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Windows 11 upgrade fail(precheck)
I was currently trying to update to Windows 11 and received a message saying does not meet the system requirements. On the checklist everything passed except the processor, it said it's not supported. But there is no processor listed and did not see one in the About cpu section. Is there anything I can do about the processor part to identify it to be able to download the update? I have the Inspiron 24 Model 3452 series.
Thank you
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Posted March 24th, 2022 16:00
You can get it to install unsupported mode. WIN11 ISO using Rufus and a USB 2.0 FAT32 32gig flash drive. 16 year old systems will install. They will be horribly slow however.
https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
Sandisk 32gb usb2 flash drive skuId=928880
Model:SDCZ60-032G-A46- Fix DLL sideloading vulnerabilities (#1838, #1877)
- Fix ISO → ESP creation when running on Windows 11 (#1855)
- Fix an issue when detecting network connectivity when the DHCP service is disabled (#1801)
- Update FreeDOS to version 1.3
- Add bypass of Windows 11 restrictions for in-place upgrades
- Add Miracle Linux 8 to the list of Red Hat exceptions (#1866)
- Other internal fixes and improvements
I have done this with 2006 Optiplex GX620 and Pentium D 915 chip as well as with XPS 400 and Dimension 9100 etc.
Secure Boot and TPM are optional but NX, LAHF, SAHF, CMPXCHG instructions are required so you need at least Pressler Pentium D 900 series. Thats as old and slow as you can go.
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Posted March 24th, 2022 19:00
Thanks for that information. Using the media creation tool for Windows 11 I clean installed on my Latitude E5430 (around 8 years old) with TPM 1.2 and Secure Boot and it runs just fine. MS is getting sneaky now though as an unsupported system will get a watermark in the lower rh side of the screen for an unsupported system This has started with the latest update. My hunch, and it is only a hunch, is that in the very near future MS will prevent unsupported systems from continuing to run Windows 11. They have clearly stated this from the beginning of the Windows 11 release.
I am not a Dell employee...I am forum volunteer
Serious work on an E5430 and constantly building and working on an i5-6500 Desktop
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Posted March 24th, 2022 05:00
You have an approximately 7 year old system using a CPU which is either a Pentium or Celeron based on the Dell specs. You would need a minimum of an 8th generation CPU for the Windows 11 update. And you cannot upgrade to an 8th gen CPU. You can still install Windows 11 by going to this page and downloading the media creation tool. Using that method the CPU check is bypassed.
I am not a Dell employee...I am forum volunteer
Serious work on an E5430 and constantly building and working on an i5-6500 Desktop