Windows 11 for 7th generation Intel

NewsAngel
Brass Contributor
Aug 13, 2022
Hey! Thanks for your loyalty to this thread. Here is what I learned since we last spoke.

- Patch Tuesday came and went last week; all my PCs with Win 11 updated to .856
- All my 'non-qualified' Win 11 systems also updated to .856
- I have since done 6 non-qualified computers...
- One even older than yours; i5 Gen 2 on Gen 3 Mobo (Dell 9010 SFF)
- All systems run faster than when they had Win 10

I do have some suspicions. For example, when Win 11 22H2 comes out early October. (That's only in 1.5 months.)

After the 22H2 rollout, systems will randomly get a notice to upgrade the new version of Win 11. One of the big differences is that THIS version will run Android apps on the desktop.

But what about non-qualified systems running Win 11? It is possible the system will undergo another CPU and TPM version check from the cloud verify?

And if so, three things might happen. One is that the version check does not run because it is already a verified system and has Win 11. Then it upgrades to the new version without incident. The second is that it detects the non-qualifiers and refuses to install 22H2. And the third is that the entire system deactivates and you get the classic watermark on the desktop that the system is not activated.

I started hunting down other professionals writing articles about Win 11, because it seems I am helping people with this about five times a week and by October I might have 50 or so people hanging on the edge about what will happen.
- chrisboo
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 17, 2022
  Well, my elderly Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.40 GHz seems to be updating Windows 11 just fine. I checked the latest OS build version and it says that it is the one below. I did finally buy an upgraded board and CPU (10600K), but this old codger keeps chugging along.
  
  Edition Windows 11 Pro
  Version 21H2
  Installed on ‎8/‎25/‎2022
  OS build 22000.978
  Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.978.0
  
  Note that I can connect my android (as I did before through link to windows), and I can also access all of my apps. I don't need to use the Samsung app to do so.
  - NewsAngel
    Brass Contributor
    Sep 17, 2022
    Hey there! A lot has happened since we last spoke. Yes, I have about 13 systems out there (my own and clients) who are trying out Win 11 2021 on machines ranging from 2nd to 7th gen. Patch Tuesday updates work naturally on all of them (so far, as I see and hear.)
    
    Since that time.... I created flash drives that install Win 11 ISO onto any machine due to a bypass routine. Now the install process is identical to a normal install of a qualified machine. Take note this method requires a blank SSD.. or I must delete and recreate partitions during the setup.
    
    Out in the wild, also found ways to alter the registry to get the upgrade to work on 'existing' operating systems. I have not tried those out yet. More interested in fresh installs, so that I do not inherit flaws, bugs and malware on those systems.
    
    What will prove interesting is the new Win11 2022... whose ISO should be released on Sept 20 (in a few days.) I wonder what will happen to all these unsupported machines when the rolling updates reach them for the offer to try Win 11 2022.
    
    Theories: if MS was smart, the updater would run a hardware test yet again, then disqualify the upgrade. It is also possible it would disqualify the upgrade PLUS put a watermark on the desktop of the non-qualified system. Finally, in a wonderful scenario, the updater does not re-check the system specs, gives the earlier install a free pass and then proceeds to update the entire OS.
    
    Regardless, I still have to make new FLASH KEYS with the version check bypass... for the new Win 11 2022 ISO.
    
    Finally, if you have not already heard, shortly after the ISO comes out, MS will start releasing updates now called 'moments' which either activate or deactivate features hidden in the new OS.

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