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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.