Windows 10: Windows 11 Does Not Support Xeon Processors?

Hi All,My 18 month old workstation did a system check for Windows 11, and Microsoft reports it does not support a Xeon CPU E5-1620 v4 @ 3.50 Ghz and will not run Win 11. This knocks several of our workstations including newer ones out of running Windows 11. Is there any chance this will change, or is there a work-around? Not to anxious to report one year old mid-range workstations are instantly obsolete. Perhaps switch to a different OS?Thanks for your help.Paul

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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

 

Intel XEON CPU Support question

Hi Richard,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

We appreciate your interest on Windows 10.

As per your query, I like to inform you that; this query will be better answered by Intel XEON CPU Support forum.

I suggest you to post the same on Intel XEON CPU Support forum.

Refer to the below link:

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/category/processors/xeon/instl_confg

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Win10 Pro Support for Intel Xeon Processors

That system more than exceeds the minimum system requirements for Windows 10 and will be more than supported for years to come as new revisions of Windows 10 are released in the future.

Of course, if Windows 10 introduces new security requirements for the CPU, yours might not support them, but it doesn't mean, Windows 10 and newer versions of it won't continue to work.

Your Haswell based XEON processor will work just fine with Windows 10 and the upcoming Anniversary update.