Envy touchsmart 17-j005ea retrofit for Windows11

[RamonV1]

Hi,

Can anyone help on a way to upgrade my Hp Envy touchsmart 17-j005ea  Notebook for compatibility with windows 11.

I am quite happy with it but it seems that MS is going to drop Windows 10 and the processor (Intel Core i7-4700MQ (2.4 GHz)) seems too old and not compatible w Windows 11.

Is the installation of a new motherboard a possibility?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

There aren't any supported motherboards that would support the Microsoft W11 hardware requirements for an Intel 8th gen core processor and a TPM 2.0 security device.

If you are happy with your PC, you don't need to spend any money to install W11 on it.

If you are interested in installing W11 on your PC as is, you can read this discussion for how I upgraded several HP and Dell notebook and desktop PC's that did not meet the W11 hardware requirements to W11 22H2/22H3.

You have to use the version of the Rufus utility that I zipped up and attached in the discussion (v3.18).

Re: Issues upgrading to windows 11 - HP Support Community - 8517912

If the in-place upgrade fails, you should be able to clean install W11 using the bootable W11 installation flash drive you made with Rufus.

I'm running W11 23H2 just fine on a HP 350 G1 notebook that only has the Intel i3-4005U processor.

[RamonV1]

Thanks Paul

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.