Let's run Win10 on really really old hardware

spapakons said:

Soon Windows 11 will be released. For the time being there is only a 64-bit version. Microsoft has put even higher specifications for Windows 11, such as Secure Boot, UEFI boot and TPM 2.0, but there are already workarounds, so any computer running Windows 10 can also run Windows 11 with the same Windows 10/8/7/Vista drivers. Follow this thread for details: Let's run Windows 11 on an incompatible hardware | Windows 11 Forum

I posted this reply from an old Lenovo ThinkPad T450, Intel i5-5300U, 8GB RAM, no UEFI, no TPM 2.0 successfully upgraded from Windows 10 Pro 64-bit to Windows 11 Pro Insider's Preview 64-bit using the hack of deleting a specific file from Windows Setup cache to bypass compatibility checks (see thread for details).

Hi,
Yeah might be a little work to keep 11 installed though
Microsoft Begins Kicking Out Insiders Running Windows 11 On Older PCs

As also said in my last post in elevenforums, unsupported devices cannot upgrade to the next build from Windows Update due to the compatibility check. You must start setup from the ISO and delete a specific file from cache before proceeding to bypass compatibility check. Hopefully this won't change.

spapakons said:

As also said in my last post in elevenforums, unsupported devices cannot upgrade to the next build from Windows Update due to the compatibility check. You must start setup from the ISO and delete a specific file from cache before proceeding to bypass compatibility check. Hopefully this won't change.

Hi,
Once 11 is fully released it should and no more cheats or even more short lived

Why Windows 11 has such strict hardware requirements, according to Microsoft | Ars Technica

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
Yeah might be a little work to keep 11 installed though
Microsoft Begins Kicking Out Insiders Running Windows 11 On Older PCs

I originally joined the insider program over 15 years ago when I installed the alpha version of Windows Vista called Longhorn. I had not done anything with it since Vista was released.

I logged into the Insider website and and downloaded the ISO for Windows 11. I was thinking about installing it on either my desktop or laptop. After reading the article you mentioned I have changed my mind. Both my computers have AMD Zen (1st generation) CPUs. I figure why bother when chances are I will be kicked out anyways.

MisterEd said:

I originally joined the insider program over 15 years ago when I installed the alpha version of Windows Vista called Longhorn. I had not done anything with it since Vista was released.

I logged into the Insider website and and downloaded the ISO for Windows 11. I was thinking about installing it on either my desktop or laptop. After reading the article you mentioned I have changed my mind. Both my computers have AMD Zen (1st generation) CPUs. I figure why bother when chances are I will be kicked out anyways.

Hi,
Yep only have 1 month left anyway
I left insiders nonsense long ago all public release builds are buggy enough frankly.

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
Yep only have 1 month left anyway
I left insiders nonsense long ago all public release builds are buggy enough frankly.

I got the impression that at first they let people test Windows 11 on non-compliant hardware to verify their own predictions on how well this hardware would behave. Now that their predictions were confirmed they cut these people off.

I get the impression that when Windows 11 is released next month you won't be able to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 if your computer is non-compliant. Does that also mean if you try to do a clean install on non-compliant hardware the installer will abort?

In any event I will wait until next month to see if anyone is able to install Windows 11 on non-compliant hardware. If so, I will follow their experiences to see if they have any problems afterwords.

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
Once 11 is fully released it should and no more cheats or even more short lived

Why Windows 11 has such strict hardware requirements, according to Microsoft | Ars Technica

As expected, the above article is full of nonsense about security, needless to the majority of home computer users. Microsoft should allow us to use Windows 11 on unsupported computers at our own risk, rather than trying to block all our old stuff. They did the same mistake with Windows Vista that tried to make us all replace our computers. It seems they didn't learn their lesson...

We used to run a pc with an Athlon 4200 on W10 at the museum, and a couple of years ago, it started struggling and I set it back to W7. It has been replaced by a slightly more modern top of the range core 2 duo which runs W10 ok so far.

This thread was labeled WINDOWS 10, why is W11 even mentioned?

tinmar49 said:

This thread was labeled WINDOWS 10, why is W11 even mentioned?

That's because a lot of us are waiting to see if Windows 11 is going to classify our computers as "really old hardware" and be forced to remain on Windows 10. Maybe we need to create a new thread "Let's run Win11 on really really old hardware".