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Microsoft has published its guide to install Windows 11 on PCs that don't meet the minimum requirements
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Fulcrum29
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Usually people complain about a new Windows, but with Windows 11 having 'thresholds' in place, many are complaining about being unable to migrate to Windows 11.
I wouldn't rush a 'old' PC to Windows 11 in any case. There is simply no need to do it.
I wouldn't rush a 'old' PC to Windows 11 in any case. There is simply no need to do it.
This is so stupid. I have a 7th Gen Intel CPU. The minimum spec is: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or System on a Chip (SoC). I guess 'compatible' is the keyword.
Seems bizarre to limit your support of older CPU's if you want to attain broad usage of Windows 11. Half the world are not going to upgrade their entire PCs for this I dont think? Not sure what most of the world are running CPU wise though.
Dissapointed. Staying on Windows 10 I guess.
Seems bizarre to limit your support of older CPU's if you want to attain broad usage of Windows 11. Half the world are not going to upgrade their entire PCs for this I dont think? Not sure what most of the world are running CPU wise though.
Dissapointed. Staying on Windows 10 I guess.
Nice option for those of us who can't upgrade but... and a big BUT
even if the registry hack works... I would be very cautious about doing this unless it's a spare machine or one you test on and don't mind screwing up - this could open a world of problems, incompatibilities, certain upgrades failing, memory and CPU utilisation, etc as I'm sure MS built and optimized the OS around minimum requirements.
Guess time tell... I wouldn't rush it, Win 10 will still be supported until 2025 and 11 is new, so like most new software versions, MS a good example, no doubt will need time to smooth all the issues and bugs.
Just look at how far Win 10 has come since it was released years ago...WSL1/2 one good example.
even if the registry hack works... I would be very cautious about doing this unless it's a spare machine or one you test on and don't mind screwing up - this could open a world of problems, incompatibilities, certain upgrades failing, memory and CPU utilisation, etc as I'm sure MS built and optimized the OS around minimum requirements.
Guess time tell... I wouldn't rush it, Win 10 will still be supported until 2025 and 11 is new, so like most new software versions, MS a good example, no doubt will need time to smooth all the issues and bugs.
Just look at how far Win 10 has come since it was released years ago...WSL1/2 one good example.
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The point is that you aren't supposed to upgrade and that it's not their problem.
It's a wonder MS even wasted their time putting out a workaround at all.
The point of specifying that you may not get updates is that future updates may rely on the minimum requirement which you don't meet, thus you won't get the update, and hence the warning that you are not guaranteed future updates.
Now yes, and in the future?...?
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Which updates, do you receive the security patches?
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It’s really time for you guys to buy new computers.
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I found another way to get around the upgrade restrictions, use the media creation tool and download the iso for windows 10 and 11 , take the install.esd file from the sources folder from windows 11 copy it and replace the one in the windows 10 ISO.
I deselected the install updates from the installation menu as with those on for some reason it wouldnt work however when i took those off it worked like a bomb and im sitting with windows 11, the updates also installed perfectly once i booted it up.
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I deselected the install updates from the installation menu as with those on for some reason it wouldnt work however when i took those off it worked like a bomb and im sitting with windows 11, the updates also installed perfectly once i booted it up.
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Yeah sure. It's just not really how it's suppose to run. Like I've mentioned before, Windows 11 is built because of tpm not Windows 11 is built and they just added that requirement, and Microsoft isn't really phased about older hardware.
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I get that, however perhaps there are more than a few people out there that are curious as to the new OS with machines that are absolutely capable of running it and may finds this useful. In my case im bored, lol. Plus I have no real need to upgrade to windows 11 but perfectly happy to install it and check it out, should it be a dud well then i can simply revert and it didnt cost me a fortune to go and upgrade a perfectly good machine for my needs.
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I guess its early days yet as there is also not an option to resize the taskbar, you have to go into regedit and mess around in there in order to resize it. Its not offensively large but i could do with it a tad smaller....conversely i could just set it to auto-hide i guess.
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How To Install Windows 11 On Unsupported Hardware By Removing Appraiserres.dll
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I was today years old when I discovered this little "hack" ... I bought a secondhand laptop which was fully compatible with Windows 11 for everything except its CPU wasn't on the supported CPU list (it's a 7th gen i5 and support apparently only starts from 8th gen). Came across the "hack" while googling that, and lo and behold ... the damn thing still works in December 2022.
Also reading some of the old comments on here, you don't have to worry about the 'no updates' warning. Windows in fact delivers all the Windows 11 updates quite happily. And everything is running like a dream. Except for my fingerprint reader, which appears to have been compatible under Windows 10 but isn't under Windows 11 *shrugs* I can live without that, I know it's not secure anyway.
Also reading some of the old comments on here, you don't have to worry about the 'no updates' warning. Windows in fact delivers all the Windows 11 updates quite happily. And everything is running like a dream. Except for my fingerprint reader, which appears to have been compatible under Windows 10 but isn't under Windows 11 *shrugs* I can live without that, I know it's not secure anyway.