@markr All, I am currently running Windows 11 24H2 on an Intel Haswell i7-4700HQ laptop and it runs fine.  What's more, it was in-place upgraded from Windows 11 23H2 using the (still working) setup.exe /product server switch compatibility bypass.  (Simpler than all the LabConfig registry tweaks.)  The only change I know of that simply won't run due to 24H2 is that it requires a processor capability that has been available since first generation Intel Core processors.  It should run on your hardware in a VM.  Seems like something else is going on.