JParis, You are correct and thank you for your quick reply. And also for the clarification! Do you have any insights as to why the other systems will not accept 2024 update 1 patch installation (Link) ? I am working off fresh installs of the 2024 after uninstalling the pre-release 2024 version. Thank you in advance

Thank You jgarciagtech! Has anyone had issues with installing the 5 patches on the install page for the 2024 version? They are sequential and need to be installed on top of each other. After doing jgarciagtech's fix, I went to install the patches as directed by my vendor's instructions. On the server computer they installed, but for three others that connect for a license, they will not install and i get the prompt: "The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct patch." Do I only need the patches on the server host? or do the three other instances need the patches as well?