Windows 10: PC health check says I don't have a compatible CPU for upgrade to Windows 11

PC health check says I don't have a compatible CPU for upgrade to Windows 11, but I can find my CPU listed in the 'compatible CPU' list on Microsoft website?Here is my CPU: IntelR CoreTM i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHzI'm running Windows 10 Home 21H1In the list of compatible CPU's there is this : Intel®Core™i7-6700HQIn PC health check my system gets a pass for all other criteria - RAM, SSD space etc.Does anybody know what is amiss here?Cheers

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Windows 11, Health Check says my PC isn't compatible..

..but I want to get some 2nd opinions (or 3, 4, 5 *cry )because I really love what I heard about the changes in 11.

I am upgrading my RAM and adding an SSD drive to my Gaming PC, see here if interested. So I wanted to go ahead and update to Window 11. I'll link the report from Windows PC Healthcheck that I took this a.m. I was surprised as my PC isn't that old (2018):

HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop Computer
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
AMD Radeon RX 550, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, Windows 10 (today I'll put in the SSD, and the RAM is now 16 GB)

I do understand newer computers come out every year though, and it's my CPU that isn't capable according to health-check. If anyone wants to help me with this, I'd appreciate it. I haven't priced a CPU yet, but it's a biggy I know *Wink I am not sure about putting one in either.

Thanks in advance for any info, I'd sure love to just install Windows 11 while I'm doing the rest of my upgrade *Wink Here's a snip of the healthcheck, and on it, it mentions finding out what I can do to get 11 to work with my PC. I though coming here was the best place to find out:

Right in front of my face, I just saw there is a Windows 11 Forum! I'm sorry I didn't see that and post this over there ;( I am looking there for info as well now.

 

PC Health Check - Windows 11

So I downloaded the PC Health Check app on my Laptop to see if it will run Windows 11 and the message says "This PC can't run Windows 11". So my question is, will there be a workaround to bypass that when Windows 11 comes available to download? I just think that's dumb that it's not compatible, considering this computer is less than a year old. Laptop in reference is an HP 255 G7.

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Windows 10 Version 21H1

 

PC Health Check - Windows 11

To give a short answer, neither PC has a CPU that's on the current approved list.

Your desktop has a Gen 4 CPU. Win11 requires a Gen 8 or later. I hope that changes before release.