Microsoft has issued an update this week explaining why certain users won't be offered the Windows 11 upgrade even though their systems may be passing the PC Health Check app with flying colors.
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With its rollout of the Windows 11 2022 Update, Microsoft is making significant improvements to how Windows updates are delivered to customers. This includes reduced update sizes and faster installs.
Microsoft has shared some more insights into its internal Windows 11 upgrade process which saw the company deploy the OS on 190,000 employee PCs in the "smoothest" update ever at Microsoft.
In this week, we learned about some of Microsoft's unannounced projects such as Windows 11 SE, new Defender and Loop apps, and a Surface laptop. There were also some tensions with the .NET community.
According to reports, Microsoft is forcibly installing the PC Health Check app on Windows 10 via Windows Update. The app provides diagnostics and info about whether your PC can update to Windows 11.
Windows 11 requirements can be checked using the PC Health Check app that Microsoft released. However, it seems the app is misidentifying a hyper-threaded Pentium 4 as a CPU officially supported.
Microsoft announced recently that it would allow people on unsupported PCs to install Windows 11. However, such users may first have to agree to a formal pact that their PCs may not receive updates.
Microsoft has re-released the PC Health Check app, but now you must be signed in and registered as a Windows Insider in order to download it. it adds support for some 7th-gen Intel CPUs.
Microsoft has posted a blog clarifying its stance on the system requirements for Windows 11. The firm will also test the OS on seventh-gen Intel and Zen 1 AMD CPUs to consider supporting those chips.
For running Windows 11, Microsoft says TPM 2.0 support is necessary due to security reasons. However, in its document, the firm says this criterion, with prior approval, is relaxed for "special" PCs.
If you were not sure about why you can't upgrade to Windows 11, you need to grab the latest update to the PC Health Check app that now tells users the reason why their device is not supported.
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