My HP desktop computer will not support Windows 11

[custis]

MY HP Processor -- 3.00 gigahertz Intel Core i5-7400 -- does not support Windows 11.  Do I have any options besides purchasing a new desktop computer which is working well?

Thank,

John Custis

[itsmyname]

@custis -- your option is to continue to run Windows 10 until Microsoft stops supporting Windows 10, in mid-October 2025.  So, in 4 years, buy a new computer. By that time, I would be surprised if the original disk-drive in your computer will still be working. In the next 4 years, if the disk-drive starts to fail, then it will be time to buy a new computer.

Is the disk-drive still the original one (this computer was first available on 18-January-2017) ?

That makes it well over 4 years old now, and well over 8 years old in October 2025.

[Prométhée]

Hello
@custis I am tired of this opinion, I generally recommend not to install windows 11, although it is possible even if the computer is not 100% compatible
however, no matter what hard drive, my 2013 computer uses an original HDD, and an older one from another, and they still work.
If the computer is still working until then, it is not an obligation to buy one either!
There is a potential security risk, but windows, will not stop working overnight

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @custis 

If you want to force the upgrade to W11, it is pretty easy to do so...

I would make a system image of your current W10 installation prior to updating to W11, so you can easily reinstall W10 in the future.  I used the free Macrium Reflect software to do that, under the Backup at Home section.

Macrium Software | Reflect Free Edition

First make this registry change...

https://www.hellpc.net/how-to-bypass-tpm-and-cpu-requirements-windows-11-upgrade-unsupported-pc/

Then download the Windows 11 ISO file (3rd option), not the W11 installation assistant.

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

Then open the file with Windows explorer, and click on the setup application.

To do that, right click on the ISO file and select 'Open With' and select Windows Explorer.

See the screenshot...this is what you will see when you open the file with Windows Explorer.

After you double click to run the setup application, you will get this window, and you can now upgrade to W11.

You just have to accept the agreement that comes up during the upgrade process about your PC not meeting the requirements, etc., etc..

My unsupported W11 PC's got all of the W11 updates. 

I have upgraded several of them and they work 100% fine, and maybe even better than they did on W10.

However, I don't know how long that will continue, or what will happen when the new build of W11 comes out next year in October.