Windows 11 - It's official - Questions, Answers, Tip and Tricks

General Topics
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Here’s information directly from Microsoft in case you’re wondering about requirements.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11?OCID=1_pchc_windows_app_omc_win

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So all this denial from MS seeking to deny its existence and what had been seen previously was just old conceptualising, etc. was just BS :slight_smile:

EDIT _ Added attached image

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I certainly was. It did fool some people. Me being one of those.
I still remember the statement that Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows you’ll ever need.

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  1. I remember that one too.
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Now that W11 is official, is the forum topic “Windows 11 - Everything you need and want to know” in the works? ;D or would we just be appending to this? ???

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I’ve modified the title so it should take care of everything related to Windows 11.
:slight_smile:

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Endless Endless Updates :-\

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Does it really matter if we now install Windows 11 and then start endless updates on that OS or,
if the new OS is just another update to the current Windows 10?
Not that it really matters, Windows 11 is official just no place where you can get it currently.

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Check for compatibility > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11

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Actually it doesn’t matter for me, as apparently neither one of my laptops (both running W10) are compatible.

Edit

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Hm, my latest machine might go well with Win 11, barely, but others are clearly not compatible :frowning:

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Introducing Windows 11
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/06/24/introducing-windows-11/
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/06/24/building-a-new-open-microsoft-store-on-windows-11/

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Microsoft publishes the Windows 11 system requirements
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-publishes-the-windows-11-system-requirements/

These features are going away with Windows 11
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/these-features-are-going-away-with-windows-11/

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Mine won’t qualify for the upgrade because of legacy BIOS and no TPM chip. I can purchase a TPM chip that will plug into the motherboard, but there’s not much I can do about the BIOS without replacing parts. I just added a new SSD that Windows 10 is installed on, new power supply, 2 new case fans, a new CPU heatsink and fan, and new thermal paste for the processor and graphics card. It’s nine years old and runs great. I am not giving up on this computer for Windows 11. Hopefully, Microsoft will relax the hardware related security requirements when 11 is released.

The good news is Windows 10 is supported until October 14, 2025.
Windows 10 Home and Pro - Microsoft Lifecycle | Microsoft Docs

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I had one system where TPM was not turned on.
If you have the chip and need to turn TPM, open a RUN command (Windows key and R)
and type the following:

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[font=Roboto]Check[/font] that the status for TPM in the management console shows as Ready

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Windows 11 won’t work without a TPM - What you need to know
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-wont-work-without-a-tpm-what-you-need-to-know/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-amd-processors
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-qualcomm-processors

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I just pulled the laptop out of the closet and ran PC Health Check. It found incompatibility because I don’t have Secure Boot enabled because legacy BIOS is enabled. I haven’t been able to get into the BIOS on this laptop and change it back to UEFI for a couple years now. Last year, I took it apart, cut component connections, resoldered connections and still could not get it to reset. I turn it on today and after entering 2 passwords, the BIOS screen pops up. Why couldn’t this have happened 2 years ago? I changed the BIOS to UEFI and restarted the computer which would not boot. I reinstalled Windows 10 and it now boots up. Then I ran PC Health Check again which now shows me that my processor is incompatible. This has got to be one of the clumsiest tools I have used.

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Did you check the list of needed components? Do you have all of them including TPM-2?

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Neither of them match the requirements.

On my pc, I don’t have secure boot or the TPM module.
My laptop doesn’t have TPM and the processor is incompatible.

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Whilst my CPU is meant to support it, I’m in no rush, if it isn’t supported, I will just stick with windows 10 until I eventually replace this laptop and I had already started investigation.

I kept XP Pro for many years after support ended because of the programs I had installed programs that simply wouldn’t have worked on win10 and I had no intention of purchasing a slew of programs just to get win10.

For me this is little less of a problem and there is some way to go yet before support for win10 is withdrawn, yes it might be nice, but it certainly isn’t what I would consider an immediate necessity.

Next step for me is to run the WindowsPCHealthCheckSetup.msi check.