Installing Windows 11 on a device that does not meet Windows 11 minimum system requirements is not recommended. If you choose to install Windows 11 on ineligible hardware, you should be comfortable assuming the risk of running into compatibility issues.
Your device might malfunction due to these compatibility or other issues. Devices that do not meet these system requirements will no longer be guaranteed to receive updates, including but not limited to security updates.
The following disclaimer applies if you install Windows 11 on a device that doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements:
This PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements for running Windows 11 — these requirements help ensure a more reliable and higher quality experience. Installing Windows 11 on this PC is not recommended and may result in compatibility issues. If you proceed with installing Windows 11, your PC will no longer be supported and won’t be entitled to receive updates. Damages to your PC due to lack of compatibility aren’t covered under the manufacturer warranty.
Before you install Windows 11
If you are unsure if your device meets the Windows 11 minimum system requirements and have Windows 10 already installed, you can download the PC Health Check app, which will assess eligibility and identify components of your device that don’t meet the minimum requirements. The app will also link to info that details steps you can take to make your device meet the minimum system requirements. To learn more, download and install PC Health Check app.
After you install Windows 11
When Windows 11 is installed on a device that does not meet the minimum system requirements, we’ll notify you using a watermark on your Windows 11 desktop. You might also see a notification in Settings to let you know the requirements are not met.
If you’re experiencing issues after upgrading to Windows 11 and your device does not meet the minimum system requirements, we recommend you go back to Windows 10.
To go back to Windows 10, select Start > Settings > System > Recovery > Go back .
This option is only available for 10 days following your upgrade, after which time the files needed to perform this function will be removed to free up disk space on your device.
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If you check all requirements for Windows 11, but you still got this error inside Windows Insider Program (Your PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11), then here’s what you have to do to fix it:
1 — Download the OfflineInsiderEnroll (Github) and save it as a .bat file
2 — Open it using an Admin Windows Terminal
3 — Select (4) — Stop receiving Insider Preview builds
4 — Open Windows Settings > Windows Update > Windows Insider Program and re-enroll manually
Problem Symptom: If you try to install Windows 11 Insider Preview on a PC that does not fulfill the minimum hardware requirements, the Windows Insider Program will display an error message as below:
Windows Insider Program
Your PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11. Your channel options will be limited.
If you try to install the new Windows 11 Insider Preview as a new OS using ISO, the error message as below will display:
Windows Setup
This PC can’t run Windows 11
This PC doesn’t meet the minimum requirements to install thise version of Windows. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/WindowsSysReq
Follow the below workaround steps to install Windows 11 Insider Preview even your PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements.
Content Summary
Bypass TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot
Apply OfflineInsiderEnroll script to enroll in Dev Channel
Modify Registry key
Bypass TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot
Step 1: Press Windows key + R to open a Run box.
Step 2: Type regedit and press Enter to open up the Registry Editor. Click Yes to grant administrative privileges when prompted by the UAC (User Account Control). If you are installing as a new OS, you need to press the Shift + F10 key to open the command prompt and type regedit.exe to open the Registry Editor.
Step 3: Navigate to the following location: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup
Step 4: Create a new key called LabConfig.
Step 5: In the LabConfig key, right-click on the right pane then select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the new DWORD as BypassTPMCheck.
Step 6: Double-click on BypassTPMCheck and change its value to 1.
Step 7: In the LabConfig key, right-click on the right pane then select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the new DWORD as BypassSecureBootCheck.
Step 8: Double-click on BypassSecureBootCheck and change its value to 1.
Step 9: Click on the OK button and close the registry editor.
Step 10: Restart the PC.
Apply OfflineInsiderEnroll script to enroll in Dev Channel
Step 1: Open Start > Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback. Make sure the Optional diagnostic data is toggle On or select the radio button for Optional diagnostic data / Full.
Step 2: Download OfflineInsiderEnroll script at GitHub. OfflineInsiderEnroll is a simple script to join Windows Insider Program Dev Channel and it can be executed on a PC with a local account.
Step 3: Right-click on the downloaded script and select the Run as administrator option from the context menu.
Step 4: The command prompt window will display with the available Windows Insider Program channels including Dev Channel, Beta Channel, and Release Preview Channel.
Step 5: Select Enroll to Dev Channel by pressing the corresponding number and Enter.
Step 6: Restart the PC.
Modify Registry key
Step 1: Open Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Insider Program.
Step 2: Click on Get Started to connect your Microsoft account used for registering to the Windows Insider program.
Step 3: Select the Release Preview Channel from the list of channels show in Pick your Insider channel settings.
Step 4: Review the Privacy Statement and terms, and click the Confirm button.
Step 5: Click on Restart Now when prompted.
Step 6: Open Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Insider Program.
Step 7: Verify if the Dev Channel option is available. If it is not available, continue the below steps to modify the related registry key.
Step 8: Press Windows key + R to open a Run box.
Step 9: Type regedit and press Enter to open up the Registry Editor. Click Yes to grant administrative privileges when prompted by the UAC (User Account Control).
Step 10: Navigate to the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\UI\Selection
Step 11: Change the value for the following entries:
- UIBranch: Dev
- UIContentType: Mainline
- UIRing: External
Step 12: Navigate to the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability
Step 13: Change the value for the following entries:
- Branch: Dev
- ContentType: Mainline
- Ring: External
Step 14: Click on the OK button and close the registry editor.
Step 15: Restart the PC.
