shell-things/Windows/10to11

Upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 11 on unsupported systems

WARNING

• READ FIRST: Microsoft: Installing Windows 11 on devices that don’t meet minimum system requirements

This is not supported by Microsoft, most of the methods listed here didn’t work for me on the first system I updated, Windows is not my primary operating system and my Windows was in factory reset state so it not working won’t affect me.

What worked on Sedric

Sedric has no TPM or currently supported CPU, while the health check app says it’s only two years old (I think that is wrong).

• https://gist.github.com/AveYo/c74dc774a8fb81a332b5d65613187b15
  • It said “Downloading Windows 10”, but as per comments it will really be Windows 11 and the actual installation will speak of Windows 11.

Registry files here

I think the first method is likely the best, but I cannot rule these working on another system out yet. They didn’t work on my first system tried.

• 00-AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU.reg - the official Microsoft recommendation and the only one that should be used. If after reboot nothing happens, maybe try the rest rebooting every failure.
  • https://support.microsoft.com/windows/windows-11-n-asentaminen-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e
• 01-LabConfig.reg - widely reported to work
• 01-Setup.reg - ^
• 02-DevRing.reg - after joining the Insider program, this should enforce joining to Dev ring which should offer Windows 11 instantly. It may be advisable to leave after successful update.