Upgrading to Windows 11-processor requirement

Question

Hey folks, I've seen win11 has listed a quite generic processor requirement (dual core 1ghz+ or so), but on my laptop that runs a intel 6700hq processor, I cannot pass the windows computer health check tool for upgrading to win 11. It shows my laptop doesn't meet the minimum requirement.

All other things such as TPM, graphics driver, ram, rom are satisfied and the only possibllity is for processor. I checked microsoft's website and surprisingly found this documentation

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

Does this mean microsoft is not supporting 7th gen intel processor or earlier and thus my computer doesn't meet the requirement, or is it simply microsoft hasn't finish testing the other processors and therefore I just need to wait?

Answer 1

For those wanting to upgrade in an unsupported fashion:

1) Make free backup images so that you can restore and image and be back where you were as needed

(Acronis, Aoemi, EaseUS, Macrium, Paragon, etc.)

2) See this link for unsupported upgrades:

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/bypass-windows-11-tpm-2-0-and-cpu-system-requirements.1989/

3) See youtube videos on removing appraiserres.dll for unsupported upgrades

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/08/27/update-on-windows-11-minimum-system-requirements-and-the-pc-health-check-app/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/installing-windows-11-on-devices-that-don-t-meet-minimum-system-requirements-0b2dc4a2-5933-4ad4-9c09-ef0a331518f1

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-check-if-your-device-meets-windows-11-system-requirements-after-changing-device-hardware-f3bc0aeb-6884-41a1-ab57-88258df6812b

https://aka.ms/GetPCHealthCheckApp

https://www.elevenforum.com/resources/windows-11-compatibility-check.4/

https://www.elevenforum.com/resources/windows-11-compatibility-check.4/version/19/download

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