It could be that the company is simply using this warning to dissuade people from using this upgrade loophole and updates really will not be provided. With Microsoft's track record of changing its mind about support and the way in which it delivers updates, it's hard to know quite what to make it of. What is perhaps most worrying about this is that the company says 'even security and driver updates may be withheld'. Microsoft says that anyone performing such a manual upgrade will not be entitled to received updates to Windows 11 from Windows Update. In short, you will be able to perform a clean install, but not an in-place upgrade.īut - and it's a big but - there is a fairly major drawback to installing Windows 11 in this way on unsupported hardware. If you download the Windows 11 ISO and perform a manual installation, the fact that your system does not meet the minimum requirement will not stand in your way. There is, however, a pretty big loophole.

While no official statement has been issued to this effect, Microsoft has said that if you have a Windows 10 computer whose hardware does not meet the requirements for Windows 11, you will not be offered an upgrade via Windows Update. The new comes via the Verge after the site had a briefing from Microsoft. Microsoft releases a test version of its updated Windows 11 PC Health Check app.Microsoft releases KB5005932 update for Windows 10 to fix PSFX_E_MATCHING_BINARY_MISSING errors.Microsoft updates the Windows 11 minimum system requirements, but it's not good news for many.

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