Should You Install Windows 11 On Unsupported Hardware

Should You Install Windows 11 On Unsupported Hardware
Many people are still on old computers that don't meet the windows 11 system requirements, but should you install windows 11?

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[Britec]

Are you using Windows 11 on unsupported hardware? Let me know in comments below.

[LenCarey]

Hi Brian, I've been running windows 11 on 2 old basic unsupported laptops for about a year now and have not had any issues. In fact, I find they run better than on windows 10.

[give_me_my_nick_back]

The real reason they have made this requirement is because the OEMs have pushed MS to do so because we have reached the plateau with no real need for an average user to upgrade 10-15 years old laptop unless it breaks. Like for real i'd say as low as 2nd gen intel is perfecty fine for most of the users

[writerpatrick]

I have a feeling that Microsoft will drop most of the restriction on Windows 11 when 10 expires. They may also do that when they announce 12. Otherwise they could be accused of artificially forcing people to buy new computers and causing e-waste.

[ethimself]

Happy with 10 Pro 100%. I am Unsupported for 11 and happily so. Although am interested in 12 down the road, hopefully. I can hardly wait for Windows 18.1 Pro when it rolls out. 🤣

[steveme]

1.42 I'm going to say yes to your question I've done it. And Windows approved of it because they're the ones that installed the windows 11 on my really old computer, everything works perfect. But I must say that they're using my system as a test, everything seems to be working great for the last 2 years.

[Noiconnotag]

Video idea - how to install and configure a dual boot option win10/win11 by installing an additional drive (mechanical/ssd/nvme), just in case upgrading from Win10 to 11 on an unsupported hardware will cause issues and render your pc useless. I guess another more economical option would be to create a partition on your current drive and install Win 11 on the new allocated partition. I have done this before with Win xp and Win 7 when I had a retro gaming pc. This could be a mini series of videos.

[readdeadlife]

Wow, what a great informative video 👏 thanks

[jeffgardner]

I have done it on 2 older computers, 1 was 2012, the other 2016, no worries and both work fine!

[gernblanston]

I still love watching your videos on Windows 7

[KeronBullock]

Good video! I believe what Microsoft could do concerning updates on unsupported hardware is by enforcing license checks for hardware through the updates but then again that can be disabled through the registry unlesd they hardcoded tge requirements properly

[dbbias]

Thank you for this very helpful video ❤👍

[johngoard]

Well Brian I run Windows 11 pro on my old Ivy Bridge perfectly well for as long as it has been possible with the bypass stuff, and in fact it is as quick as when I built it. I understood that the TPM was for security but my ESET does that anyway and I am not worried about encrypting data all. My CPU an i5 3750K runs as fast as any other current processors and I still think that Microsoft are in cahoots with hardware manufacturers for moneys sake.

[SpeedUpThatComputer]

I installed Windows 11 on a dell optiplex with an intel i5-6500 that i use everyday. I can't afford a new pc that'll fit my needs and the last laptop i had did support windows 11 but literally runs worse than the older desktop which is the dell optiplex i bought refurbished on amazon. It's likely because the laptop i had bought in 2019 had a dual core intel celeron and only 4gb of ram. I did replace it's hard drive with an SSD but it only got a little better. It still barely did youtube without taking longer to load everything while the optiplex loads youtube instantly.

[GeoSam]

Thanks Brian.
No issues with my hardware thankfully.

[jonronnquist]

I just upgraded both my legacy systems from Windows 10 to 11 Pro. It's not something I had even considered doing until I ran across a YouTube video showing how the upgrade can be done using a mounted copy of the official Windows 11 disc image from the Microsoft download page and a single instruction in Command Prompt.

Both systems are built on the Intel socket 1156 platform. One is an old Dell XPS running a 1st gen Core i7 860 and the other I built myself using an ASUS P7P55D motherboard from eBay, which has the slightly faster Core i7 880. The XPS PC has 16GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM and a Radeon HD 6870 1GB GPU. The Custom system has the same amount of RAM, but running at 1600MHz and the GPU is a GTX 1060 3GB.

Windows 11 is now running seamlessly on both systems. I suspect this is because both CPUs, despite being over a decade old, are 4-core, 8-thread chips boosting to over 3GHz and the PCs have the considerable advantage of using SSDs instead of HDDs.

The only advice I would give anyone doing this is to remove any and all non-essential components from the system during installation. The XPS sailed through the instal without a hitch as it's a pretty bare bones setup, but the ASUS system ended up reverting to Windows 10 three times before I removed the Wi-Fi/BT and USB 3.0 PCIe expansion cards and the external Cooler Master USB ARGB controller. Once Windows 11 did install, it would also crash every time I plugged an ethernet cable into the RJ45 port until I downloaded and ran the driver installer provided by Realtek. There were a couple of mystery components in Device Manager that weren't happy about the migration, but nothing a little online research to find the missing drivers couldn't solve.

The Asus build was a hobby project inspired by nothing more novel than my desire to find out if I could build a PC with modern functionality on a legacy platform. I now have a 13-year-old motherboard, CPU and RAM configuration with functional USB 3.0 ports on the front I/O (and 5 on the back of the case), Wi-Fi 6e and BT 5.2, Full ARGB functionality controllable through software, and a modern(ish) graphics card. The fact that it is now running Windows 11 is kind of the cherry on top.

[dotakid]

does activating it using an activation software or making it to pro remove the watermark on the lower right?

[Aceks]

I am using Windows 11 on 6 computers that have unsupported hardware. I only have one computer that have supported hardware. I didn't have problems using Windows 11 on my old I7-4790k, I7-4790, I7-4770, Dell Precision T5500, Dell Precision XPS 9000, and a Dell Precision T1650.

[petercarter]

I've been using Windows 11 on my 8 year old HP with no problems at all, isn't there a registry hack to get rid of the watermark ?

[UncleBoko]

I'm running Windows 11 22H2 on a Lenovo ThinkCentre with a Bios date of 25/09/2013, with SSD. A few annoyances yes, but otherwise runs very well. I would recommend using SSD on any unsupported machine, as WIn 11 installation is slow and unreliable on HDD.