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Jeronimo2440
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Oct 04, 2021

The i7-7700K meet the minimun requierments to run Win11. But its not suported, Why?

Hi, I have an i7-7700K. This CPU have TPM 2.0, It's compatible with Secure Boot, it have 4 core up to 4.2 GHz. It also is 64bit.  I don't know why this CPU is not supported by Microsoft to install W...
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nbelley
Brass Contributor
Apr 04, 2022

Juankaaranda just go on the microsoft website, download the windows 11 installation media, put it on a USB stick, reboot, and upgrade and be happy. It won't stop you and it will work. I've been on 11 since like 3-4 months now. 

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GC_Wood
Copper Contributor
Apr 04, 2022
But, you will imminently find that Microsoft adds a watermark to the lower right corner of your screen to advise that you are running Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.
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    SugarD-x
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 04, 2022

    That watermark is an Insider Preview build. It is not present on the standard release builds. You need to exit the Insider Preview program to get rid of that. It says nothing about your system being unsupported. The only location that will is under certain sections of Windows Update.

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      GC_Wood
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 04, 2022

      SugarD-x, nbelley,

       

      Unless you're on the Insider releases, you won't have seen the watermark yet. It's previewing in the Insider builds right now, but it will then roll out to the regular releases and appear on all machines that don't meet the minimum specification set by Microsoft.

       

      See: http://www.theverge.com/22988775/microsoft-windows-11-desktop-watermark-unsupported-hardware

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        SugarD-x
        Brass Contributor
        Apr 04, 2022
        "Microsoft had been testing these changes last month, but they’re now rolling out to Release Preview just ahead of a full release to all Windows 11 users in the coming days. While Microsoft doesn’t mention the addition of a watermark in its “improvements” list for this update, testers have noticed it’s included."

        Insider Preview. This has not happened on the release versions yet.
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    nbelley
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 04, 2022

    GC_Wood I'm sorry but that's just not true, here are my cpu details:

     

    here is my lower right corner, with no watermark whatsoever. 

     

     

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