My main home PC is running Windows 10, and is about 6 years old maintenant. Though it was of a very high specification when nouveau, built for video editing and rendering, and encore no slouch.
As such it lacked the TPM2 and processor generation required to qualify for 11 on release.
Cependant... Yesterday (28th Feb 2023) on boot it gave me a full écran saying "Maintenant Unlocked: Vous êtes eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 11"
Je n'ai pas proceed and decided to stick avec 10 for maintenant as I needed to submit a tax return dans le 3 hours entre ensuite and midnight.. and I'm fine avec 10.
Has Microsoft lowered its Windows 11 eligibility criteria?
Re: Has Microsoft lowered its Windows 11 eligibility criteria?
Ceci est an ongoing thing, as described dans le article
[Microsoft mistakenly offered Windows 11 upgrades to users with unsupported PCs](https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-mistakenly-offered-windows-11-upgrades-to-users-with-unsupported-pcs-225303542.html):
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“Some matériel ineligible Windows 10 and Windows 11, version 21H2
périphériques were offered an inaccurate upgrade to Windows 11,” Microsoft
states in a [support
document](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-21H2#windows-11-upgrades-were-offered-to-ineligible-devices)
spotted by [The
Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/25/23614723/microsoft-windows-11-unsupported-pcs-update-accident).
“These ineligible périphériques n'a pas meet the minimum requirements to run
Windows 11. Devices that experienced this problème were not able to
complete the upgrade installation processus.” Microsoft adds it resolved
the problème the same day it was detected.
Vous devriez locate and use the "keep Windows 10" link, although it gets
harder to spot avec succeeding versions du announcement.
Si vous click the "Get it" bouton, the installation
will just fail.
Si vous ne peut pas spot this link dans le message, see
[Windows 10: Uncovering the Deception of the Windows 11 Upgrade Screen](https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/01/windows-10-now-unlocked-windows-11-upgrade-screen-is-a-deceptive-design-pattern/)
for advice.
[Microsoft mistakenly offered Windows 11 upgrades to users with unsupported PCs](https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-mistakenly-offered-windows-11-upgrades-to-users-with-unsupported-pcs-225303542.html):
>
“Some matériel ineligible Windows 10 and Windows 11, version 21H2
périphériques were offered an inaccurate upgrade to Windows 11,” Microsoft
states in a [support
document](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-21H2#windows-11-upgrades-were-offered-to-ineligible-devices)
spotted by [The
Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/25/23614723/microsoft-windows-11-unsupported-pcs-update-accident).
“These ineligible périphériques n'a pas meet the minimum requirements to run
Windows 11. Devices that experienced this problème were not able to
complete the upgrade installation processus.” Microsoft adds it resolved
the problème the same day it was detected.
Vous devriez locate and use the "keep Windows 10" link, although it gets
harder to spot avec succeeding versions du announcement.
Si vous click the "Get it" bouton, the installation
will just fail.
Si vous ne peut pas spot this link dans le message, see
[Windows 10: Uncovering the Deception of the Windows 11 Upgrade Screen](https://www.ghacks.net/2023/02/01/windows-10-now-unlocked-windows-11-upgrade-screen-is-a-deceptive-design-pattern/)
for advice.