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Microsoft PC Health Check says my Optiplex 7020 is not compatible with Windows 11 because it does not use secure boot. Switching on secure boot requires changing the boot from Legacy to UEFI. If I try to do this, I get a message "No boot devices found". Is there a solution to this?
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Posted June 28th, 2021 08:00
@AndrewMB2 Here is the list of all Dell computers that will be tested for upgrade to Windows 11. If your computer model is not listed, Dell is not testing the device, and drivers have not been updated for that model.
Unfortunately, your OptiPlex 7020 is not listed.
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Posted June 28th, 2021 12:00
Thanks for this information. The procedure worked so I am now on UEFI. However my computer is still described as incompatible with Windows 11, this time because of the CPU.
It seems this is a widespread problem, we'll see if Microsoft continue to follow the strict rules they have announced...
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Posted June 28th, 2021 18:00
Another issue with it is TPM 2.0 is required. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/6/25/22550376/microsoft-windows-11-tpm-chips-requirement-security
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Posted June 28th, 2021 23:00
Microsoft have released the first Dev Insider Preview Build of Windows 11. It looks like they have a traffic light system with:
- Green: Meeting Windows 11 Hardware Requirements. i.e. 8th Generation Intel Processors and newer.
- Amber: Not Meeting Windows 11 Hardware Requirements but Meeting Minimum Requirements for the Windows Insider Program. Installation works on 6th and 7th Generation Intel Processors.
- Red: Not Meeting Requirements for the Windows Insider Program. Likely the case for 5th Generation Intel Processors and earlier that don't have a TPM Version 2.0 but I haven't tested.
For more details see:
The Windows 11 PC Check reports the OptiPlex 7040 (6th Generation Intel Processor) and OptiPlex 7050 (7th Generation Intel Processor) systems to be incompatible. The system requirements are a bit more elevated than I would have expected. I personally would expect Windows 11 to work on 6th (Skylake) and 7th (Kabylake) Generation Intel Processors which are from around 2016-2017. Moreover i5-6xxx, i7-6xxx, i5-7xxx and i7-7xxx have a marginal difference in system performance and technologies available compared to i3-8xxx and are superior to the supported Atom and Celeron products. These processors also meet all of Windows 11 other system requirements and Dell have stated that all Skylake Systems have regarding a Trusted Platform Module (TPM Version 2.0) and a UEFI BIOS with Secure Boot patched to address the GRUB2 Security Exploit.I have not tested it with the OptiPlex 7020 (4th Generation Intel Processor).That being said, Microsoft are suffering a substantial backlash over the system requirements and have removed the PC Health Check App:With these minimum system requirements in mind, the PC Health Check app was intended to help people check if their current Windows 10 PC could upgrade to Windows 11. Based on the feedback so far, we acknowledge that it was not fully prepared to share the level of detail or accuracy you expected from us on why a Windows 10 PC doesn’t meet upgrade requirements. We are temporarily removing the app so that our teams can address the feedback.
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Posted June 29th, 2021 03:00
Thanks for this and other replies. Evidently this (and many other) excellent machines with many years of potential life will not run Windows 11.What will happen when Windows 10 reaches the end of its stated life remains to be seen - I think there will be a lot of people who do not want to be forced to buy new hardware. This will be quite different from in the past - Microsoft provided an upgrade path from Windows 7 and Windows 8 and not too may people had Vista, whereas Windows 10 is universal.
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Posted October 29th, 2021 12:00
my optiplex 7020 MT was upgraded this morning to Windows 11 Pro. i did nothing but apply updates and reboot. it has a TPM 1.2 on it.
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Posted October 29th, 2021 14:00
Good to know. : )
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Posted October 29th, 2021 15:00
Interesting - the CPU is not on the list of supported processors. Have Microsoft dropped these hardware requirements?
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Posted November 15th, 2021 09:00
my optiplex 7020 did the same thing, upgraded to windows 11 with no issues
only thing i know that's different is SSD hard drive , and Gforce RTX 2060 video card and modern power supply for the video card.
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Posted June 28th, 2021 04:00
This web page will help. And this YouTube video has more information.
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