Installing windows 11 pro on HP Z840

[hput3]

Using the Microsoft Windows PC Healthcheck tool I.m told the My processor is not supported

(Dual Intel Xeon CPU ES-2687w v4 3.00GHz)

This PC doesn't currently meet
Windows 11 System requirements
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! This PC must support Secure Boot
More about enabling Secure Boot

! TPM 2.0 must be supported and enabled on this PC
More about enabling TPM 2.0

x The processor isn't currently supported for Windows 11
More about supported CPUs
Note: Mine are Dual Intel Xeon CPU ES-2687w v4 3.00GHz
[...]

Processor cores 12

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Hopefully its possible to turn on secure boot if that is truly important

ditto ... with TMP 2.0

Have other users here installed windows 11 pro successfully on HP Z840 ?

Has anyone had experience with the items mentioned above?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Even if you can update the TPM firmware to 2.0 and enable secure boot, the processors don't meet Microsoft's minimum W11 Intel processor requirements because they are not on the list at the link below:

Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported Intel processors | Microsoft Learn

See this link for how to update your PC's TPM firmware to 2.0:

Successful Solution to update z840 TPM to 2.0 - HP Support Community - 8847081

I've attached HPs instructions for how to update the firmware, below.

Enabling secure boot.

You can only do that if W10 is installed in UEFI mode.

Watch this video for how to determine that and if W10 is not installed in UEFI Mode you can convert the file system to GPT and then enable secure boot.

How To Convert MBR To GPT For Free In Windows 10

Last but not least, you don't have to do any of those things to upgrade to W11, but it would be better if you can.

You can upgrade to W11, but you would have to use a workaround that bypasses the W11 hardware checks.

If you are happy with your PC, and if you are interested in installing W11 24H2 via an in-place upgrade 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 on Unsupported PC in 2025 (New Easiest Method, No CMD)