Windows11 upgrade

[james241]

I really need some help with this

I have this machine and I tried to upgrade to win 11 Microsoft tool returned  This PC doesn't meet all the system requirements for windows 11 Get the details and see if there are things you can do in the PC Health Check app.

What is HP doing to fix this situation from my point of view HP should have their teeth into Microsoft 

Does this Laptop have TPM, is it enabled it seems to be hirer than windows 11 requirements but Microsoft is saying other wise

If not, can the bios be upgraded, can I fit a processor that will work

Product number

P0S80EA#ABU   [Personal Information Removed] Product number:L0Z58EA

Product name

HP Pavilion Gaming Notebook - 15-ak011na (ENERGY STAR)

Microprocessor

Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ with Intel® HD Graphics 530 (2.6 GHz, up to 3.5 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)

1 GHz or faster dual-core or higher 64-bit processor or System on a Chip

Memory, standard

8 GB DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 8 GB) 4 GB RAM

Video Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M (4 GB DDR3L dedicated) DirectX 12 compatible graphics / WDDM 2.x

Hard Drive

·                           1 TB 5400 rpm SATA

·                           128 GB M.2 SSD

Optical drive

Super Multi DVD burner

Display

39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal FHD IPS anti-glare WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080)

Display size (diagonal)

39.6 cm (15.6")

Keyboard

Full-size island-style backlit with numeric keypad

Pointing device

HP Image pad with multi-touch gesture support

Wireless Connectivity

802.11a/b/g/n/ac (1x1) and Bluetooth® 4.0 combo (Miracast compatible)

Network interface

Integrated 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet LAN

Expansion slots

1 multi-format SD media card reader

External Ports

1 HDMI; 1 headphone/microphone combo; 1 USB 2.0; 2 USB 3.0; 1 RJ-45

Minimum dimensions (W x D x H)

38.45 x 26.51 x 2.88 cm

Weight

2.32 kg

Operating system

Windows 10 Home 64

[banhien]

@james241 

Your machine does have TPM but process is only Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ which does not meet requirements for Windows 11 as shown

         https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-inte...

If you wish, you can perform

          Installing Windows 11 on devices that don't meet minimum system requirements

Regards.

[james241]

Thanks for your reply.

So it seems Microsoft want's to make my laptop  redundant.

[banhien]

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@james241 wrote:

... So it seems Microsoft want's to make my laptop  redundant.

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@james241 

I don't know why MS came up with this policy. I know millions and millions of machines out there won't meet MS requirements and we have to perform back door stuffs.

Anyway, we still have nearly 4 years to run Windows 10 (14 Oct 2025), we will cache up later.

Regards.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @james241 

If you want to try out W11 on your PC, it is relatively easy to do...

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 5 of them to W11 and they seem to run a little better on W11 than they did on W10.

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