Microsoft is blocking incompatible hardware for Windows 11. Loopholes to bypass system requirements are being closed. Migrating from Windows 10 to Windows 11 may lead to new PC purchases. When Windows ...

A new unofficial app is now available for download that makes bypassing Windows 11 (24H2) system requirements simple with just a few clicks. Rufus, a popular USB ...

Love it or hate it, Windows 11 comes with a catch: Microsoft’s strict system requirements leave millions of perfectly good PCs stuck on Windows 10 with no upgrade ...

Microsoft’s policy blocks many PCs with older CPUs or lacking Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 from upgrading via standard tools like Windows Update. However, there are workarounds, and the upgrade ...

Flyoobe, a tool that people use to skip Windows 11's hardware requirements and optimize the experience, received a new update, which now allows upgrading to Windows 11 on PCs with unsupported CPUs.

A few days after the announcement of “Recall” for Windows 11, a developer demonstrated that it can run on unsupported CPUs. Currently, “Recall” is designed to work on so-called Copilot+ PCs. However, ...

The internet is generally unhappy about the narrow hardware support in Windows 11, but we know this is an artificial roadblock. Not only is it possible for consumers to bypass the restrictions, but ...

That was the reaction of a reader who successfully upgraded a 12-year-old PC from Windows 10 to Windows 11 after being repeatedly blocked by the compatibility checker in Microsoft's Windows 11 Setup ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...