Has anyone loaded a HP Pavilion All-in-One - 27-r014 with windows 11 (Not Supported)? Any success?

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Has anyone loaded a HP Pavilion All-in-One - 27-r014 with windows 11 (Not Supported)? Any success?

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I do not see any posts where anyone has installed W11 in that specific PC.

IMHO, trying out W11 on an unsupported PC is a low-risk venture since you can easily go back to W10 within 10 days of doing the upgrade provided you don't delete the Windows.old folder or the W11 upgrade files.

Windows 11: How to go back to Windows 10

And W11 24H2 has support into late 2026, so at a minimum it outlasts W10 by a year.

Build releases have 2-year support.

Windows 11 Home and Pro - Microsoft Lifecycle | Microsoft Learn

If you are happy with your PC, and if you are interested in installing W11 24H2 on your PC as is, watch this video, which is the easiest way to do it in my opinion, and I have tried many different ways to do this during the last 3 years.

How to install Windows 11 24H2 on Unsupported PC (Early Access) 2024 (youtube.com)

Download the W24H2 ISO file and use that (3rd option).   

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

You can download the free 7-Zip file utility from the link below.  The top line is for 64 bit.

7-Zip

You'll have to repeat this procedure each October when Microsoft rolls out the new builds because a PC that does not meet Microsoft's minimum W11 hardware requirements will never automatically get the update to the next build.

Other than that, your PC will continue to get the monthly cumulative and other updates.

That's only a minor inconvenience to have continued OS support beyond October of 2025.