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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 Windows 11.
Update, 10/18/2021: Yesterday I bought a MacBook Air, I know that the MacBook isn't the best computer and that you are limited within the horizon of Apple. But I don't trust Microsoft and the new Windows 11. What if I bough another computer of 2.000 US dollars and in some years Microsoft decided that I need a new computer? At least, with the new M1 chip of Apple I know that they will support the hardware and the will send me Updates and give Support.
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- CrimzinZACopper ContributorI completely agree.
Everything of my rig is compatible accept my 7700k CPU.
I understand that they still going to add more CPU's but since release date it is taking a huge company like Microsoft forever to sort this out.
This should of been resolved by now.
If they do not get this sorted out soon I might as well start looking for an alternative OS.
They can at least tell us when and how long it is going to take to quiet us down. - peterchenCopper Contributor
I don't understand the rationale of buying a new computer now regardless of whether it's a mac or not. Windows 11 just launched and Windows 10 isn't losing support for another 4 years. And isn't Microsoft trying to expand compatibility as they roll out?
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- Marco5280Copper ContributorJust more big tech messing with the small guy. A lot of us don't have the deep pockets $$$ microsoft does, therefore we can't simply upgrade to suit their agenda. Really tired of MS and all of their unnecessary requirements. I'm not a huge fan of Apple either, so what's a person to do???!!!
- SixpieceIron Contributor
- Microsoft is supposed to use the money to pay the developers. Otherwise it is the developers who suffer…
- only take the services that you need for example if you only need hyper v then only use hyper v. Maybe someone wants to play guitar and piano but if you only have money for one pick one and focus on it.
- raise your prices instead of trying to cut corners and sell yourself short charge an ample price to reflect your true costs. If that doesn’t work continue to develop yourself personally to the point that you are able to make something that someone needs no matter what the cost is then charge accordingly. I mean all these computer costs that you tend to spend a great deal of your life behind are very small compared with car appointments a few days in a hotel, etc.. or even using 3rd party services…
- MousefluffIron Contributor
"Otherwise it is the developers who suffer."
Enabling HypervisorPlatform, does not give you VM functionality, it is just an API. Hyper-V is not even remotely the same as HypervisorPlatform. Having the APIs and a fully functional program are entirely different things. Like I said, compare, and then make up your mind about which one you want. You have to work quite a bit to get the same thing (more complexity.) So of course you HAVE to research the costs of using open source software, over another alternative (it may or may not matter.) I use lots of free software, but I also use premium software as well (it depends on what it is.) If you've ever used any of these VMs, you would know right away that they just can't scale like you think they can (the free versions have hard-coded limitations.) Free ESXI has physical limitations, regardless of what you want to do with it (Google Search is your friend in this instance, but I guess that's outlawed in Europe for privacy reasons. Ok so whatever search engine you want to use, would probably be able to find a feature matrix comparison chart, etc, a lot of information to cross-reference with, to help you make an informed decision, etc.) If you improve your soft skills this will all make perfect sense to you.
The drawbacks of using free software are immediately noticeable, even if it's functionally comparable. It's laughable to compare that with the post-paid versions given how terrible the extensions are. Like I said though, that's the only drawback, which the extensions provide driver support. I mainly use that for Linux / Unix on Windows ironically. If I HAVE to use that with Windows, I disable most of the extensions because I don't want to have to generalize the image with sysprep, or go in and remove strange drivers from the driver store (it's still perfectly usable for any operating system.) If VM has amazingly good low-level hardware access in a Bare-Metal VM, most likely it's NOT going to be Hyper-V or the free version of VirtualBox. It's necessary to make effort to do cross-comparisons and research the costs (to see if the time investment is worth it.) I mean MOST VMs you get like Hyper-V and whatnot, are mainly used to provision images. They don't have to be really high performance, and they serve mostly to fill a gap, a functional need (ie. Provisioning 32-bit images with the ADK / AIK on a 64-bit host machine.) I'm sure Hyper-V might be useful for running a 64-core server with a ridiculous amount of containers / virtualized Windows-only images, yet you would only be able to achieve that in a reasonable way on an entirely different SKU anyways (not Windows 10 pro obviously.)
- MousefluffIron Contributor
This was already solved by Microsoft (I used this on all my computers, it works perfectly.)
