Windows 11 UPGRADE

[sid_f]

This computer it only 2 years old.  Cost over $1000 has a high performance I7 CPU and HP didn't certify it as OK for Windows 11 upgrade and now I have to buy a different computer. Is there a work around or can HP certify the computer to Microsoft so they will allow an upgrade to Windows 11.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Microsoft refuses to budge from their published W11 processor requirements.

If you want to install W11 on your PC as is, you can bypass the W11 hardware requirements using two easy methods.  The first one is the easiest.

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. 

Along with the system image, make sure you create the bootable DVD or USB rescue drive you boot from to access the system image stored on your portable hard drive.

Macrium Software | Reflect Free Edition

Read and follow the easy instructions at the link below.

Windows 11 Upgrade Hack on Any Hardware | Dong Knows Tech

No registry changes needed.  No need to create installation media.  Just download the W11 ISO file, and the guy's zip file.

I used the first procedure last Saturday to do an in-place upgrade an old HP Elitebook 6930p notebook made in 2010 to W11, and I was able to keep my old Office 2010 Starter program that came with the notebook when it had W7 on it, along with all of my other programs files and settings.

The notebook met none of the enhanced W11 hardware requirements.

That is the 9th unsupported W11 PC I have upgraded to W11, and not one of them have had any issues whatsoever.

They have all gotten all the Windows 11 updates released thus far.

I check those against a PC I have that is fully supported to run W11.

There is also this way you can upgrade to W11, bypassing the hardware checks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02mgrA51974 

[sid_f]

Thanks a million. I will use your detailed explanation and proceed to do the upgrade. No reason why the system won't do it. It has the TPM implemented which was a big issue with the older computers that didn't have it in the BIOS.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes I was not happy when I could not simply upgrade to W11 on my Dell Optiplex 7050 MT with an i7-7700 processor that met all of the other requirements for W11.

I am grateful to the folks out there in cyberspace that have developed easy methods to bypass Microsoft's strict hardware requirements.

Their reasoning for the requirements was less crashes and better security.

Why Windows 11 has such strict hardware requirements, according to Microsoft | Ars Technica

That is all well and good, but that doesn't mean W11 won't work just fine on older hardware in many circumstances.

I have had zero issues on any of my PC's, and have run them through their paces.

Notebooks are usually harder to upgrade to an unsupported operating system, because they have more complicated components and whatnot.  So far for me, W11 was an improvement in every respect on all of them.

[jbaird]

I would recommend not upgrading to Windows 11 at this time. There are some issues that I cannot accept. Do some research on default apps.  I could not set a default app for jpg images to Irfanview, or video files to VLC. Hopefully they will change this in future updates. I am currently trying to downgrade to Windows 10.