Windows 11 has minimum hardware specifications. Simply put, the processor needs to be Intel 8th generation, or second generation AMD Ryzen 2 or above, although there are ways to bypass the restrictions and force the installation of Windows on these unsupported computers. 11, but Microsoft does not recommend it, so for friends who use old computers, they should not plan to upgrade. However, recently Microsoft has made an oolong, and some unsupported computers suddenly received Windows 11 update notifications, making these users think that it will not be supported anymore? Some people actually successfully updated, and then Microsoft jumped out and said that this was an accident, but it was actually not supported.
Microsoft accidentally sends Windows 11 update notifications to unsupported PCs
recently inForeign Reddit forumsOn the Internet, many users reported that their old computers received an update notification for Windows 11 22H2. The hbarcellos user mentioned that he received a notification that read “Good news, your computer meets the minimum system requirements for Windows 11”. The computer specifications are 6700K, GTX 1080 graphics card and 32GB RAM, which means the processor is Skylake. Normally, Windows 11 does not support Intel 6th generation:
Then there were users who responded to him one after another, and the Intel 7th-generation Kaby Lake processor (i5-7200U) was also suddenly supported. Press Download and install to install it:
Even more exaggerated is that even a computer with an i5-650 processor can do it. This one has been 12 years old. How can it run:
The brave gianlucas94 also tried to upgrade and install it on an i5-6500 processor computer, and the result was really successful, but there were some bugs, such as the full-screen window start menu sometimes disappears, the screen is a little bit stuck, etc.:
After reading the entire discussion thread, I found one thing in common, that is, the people who received it are all Windows Insider users.
According to a report by foreign media Windows Latest, Microsoft also replied that this was an error, and accidentally notified the Windows 11 22H2 update to unsupported Windows Insider Program users. The minimum system requirements have not changed, and the update channel seems to have been deleted.
Therefore, unsupported old computers still cannot run Windows 11, which makes many people happy.
Microsoft official website pageThere is clearly written:
It is not recommended to install Windows 11 minimum system requirements on devices that do not meet Windows 11 minimum system requirements. If you choose to install Windows 11 on non-qualified hardware, you must be familiar with the risk of running into compatibility issues while doing so.
Your device may fail due to these compatibility or other issues. There is no guarantee that these devices that do not meet system requirements will receive updates, including but not limited to security updates.