB\VID_045E&PID_085C&REV_310F, USB\VID_045E&PID_0927&REV_310D, USB\VID_045E&PID_0986&MI_00, USB\VID_045E&PID_09A0&REV_310D, USB\VID_045E&PID_0B11, SB\VID_045E&PID_0C5E&REV_3100, USB\VID_045E&PID_0C5E&REV_310, USB\VID_045E&PID_0C5E&REV_310D, USB\VID_045E&PID_0C5E&REV_310E, USB\VID_045E&PID_0C5E&REV_310F, USB\VID_045E&PID_930A, USB\VID_045E&PID_930B, USB\VID_0483&PID_A1D3, USB\VID_04F2&PID_AFF2, USB\VID_04F2&PID_AFF5, USB\VID_04F2&PID_AFF6, USB\VID_04F3&PID_0C28, USB\VID_04F3&PID_0C2F, USB\VID_050D&PID_815F, USB\VID_050D&PID_845A, USB\VID_050D&PID_945A, USB\VID_06B0&PID_0001, USB\VID_06F8&PID_E031, USB\VID_06F8&PID_E032, USB\VID_06F8&PID_E034, USB\VID_0789&PID_0167, USB\VID_0798&PID_0001, USB\VID_0798&PID_0600, USB\VID_0798&PID_0624, USB\VID_0798&PID_0640, USB\VID_0798&PID_0680, USB\VID_07AA&PID_0047, USB\VID_07AA&PID_0051, USB\VID_07B8&PID_8188, USB\VID_07D1&PID_3300, USB\VID_07D1&PID_3302, USB\VID_07D1&PID_3303, USB\VID_07D1&PID_3306, USB\VID_0904&PID_1016, USB\VID_0904&PID_1017, USB\VID_0904&PID_2000, USB\VID_0904&PID_2001, USB\VID_0904&PID_2002, USB\VID_0904&PID_2007, USB\VID_0904&PID_2008, USB\VID_0904&PID_2009, USB\VID_0904&PID_2010, USB\VID_0904&PID_2011, USB\VID_0904&PID_2014, USB\VID_0904&PID_2015, USB\VID_0904&PID_2016, USB\VID_0904&PID_3000, USB\VID_0904&PID_3001, USB\VID_0904&PID_4004, USB\VID_0904&PID_4005, USB\VID_0904&PID_4007, USB\VID_0904&PID_4008, USB\VID_0904&PID_6001, USB\VID_0904&PID_6002, USB\VID_0904&PID_6003, USB\VID_0904&PID_6004, USB\VID_0904&PID_6005, USB\VID_0904&PID_6006, USB\VID_0904&PID_6007, USB\VID_0904&PID_6008, USB\VID_0904&PID_6009, USB\VID_0904&PID_600A, USB\VID_0904&PID_6011, USB\VID_0904&PID_6012, USB\VID_0904&PID_6013, USB\VID_0904&PID_6101, USB\VID_0904&PID_6102, USB\VID_0904&PID_6103, USB\VID_0921&PID_1200, USB\VID_0B05&PID_1786, USB\VID_0B05&PID_1791, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8050&REV_200D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8050&REV_20FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8152&REV_200D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8152&REV_20FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_300D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_30FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_310D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_31FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_320D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_32FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_330D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_33FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8153&REV_F3F0, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8155&REV_300D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8155&REV_30FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8156&REV_300D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8156&REV_30FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8156&REV_310D, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8156&REV_3121, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8156&REV_3123, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8156&REV_31FD, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8171, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8172, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8173, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8174, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8175, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_8712, USB\VID_0BDA&PID_C047, USB\VID_0CDE&PID_0030, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_0045, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_0049. USB\VID_0DF6&PID_004B, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_004C, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_0057, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_0058, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_0059, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_005B, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_005D, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_0063, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_0064, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_006B, USB\VID_0DF6&PID_006C, USB\VID_0E0B&PID_9063, USB\VID_0E66&PID_0015, USB\VID_0E66&PID_0016, USB\VID_0EB0&PID_9061, USB\VID_0F4E&PID_0100, USB\VID_0F4E&PID_0111, USB\VID_0F4E&PID_0112, USB\VID_0F4E&PID_0114, USB\VID_10C4&PID_EA80, USB\VID_1148&PID_0301, USB\VID_1209&PID_ABC0, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3306, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3309, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3310, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3311, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3323, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3325, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3333, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3334, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3335, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3336, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3339, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3341, USB\VID_13D3&PID_3342, USB\VID_14B2&PID_3300, USB\VID_14B2&PID_3301, USB\VID_14B2&PID_3302, USB\VID_1690&PID_0752, USB\VID_16C0&PID_05E1, USB\VID_1740&PID_9603, USB\VID_1740&PID_9605, USB\VID_177F&PID_0154, USB\VID_1A56&PID_3100&REV_310D, USB\VID_1A86&PID_7523, USB\VID_1B75&PID_8171, SB\VID_1B75&PID_8172, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C004, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C005, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C006, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C00A, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C021, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C101, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C104, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C111, SB\VID_1C71&PID_C114, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C121, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C124, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C131, USB\VID_1C71&PID_C141, USB\VID_1C71&PID_CE01, USB\VID_1C71&PID_CE04, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0003, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0044, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0054, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0055, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0061, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0064, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0074, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0081, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0082, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0083, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0084, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0086, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_0087, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_008A, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_008B, USB\VID_1FE4&PID_00A4, USB\VID_2001&PID_3306, USB\VID_2001&PID_3307, USB\VID_2019&PID_4901, USB\VID_2019&PID_AB28, USB\VID_20F4&PID_646B, USB\VID_20F4&PID_E02C&REV_3100, USB\VID_20F4&PID_E02C&REV_3104, USB\VID_2655&PID_8153&REV_3100, USB\VID_2BAF&PID_0012&REV_3105, USB\VID_4242&PID_0001, USB\VID_5A57&PID_0291, USB\VID_7392&PID_7611, USB\VID_7392&PID_7612, USB\VID_7392&PID_7622, USB\VID_C251&PID_1122, USB\VID_C251&PID_1123, USB\VID_C251&PID_1124, USB\VID_C251&PID_1125, USB\VID_C251&PID_1126, USB\VID_C251&PID_1127, USB\VID_C251&PID_1128, USB\VID_C251&PID_1129, USB\VID_C251&PID_112A, USB\VID_C251&PID_112BUSB\VID_C251&PID_112C, USB\VID_C251&PID_112D, USB\VID_C251&PID_112E, USB\VID_C251&PID_112F, USB\VID_C251&PID_1130, USB\VID_C251&PID_1131, USB\VID_C251&PID_1132 (Microsoft)
• *ACPI0017, *ACPI0018, *ACPI9999 (Microsoft)
• *MINMIDI (Microsoft)
• *MSFT8001 (Microsoft)

Windows 11 24H2 is currently available to Windows Insiders, but rumors say that the "platform" is already singed. This means that it is reached its "RTM" status and will so be tested by OEMs.

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