If you have a computer with Windows 11 and the 21H2 update, but not yet the 22H2 update, it will be downloaded and installed automatically. So you no longer have to download it yourself.
Microsoft has started the automatic update to Windows 11 version 22H2. This is intended for computer users who already have Windows 11 21H2, but not yet Windows 11 22H2. Until now, as a computer user, you had to download this version manually. This update will be gradual, starting with the devices that have used version 21H2 the longest. Incidentally, Microsoft promises to provide support for version 21H2 until October 10, 2023. You can choose a convenient time to restart your computer and complete the update.
Install Windows 11 22H2 now
Since Microsoft cannot immediately offer the update to the many millions of computers, the update will therefore take place gradually. If you want to switch to Windows 11 22H2 now, follow this short workshop: go to the search box (with the magnifying glass) at the bottom left and type Windows Update. Now appears Windows Update settings image and click on it. On the page WindowsUpdate click on the blue button at the top right Check for updates. If your device is ready, the option will now be here Download and installation for the Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64 based systems (KB5022360) is available. Click on this if you want to download and install it. (text continues below the image)
Not compatible
Should Microsoft discover that your device may have a compatibility or other problem, the update will not be installed automatically until the problem is resolved.
Windows 11 22H2 major improvements
In September 2022, Microsoft already released the Windows 11 22H2 update, but there were many problems in the beginning. So much so that we recommended not installing Windows 11 22H2. That advice has since changed. Read the most important 22H2 improvements here.
Windows 11 22H2 downgrade
Do you belong to the group that has already performed the upgrade? If you haven’t experienced any problems at all and you still don’t have any problems, then you don’t have to do anything. However, have you experienced problems and do those problems persist? Then go back to the previous version Windows 11 21H2. We have described this in detail here, in short the following: click on the icon Settings, which is the gear that appears in the image when you click on the Windows window at the bottom left. Then you choose Windows Update > Advanced Options > Recovery > Downgrade > Back.
Please note: this option can only be executed within 10 days. After 10 days the possibility to go back expires. After that time, going back to the previous version is only possible through an in-place installation of Windows 11 21H2. Do you know how that works? Fine! If not, ask for help at one of our HCC meetings.