Windows 10: Processor deemed incompatible with Win 11 upgrade is LISTED in the list of supported intel...

I tried upgrading to Win 11. The message stated my PC does not meet the current requirements for Win 11 upgrade because of my processor. However my processor - IntelR CoreTM i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.71 GHz - is listed in the supported processor list on Microsoft website. What gives?

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Why can't my Processor meet requirement for a Win 11 Upgrade ???

List of supported processors for Win 11:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...tel-processors

Is yours there?

Also note the message has links you can click. Did you do that? 'More about'...

Also note no TPM was detected.

Naturally you can upgrade to Win 11 by one means or another even with 'incompatible' devices, as has been documented on this forum multiple times. Someone's eve written a tutorial on that if you search/look around.

The restriction is implemented by the installer.

There is a nominal risk of so-called 'non-supported' systems not receiving upgrades or updates.

Is Win 11 better? Well, the taskbar is a lot less functional....

 

Why can't my Processor meet requirement for a Win 11 Upgrade ???

No offense but not knowing what 'wtf' is means youre late to 2021.


I built my PC in 2016. All modern motherboards have TPM. I think maybe the error means that its not enabled. I think I need to enable it in the bios.

So non-supported PCs may not receive nominal updates. Is that all or some? Which types are restricted?

So youre saying that 11 isnt worth upgrading I suppose.

 

Win10 Pro Support for Intel Xeon Processors

I am about to build a new rig that includes the following hardware components:

• Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 Haswell-EP 3.5GHz 6 x 256 KB L2 Cache 15MB L3 Cache LGA 2011-3 140W Server Processor

I have read that some processors will have a limited life support under Win10 rolling upgrades. Due to the robust architecture of this system, I cant seem to determine if:

• Windows will support this processor
• What the expected EoL for this processor support would be

Any help in determining if the hardware configuration component above is supported would be greatly appreciated.

Ken