{"id":17692,"date":"2021-12-06T18:57:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T17:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=17692"},"modified":"2021-12-06T18:57:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T17:57:53","slug":"windows11-installation-error-code-0x8007007f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/17692\/windows11-installation-error-code-0x8007007f\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows11 installation error code 0x8007007f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are using Windows 10 and want to <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/17247\/install-windows-11-without-tpm-support\/\">upgrade to Windows 11<\/a>, Windows 11 is currently not yet automatically provided to all suitable computers via the Windows update function. However, you can install Win11 via the Microsoft website. There are several options to do this. One of them is the upgrade with the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/software-download\/windows11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> installation assistant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17695\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17695\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-installation-assistant.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot Download Installation Assistant for Windows 11\" width=\"600\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-installation-assistant.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-installation-assistant-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Download Installation Assistant for Windows 11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Under the plus button &#8220;<em>Before you begin<\/em>&#8221; there is some more information about the procedure and the compatibility of the upgrade.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/17692\/windows11-installation-error-code-0x8007007f\/#Windows_11_installation_aborts\" >Windows 11 installation aborts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/17692\/windows11-installation-error-code-0x8007007f\/#Solution\" >Solution<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Windows_11_installation_aborts\"><\/span>Windows 11 installation aborts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>However, if you run the installation wizard, in some cases the installation terminates at step 3 of 3 at about 71% progress.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17693\" style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17693\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-11-installation-error-code-0x8007007f.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot progress for Win11 installation\" width=\"503\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-11-installation-error-code-0x8007007f.jpg 503w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-11-installation-error-code-0x8007007f-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cancel Windows 11 installation at step 3 71% progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The abort then manifests itself with an error code <strong>0x8007007f<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17622\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows11-installation-fehlercode-0x8007007f-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot Error Code\" width=\"602\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows11-installation-fehlercode-0x8007007f-2-1.jpg 602w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows11-installation-fehlercode-0x8007007f-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Error Code 0x8007007f during Windows 11 installation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, this error message does not help at all. You can click on &#8220;<em>Retry<\/em>&#8221; to try the installation again, but then the same thing happens again and again, namely the abort at about 70% in step 3.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you click on the link to the Microsoft support page for 0x8007007f, you don&#8217;t get any smarter. This is pretty meaningless.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solution\"><\/span>Solution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But fortunately in my case there was still a solution for the problem, which seems to occur only in connection with the installation wizards. If you install Windows 11 via e.g. an ISO file, it does not seem to abort with error code <em>0x8007007f<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The installation with the wizard runs via an executable file, which is downloaded from the Microsoft site. If one starts this normally, it comes with me to the described abort.<\/p>\n<p>In the pre-information, there is a hint that you should be logged in as administrator to run the tool. Since my Window 10 account is an admin account, I would have thought that this should not be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Still, running the install wizard as an admin runs the upgrade to Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p>Just right-click on the executable and select &#8220;<strong>Run as administrator<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17700\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17700\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-installation-assistant-run-as-admin-0x8007007f.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot context menu run as administrator\" width=\"494\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-installation-assistant-run-as-admin-0x8007007f.jpg 494w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-installation-assistant-run-as-admin-0x8007007f-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Run Win11 installation assistant as administrator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the result you can see the successful completion of Win11 installation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17697\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17697\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-11-installation-compled-error-code-0x8007007f.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot successful Win11 installation\" width=\"502\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-11-installation-compled-error-code-0x8007007f.jpg 502w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/windows-11-installation-compled-error-code-0x8007007f-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><figcaption 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