Why can't my Processor meet requirement for a Win 11 Upgrade ???

dalchina said:

List of supported processors for Win 11:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...tel-processors

Is yours there?

Also note the message has links you can click. Did you do that? 'More about'...

Also note no TPM was detected.

Naturally you can upgrade to Win 11 by one means or another even with 'incompatible' devices, as has been documented on this forum multiple times. Someone's eve written a tutorial on that if you search/look around.

The restriction is implemented by the installer.

There is a nominal risk of so-called 'non-supported' systems not receiving upgrades or updates.

Is Win 11 better? Well, the taskbar is a lot less functional....

No offense but not knowing what 'wtf' is means youre late to 2021.


I built my PC in 2016. All modern motherboards have TPM. I think maybe the error means that its not enabled. I think I need to enable it in the bios.

So non-supported PCs may not receive nominal updates. Is that all or some? Which types are restricted?

So youre saying that 11 isnt worth upgrading I suppose.

dalchina said:

There are some things better not knowing.
I made a point, too subtle perhaps, about your choice of expression.
Such choice may mean you don't get replies.

Not knowing what 'wtf' is, is completely inexcusable. Thats why I said 'no offense'. Time to upgrade that dude

yahanna said:

I'm confused about a notification from Microsoft about upgrading to win 11. The notification said my PC doesn't meet a requirement which makes 0 sense. It says my CPU isn't on an approved list of CPUs. But my processor is crazy fast. How is this possible?

Below is a screenshot of what it claims I require although again it makes 0 sense. Can someone tell me if this is a joke from Microsoft or is this a mistake? Is win 11 all that and better than 10?

In the run up to the release of Win11, this question was asked many, many times. It has nothing to do with CPU raw performance, really. It has to do with newer CPU's having features that enable MS to implement what they say are security enhancing measures. This is along with TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot. Win11 will run, and perhaps run well, on earlier generations processors, but they won't be able to accomodate MS's new security model as it is rolled out in future months/years, at least not without a potentially serious performance hit. So you can run Win11 if you want, but MS will not support it. So far, at least, non-compliant machines have been getting updates, but MS reserves the right to cut that off at any time.

As I have a non-compliant CPU (i5 7400 @3.5 GHz), this is one reason why I have abandoned Win11. IAC Win10 is supported until October 2025. The other reason I have abandoned Win11 is that there are UI elements that I dislike. Win10 is fine for me, and runs beautifully on this machine. I am glad it will be supported until 2025. We will review the situation at that time...

yahanna said:

It says my CPU isn't on an approved list of CPUs. But my processor is crazy fast. How is this possible?

It's because it's not the speed that matters, but rather the functionality that the CPU has baked into it for support of future updates and security measures that Microsoft may implement in the future.

The good news is
1). Windows 11 isn't all that much different from Windows 10, so at present if you don't move to it, you aren't losing out on much
2). Windows 10 is supported for another 4 years
3). You can still install from the ISO on your unsupported processor and until additional functionality is added, you can run Windows 11 just fine and will be getting current updates.

Your CPU is not supported because Microsoft has decided to not support it. We can't do anything about that. It's not going to do any good to complain about it here, other than possibly making you feel better.