How to install Windows 11 on an incompatible PC: Microsoft publishes an official method

Windows 11 is available for recent and officially compatible PCs. It is possible to install it on more machines, but we do not recommend the method.

Windows 11 is available. We tested it for several months and we were able to give you a full review of this promising new system.

It now remains to be seen if you want and if you can install it on your machine.

More or less strict requirements

Quite well known, Microsoft has tightened the requirements to install Windows with Windows 11. Here are the conditions imposed by the publisher.

Here is the list of compatible processors.

The tool to check the compatibility

To check the compatibility of its PC with Windows 11, Microsoft has put the "PC integrity check application" online. In one click, it lets you know if your PC will be able to officially install Windows 11.

Why we do not recommend this method

Microsoft has posted a method to install Windows 11 on a machine that is not compatible with the update. However, we do not recommend using this method and neither does Microsoft. If the firm decided to authorize such installations, it immediately warned that the machines in question will not be officially supported by Windows 11. In other words, it will be possible at any time for these PCs to no longer receive updates. duty or security day. To install Windows 11 with this method, you will also need to confirm that you understand the risks.

Remember that Windows 10 will continue to be updated until 2025 and that there is therefore no urgency to install Windows 11 on your machine other than the attraction of novelty. In 2025, your PC will probably be about ten years old and it will be reasonable to think about changing it, or installing a GNU/Linux distribution which will further extend its life.

Our recommendation is therefore to keep Windows 10 on the machine until Microsoft changes its position or until the end of support for Windows 10.

How to install Windows 11 on an incompatible PC

You might be surprised to find the trick described below anyway, since we don't recommend it. First, the method is published by Microsoft which makes it interesting information. Above all, we prefer to publish a complete file that correctly explains the choice available to you, in good conscience, rather than feign ignorance and leave this file on other, less scrupulous sites.

If you're sure you want to install Windows 11 and you know what you're doing. Here is the method.

How to Pass Windows 11 TPM Protection

With this modification, it will be enough to install Windows 11 without waiting for the deployment to switch to the new system.

Here, it's about updating an existing installation to Windows 11. Microsoft notes that installing from a USB key to do a clean and complete installation of Windows 11 will only partially check the recommendations: TPM 1.2 au instead of TPM 2.0 and no CPU model check.

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