Possible to bypass Windows 11 cpu check with rufus?

The 6700K processor (6th Gen) is not on official support list for Windows 11 system requirements, which requires at least an 8th Generation Core i7 Processor.

Windows 11 version 25H2 supported Intel processors

Fortunately, you can still use rufus to bypass windows 11 cpu checks. However, SSE 4.2 should be available for the CPU. This is mandatory!

For Windows 11 version 24H2 and newer, Microsoft has a hard requirement for the CPU to support the SSE 4.2 instruction set (which includes the POPCNT instruction).

Unlike TPM or Secure Boot, which are software checks or configuration settings, SSE 4.2 is a set of instructions built into the CPU's hardware. If the processor does not physically contain these instructions, the operating system's core files in the new version will fail to load, and the system will not boot.

Older CPUs Affected: This hard requirement primarily impacts very old CPUs, such as the Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad generation, which typically only support up to SSE 4.1.