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I am using Pentium N3700 and I wanted to upgrade to windows 11 so I checked the PC Health Check app and it shows that my processor speed and no. of cores are compatible but why it is still showing as incompatible processor?
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Hello,
Unfortunately, Pentium N3700 processor is not compatible for Windows 11, according to Microsoft.
Please check with official Windows 11 list of supported processors:
You can drop a feedback to Microsoft about this, using Feedback hub app.
Regards.
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Because that one isn't listed as compatible. And the reason is, processors should support VBS (Virtualization Based Security) which newer processors have.
