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Warning

Pyramix 25th Anniversary Hotfix 3  / Ovation 9.0.6/ VCube 9.0.6 , Pyramix 14.0.1  / Ovation 10.0.1/ VCube 10.0.1, or above, and MassCore RTX3.7.4 are required to run Windows 10 21H1 / 21H2.
Previous Pyramix / MassCore versions will not work.MassCore - RTX engine should be uninstalled before updating Windows.


Note

Usually such Windows update performs correctly, but there are still a few cases that the updates goes wrong.
Unfortunately the System restore / Windows recovery is wiped out during this update, and cannot be used to restore the system.
To be safe, Merging recommends you do a backup of your system.

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To update to Windows 21H1 or 21H2, install the feature update with Windows updates.
Your computer will then have to restart.  On the boot menu, please select the Windows 10 standard boot line (non MassCore).
The update process will continue.
When the update is finished, you then reboot on the MassCore boot line, and re-configure some settings as described below.


WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL 

To access Windows 10 Control Panel, type "control panel" in Windows Search box.  
You can right click on the control panel icon from the search result and pin it to the Start menu or Taskbar.  

System > Advanced System Settings

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Recovery

In the Control Panel > Recovery
Make sure protection is turned on for your system drive.
Select the system drive and click on Configure.
Select Turn on system protection, and set a value for Disk Space Usage (usually 10% max).
Disable the system protection on the Media drive(s), as this feature only works on system files and programs.

Hardware tab

Switch to Hardware tab:
Click  on Device Installation Settings and select the “No, let me choose what to do" option.
This will prevent Windows update service to automatically change the system drivers.

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Display > Graphic settings : Hardware accelerated GPU Scheduling.  Merging recommends to enable this feature if available on your system (depends on the graphic card capabilities).

Privacy

In File System, "Allow Apps to access your file system" has to be turned on (default).

OneDrive configuration / uninstall

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