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How can I make this laptop compatible with Windows 11?

Unfortunately, this laptop is not compatible with Windows 11 because of the processor:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz

I would like to change some hardware to continue using Windows even after Windows 10's support ends. Is this possible? What do I need?

Thanks!

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If you think your hardware is quite ok, you can bypass the strict requirements.

If you create the bootable USB with Rufus, you can check an option to bypass all Windows 11 requirements and then just run setup.exe from the USB.

There's another way editing some registry, but try this way first.

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It's borderline, but it's officially out of spec for Microsoft :-(. The 7th generation chips apparently lack a few security features that 8th generation and later have, and they're slightly less susceptible to Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities than 7th generation and older models, the big feature being VBS. I suspect that's why Microsoft cut it... Ugh, BIOS patching exists, and any reasonably current machine like Haswell has high-speed patching!!! 1st-gen Core i chips (up to 3rd gen) were decimated by the patches to the point that I completely ignored the BIOS update on my XPS 8500. The 4th-5th generation chips were hit hard, but the 6th-7th generation chips were impacted to a lesser degree, although not as severely as the others. 8th gen and up weren't hurt by the patching much (if at all) because they had hardware mitigations in place by then, and 12th gen is completely protected against Meltdown but not Spectre. I think the 7th-gen cutoff is a cash grab by the OEMs on PCs, given they all pass the "TPM 2.0" test Microsoft is so attached to. As for 6th generation and older, those are a crapshoot in terms of what you get, such as the 6th-gen i3 being available in either 2C/2T or 2C/4T configurations, and the i5 and i7 being quad-core minimum, with some models offering 4C/4T or even 4C/8T; laptops were a complete mess to the point you need to check what yours has if you bypass it - 2C/2T snd 2C/4T 6th gen i3s are asking for trouble in the long run, i5 4C/4T and 4C/8T is (probably) doable but it's more risky then 7th gen. I understand cutting those off, given how many wildcards 6th gen introduced, but 7th gen is a straight cash grab, considering they all have TPM 2.0 and pass every f'n test outside of the CPU.

ANYWAY, I made this: Windows 10/11 - USB Installation Media Creation -- it covers how to bypass their bullshit with borderline PCs. I agree with them on 6th gen and older living through the wildcard that was (and 5th gen and older taking a nasty enough hit from the patches), so I disabled it on my full-fat socketed i7-4800MQ E6540. I even left it at the Spectre/Meltdown early patch BIOS for the rest of its time; it worked and stopped updating it in case Dell blocked rollbacks when the more invasive patches were released. YEP! I did what everyone said not to and was fine.

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Check if your Windows 10 PC is eligible to upgrade for free to Windows 11. You will get new in-product notifications to tell you about Windows 10 end of support and how you can take actions to prepare for the move to Windows 11.

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