1.) https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11 to "C:\Win11_English_x64v1.iso"
2.) Start Powershell -> Start Menu -> Run -> taskmgr -> File -> Run new Task -> %SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -> Select "Create this task with administrative privileges." -> Click OK.
3.) Run the following commands in sequential order (copy/paste the text block)...
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope LocalMachine -Force Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup" -Force -Recurse; New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup"; New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup" -Name "AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU" -PropertyType DWord -Value "00000001"; Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "C:\Win11_English_x64v1.iso";
4.) Open Windows Explorer and select the drive labeled "CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV9"
5.) Run setup.exe (in-place upgrade)- AlberelloCopper ContributorThanks! We have another procedure here:
https://www.theverge.com/22715331/how-to-install-windows-11-unsupported-cpu-intel-amd-registry-regedit- MousefluffIron Contributor
That Verge article is actually just quoting this Microsoft article (if you were wondering where it came from. My script is based on this too.)
"Ways to install Windows 11" -> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e
- SixpieceIron ContributorThere’s also another option to run Windows 11 dev environment in hyper v…
- MousefluffIron Contributor
SixpieceIf there are real issues, which are less common, then update your drivers, run this script, etc.
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope LocalMachine -Force ./sc config EventLog start=auto;./sc config UsoSvc start=auto;./sc config wuauserv start=auto;./net start EventLog;./net start UsoSvc;./net start wuauserv; DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth; DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase; ./SFC /SCANNOW; Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}; Get-AppxPackage | Reset-AppxPackage;
- tfl0wCopper Contributor
Alaways fun to see that a 2/3 years old computer with an i7-7700k, 32Gb of RAM, 1To NVMe and a GTX 1070Ti isnt compatible with Windows 11 but a celeron is.
- tfl0wCopper ContributorIndeed. That's not normal. Especially during Covid and supply problem around the world...
- nbelleyBrass ContributorI mean... it doesn't make sense...
My setup is:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
32Gb of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX3070
Ooops, can't install windows 11!
I can play the most graphical intensive games, while watching hd video on my second monitor, but... eh, windows? No sir.
- Eli_wougamonCopper ContributorInstalled the dev build via update. I7 7700k rtx 3070 16 gb ram. Never had a issue. I do every update that drops. Not over clocked. Daily driver. Would like the Android APK support. But not a deal breaker. I'm not a fan of having to have secure boot enabled. I like to play with Linux from time to time. Haven't tried a dual boot since upgrade. 4.20 ghz cpu and stars 😛
- AlberelloCopper ContributorSame problem here, I have a workstation with 32GB of ram and Microsoft don't want to provide support? Ridiculous.
- SixpieceIron ContributorMost people will rip one off to their face and then skidaddle , skip town. How many times have you bought a grocery and it’s not good so you throw it out or something wasn’t what you wanted. If you buy something and the person supports it for 3 months wow that’s amazing. Microsoft is extending support for another 4 years by that time it should be perfect. There’s people who use xp or Windows 7 even today. Also, changing your system is cumbersome getting everything to work again the way you like it. And so often, etc.. keep the system you have now and when you are ready for the upgrade to Windows 11, ie. a system with 364 gb ram (the direction that they are trying to head) then make the upgrade.. that way you know your start menu good the way it is and hopefully there’s no more bugs to discover after the 4 years… so do a good job reporting them now.
- DeletedYou ask Why? Here it is: Windows 11 is all about security and require cetain features from your system like something called MBEC (Mode based Execue Control) to be present in your CPU/MMU as well as the availability of DCH device drivers for core system components. Neither is available for the Core i7-7700K.
Your system will get full support with Windows 10 for at least four years to come (Oct. 25 2025) so there's no need for a new system right now. Btw. your shiny Apple Macbook Air will be end of support around the same timeframe and cut of new OS versions, too.- Corei77700korBustIron ContributorDCH drivers are available.
- shodanCGNCopper Contributor
For me it's now set: I will deal with Win10 as long as supported. I will not change any component from hardware. it's redicilous that this CPU is not supported. And in the meantime i will cuddle more and more with Tux.
Intel i7-7700K Kaby Lake, x64
32GB RAM, DirectX 12 & WDDM 2
TPM 2, UEFI and Secure Boot