Windows 11 Compatibility

Question

I ran the compatibility checker for Windows 11 and I get the following response back:

  The processor isn't currently supported for Windows 11.  
  More about supported CPUs.  
  Processor:  Intel Core i7-7700T CPU @ 2.90Ghz  

When I click on the supported CPUs for my Windows 10 version (Windows 10 Home 21H1), it shows my CPU as a supported CPU.

Any idea why it would say it is not supported ?

Answer 1

Hi @Penny Lundberg ,

The PC Health Check is correct and unfortunately your i7-7700T CPU processor is not compatible for Windows 11.

You'll find the Microsoft's official Windows 11 list of supported Intel processors over here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

You may always provide feedback and request your processor to be supported by using the Feedback Hub app:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/send-feedback-to-microsoft-with-the-feedback-hub-app-f59187f8-8739-22d6-ba93-f66612949332

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Answer 2

Hi @Penny Lundberg

The processor are selected by various parameters and the important one is DCH Design Principles.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/develop/dch-principles-best-practices

Some of the 7th generation processor and all 8th generation Intel processor are supported for Windows 11. Unfortunately your i7-7700T CPU processor is not compatible for Windows 11
Hopefully it might be added in future based upon testing by Microsoft.

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

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