Can I upgrade my HP ENVY Desktop - 750-537cb to be Windows 11 ready?

[PDaddy56]

I ran the MS app to check if my computer is Windows 11 capable. Stated it's not. Can I upgrade to be Windows 11 ready or should I be shopping for a new computer?

[old_geekster]

@PDaddy56 , welcome to the Community.

The item that seems to be causing most computers to fail is the TPM.  You will have to check in the BIOS/UEFI to see if it is available and enabled.  Then, if it is not the correct version you will have to update the BIOS/UEFI to see if that helps.

Here is a good article that will tell you the minimum system requirements.

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.

[WAWood]

@PDaddy56 

You need to know EVERYTHING that your system lacks for Windows 11, not just what the MS tool tells you.

Here is a link to a third-party tool that will check all the currently known requirements for Windows 11 and tell you what fails on your PC: https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11/releases

Do NOT try to download this using MS Edge as it flags it as malware -- which it is NOT -- use a different Browser instead.

[PDaddy56]

Everything checked good except the CPU Generation. Got a yellow question mark there. Should I be concerned?

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@PDaddy56 

Until recently, MS had hard floor and soft floor requirements for Windows 11, now they have removed that distinction.

For Intel processors, it must be 8th generation or newer -- yours is 7th.

[PDaddy56]

I read yesterday that MS is reconsidering 7th generation support. A group of testers will be working on that and MS will determine the status at that time. I'll hold off until then. My only option right now is a newer motherboard as mine will not support and 8th or 9th generation processor. Thank you for your information. It pointed me in the right direction.

[noelpg21]

is this your HP computer, PDaddy56?

indeed you will have to wait a few months until Microsoft completes its test for 7th gen Intel (Kaby Lake) and AMD Zen 1 (Ryzen 1xxx) CPUs (right around the time Windows 11 reaches close to final release) before you can try to upgrade to Windows 11.