Step 16: Open Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Insider Program. You will see the Dev Channel display under Pick your Insider settings. You will still see a warning message at the top that mentions your PC does not meet hardware requirements for Windows 11.
Everyone’s quite eager to get their hands on the Windows 11 update. But if there’s one thing that might play spoilsport to their plans for an easy upgrade, it’s the dreaded system requirements error telling them that their PC doesn’t meet the minimum hardware requirements to run Windows 11.
Here’s what you should know about this error and how you may be able to bypass it.
When users with older hardware that doesn’t meet the system requirements for Windows 11 register on the Dev Channel of their Windows 10 PC, Microsoft is giving them this error under System update.
“Your PC does meet the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11. Your device may continue to receive Insider Preview builds until Windows 11 is generally available, at which time it is recommended to clean install to Windows 10.”
Related:
- How To Get Windows 11 Dev Channel Build on Any PC Not Meeting Requirements
- How To Download Windows 11
What does the System Requirements Error mean?
In a highly controversial move, Microsoft revealed earlier that it is stepping up the minimum hardware requirements that your PC should meet to run Windows 11. Specifically, one’s PC must have UEFI secure boot capability and TPM version 2.0 in order to upgrade to the latest Windows.
But as many have found out, these may either not be available on their PCs or, if available, are disabled by default. (Read: How to enable TPM and Secure boot.) This has understandably raised the collective ire of people who could easily run Windows 10 but cannot upgrade to Windows 11 because their PCs do not meet the hardware requirements to do so.
Although it appears that these hard requirements are here to stay, one can, in practice, get upgraded to Windows 11 if one’s enrolled in the Dev Channel of Windows Insider Program.
Microsoft confirmed in a blog post that it will allow all Windows Insiders to “continue installing Windows 11 Insider Preview builds even if their PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements.”
Users will be eligible for Windows 11 preview builds only until the final version of Windows 11 is generally available, after which time those who do not meet the minimum hardware requirements will have to revert to Windows 10.
So, that is what it all means. That you will need to downgrade to Windows 10 once Windows 11 is released to the public as further dev builds won’t be available to you if you do not meet the system requirements for Windows 11.
If you’re already a part of the Windows Insider Program but don’t meet the minimum hardware requirements to run Windows 11, you may see the Windows 11 System Requirments Error before installing the update as well. But you can go ahead and install it regardless of the error as per the Limited Exception rule for Windows 11 preview builds.
How to fix
There is nothing to fix here as this is only a warning that says that you will need not get newer dev builds of Windows 11 when it is available for the public. Meaning, you better go back to Windows 10 at that time.
However, if you switch from Dev channel to beta channel or release preview, then this warning will be removed, but you will not get Windows 11 Dev Channel Insider build either. You will get only Windows 10 beta or release preview builds.
Can’t install Windows 11?
You can register for the Dev Channel builds on Windows 10 itself and then upgrade to Windows 11 even if it throws the warning in your face.
But in case the installation doesn’t process and you get a “This PC can’t run Windows 11” error, then we can be of some help here. See our guide on bypassing the TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements below. This will allow you to fix the “This PC can’t run Windows 11” error and install Windows 11 on your older PCs.
► Windows 11 Without TPM: How To Bypass the TPM Requirement and Install the OS
Using the link above, you can install Windows 11 without meeting minimum hardware requirements.
It is possible that after gathering user feedback and understanding more about how Windows 11 runs on different systems and CPU models, Microsoft may adjust the minimum system requirements in the future. But as of now, that doesn’t seem to be a likely scenario.
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- Способ 1: Параметры телеметрии
- Способ 2: Настройка из реестра
- Несоответствие аппаратным требованиям
- Вопросы и ответы
Способ 1: Параметры телеметрии
Самой распространенной причиной недоступности опций в окне «Программа предварительной оценки Windows» является отключение дополнительных функций телеметрии. Включите их.
- В приложении «Параметры» перейдите в раздел «Конфиденциальность и защита» → «Диагностика и отзывы».
- Разверните блок «Диагностические данные» и установите переключатель «Отправлять необязательные диагностические данные» в положение «Вкл».
После этого в окне предварительной оценки должна появиться кнопка «Начать». Нажмите ее, чтобы начать процедуру присоединения к инсайдерской программе.
Способ 2: Настройка из реестра
Если после включения отправки необязательных диагностических данных страница осталась пустой, проверьте настройки в разделе реестра с параметрами телеметрии.
- Откройте «Редактор реестра» командой
regedit, выполненной в вызванном нажатием клавиш Win + R окошке быстрого запуска программ. - Разверните ключ
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollectionи измените значение параметров «AllowTelemetry» и «MaxTelemetryAllowed» на 3, если оно отличается. - Чтобы открыть окошко редактирования значения, кликните по параметру дважды.
При условии, что для настройки компьютера использовались утилиты-твикеры, проверьте в них статус опций, отвечающих за отключение телеметрии. Если они изменены, сбросьте их к значениям по умолчанию.
Несоответствие аппаратным требованиям
Также опции окна предварительной настройки могут быть недоступны, если компьютер не соответствует минимальным требованиям Microsoft либо вы используете модифицированную сборку системы. В этом случае после включения всех описанных выше настроек в окне программы предварительной оценки появится сообщение «Your PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements…».
Решением для тех, кто использует неоригинальную сборку, но компьютер соответствует всем аппаратным требованиям, может стать установка оригинального дистрибутива Windows 11. Если проблема возникла на виртуальной машине, нужно будет проверить ее настройки – последние также должны отвечать требованиям к аппаратной составляющей.
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