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Question about Windows 11 free upgrade from windows 10
Our company has a Desktop T1700 workstation powered by Windows 10. As it ends support very soon, the management team decided to upgrade Windows 10 to latest Windows 11. Currently, the specs are still...
Upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 10 is still free and the license key will be activated automatically. This means you don't need to purchase an additional key for Windows 11. However, the computer should meet the minimal system requirements of Windows 11.
The Dell Precision T1700 is powered by an Intel Xeon E3-1020 CPU, which is not supported by Windows 11 according to this document:
This means you have to apply some hacks in order to free upgrade Windows 11 from Windows 10. You can't directly upgrade to Windows 11 from Windows 10 update center.