The "Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware" Thread

[Sulphy]

On 31/10/2021 at 15:47, warwagon said:

The only real beef I have with Windows 11 , is the grouping of Jump lists and recently opened files.  You either turn both on or both off.  I want jump lists, but I also don't want recently watched porn videos to show up on the bottom of the start menu. 😛 

Have a gander at Start11 ..... well worth it! I do like the new Win11 start menu, but after a while, it gets a bit annoying not being able to hide the recently opened / added panel, and the limit of 32 (? i think) items.

[nekrosoft13]

On 31/10/2021 at 10:08, Xenon said:

Even if they stop updates through windows update, there are still ways to get the updates. Either manually or a PowerShell script. I seem to recall that someone (stardock ?) might release a program to do it.

time could come when the never updates are hard coded, that it could throw a bugcheck when condition x is met.

will see if Microsoft would go that far.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

On 12/11/2021 at 08:11, nekrosoft13 said:

time could come when the never updates are hard coded, that it could throw a bugcheck when condition x is met.

will see if Microsoft would go that far.

doubt they'll go that far because that would take effort lol

[erpster3]

On 12/11/2021 at 06:27, Brandon H said:

doubt they'll go that far because that would take effort lol

yup.  highly doubtful MS will actually stop w11 updates to unsupported systems as I manually get them either thru MUC (ms update catalog) or thru uup dumps and I can manually install them

 

Eleven Forum topic - Let's install Windows 11 on an incompatible hardware

[Gus.]

I don't like using bypasses, but I did have to use a hack to enable PTT/TPM on my Asus Z170-A mobo with Intel Core i7-6700K 4 GHz CPU (no bypass is needed for unsupported CPU's). I installed Win11 3 times, once an upgarde from Win10, twice a clean install, all went perfectly and ran at least as well as Win10. I tried to give it a chance, but I didn't like some aspects of the interface, like the extra large taskbar, the Start menu, the context menu, etc. At one point, my systray disappeared and I couldn't get it back no matter what fix I tried. I know there are tweaks and apps to "fix" the interface; but I will try Win11 again when 22H is released.

This is how I enabled PTT/TPM (which was apparently hidden from the BIOS by Asus):

https://www.win-raid.com/t9091f2705-Cannot-enable-Intel-PTT-TPM-at-ASUS-motherboard.html

 

The only feature I'm missing from Win11 (I'm back on Win10 for now) is DX12 Ultimate, and my video card doesn't even support it (Nvidia GTX 1070).

[techbeck]

Installed Win11 on my unsupported Dell Precision M3800.  Runs just as well as Win10 did.  I am liking it so far and it looks more polished in a lot of areas.  Tho, them making the start menu centered reminds me of Apple OS.  One of the first things I did was change it to the left.

 

All drivers installed just fine via normal Windows update except for the MicroST Drivers.  I DLed the Win10 ones from Dell and they installed no issue.

 

I also was able to apply the cumulative updates, and several others, with no issue.

 

So far, I am happy with it and currently poking around the OS.  Would have done it sooner by other life things took precedence.

 

Next I am going to try and update the wifes Dell all in one i3.  Several years old but since I updated to SSD drive, boots Win10 really quick.  So I am sure it will run Win11 with no issues.

[+Warwagon MVC]

On 12/01/2022 at 14:11, techbeck said:

Installed Win11 on my unsupported Dell Precision M3800.  Runs just as well as Win10 did.  I am liking it so far and it looks more polished in a lot of areas.  Tho, them making the start menu centered reminds me of Apple OS.  One of the first things I did was change it to the left.

 

All drivers installed just fine via normal Windows update except for the MicroST Drivers.  I DLed the Win10 ones from Dell and they installed no issue.

 

I also was able to apply the cumulative updates, and several others, with no issue.

 

So far, I am happy with it and currently poking around the OS.  Would have done it sooner by other life things took precedence.

The one thing i've installed on my installs is Startisback11 .. it was the cheaper of the apps I think it was $5 per license  but gives back the right click functionality on the taskbar as well as a bunch of other stuff. https://www.startallback.com/

[techbeck]

Just got done updating the wifes PC....

 

Dell Inspiron 23

Intel i3-4150

12gb RAM

500gb SSD

 

Runs as well as Win10 did.  All drivers installed and so far, no issues. 

[PGHammer]

On 17/01/2022 at 15:44, techbeck said:

Just got done updating the wifes PC....

 

Dell Inspiron 23

Intel i3-4150

12gb RAM

500gb SSD

 

Runs as well as Win10 did.  All drivers installed and so far, no issues. 

Same here on my G3258 - basically, what issues?  No SSD (4 TB Seagate Barracuda Compute platter drive as a single partition) - however, said Barracuda Compute is both faster - and cheaper in absolute dollars - even when not on sale - than the 1 TB Seagate it shelved.  (I've added Start11 to the mix - for the skinning support.)  Despite the unsupported hardware, it runs better - not worse - than Windows 10 did - especially WSL version 2. In designing a new build, I have to go with an older CPU and motherboard due to DDR5 shortages.

[aioraito]

Dell Inspiron 7447

Intel Core i5 4210H

16GB DDR3 1600 RAM

Secure Boot disabled

TPM not found

 

I have partitioned my 1TB Samsung SATA 860 EVO and installed Windows 7, Windows 8.0, Windows 10 21H2, and Windows 11 21H2

 

I have installed it by copying Windows 11 install.wim and saving it to sources folder of Windows 10 21H2 bootable USB and so far so good...

 

I'm still seeing internet options [with missing items] on control panel even though IE was disabled/no longer included...

 

Will Windows 11 22H2 be the improvement that users wanted or will it be just another baby step by Microsoft?

[Lastwebpage]

I am not sure about this TPM thing, i am sure this was answered multiple times, sorry that I ask this again.

I have Version 21H2 Build 22000.434 on an old PC  without TPM 2.0. Insider preview stopped some time last year with "Your PC does not meet...". I thought, okay, it's time to buy a new PC any how, so why care about this? But in the meantime, I still very pleased with my old PC and I not bought a new one.
What can I do? Must I really make a new installation with a TPM bypass or it's possible without an new installation to get back in the insider ring? 
 

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Hello

 

Sorry, I'm struggling with what to do.

 

I want to clean install Windows 11.  Currently has Windows 10 on it but I'm rebuilding the PC so may as well clean install.

Do I download the Windows 11 Media Creation tool, then run it and make a bootable USB?

When it comes to set up Windows, what do I do then?

Does it matter that I am downloading Windows 11 on an acceptable Windows 11 machine?

 

Signed up and created the Media Creation Tool BAT file but when I ran it, nothing happened (this was before I downloaded the actual Media Creation tool).
Or should I run this on Windows 10 and it'll work?