Microsoft will actively check that your hardware is compatible before you can install Windows 11, so unless some enterprising computer whizzes find an alternate way around them, that seems to be that.

This quick guide will help you check a PC for Windows 11 compatibility and explain how to upgrade quickly and easily.

Here are the system requirements your device will need to run Windows 11... officially at least.

The noticeable changes in the new system requirements are that Windows 11 now requires at least two or more CPU cores, 4 gigabytes of RAM, and 64 GB of free storage space, which is a bit higher ...

In Windows Insider Program testing, Microsoft found that PCs not meeting its minimum Windows 11 specs had "52% more kernel mode crashes (blue screens) than those that did meet the requirements." ...

Specifically, Lansweeper found that only 44.4% of machines would meet Microsoft's Windows 11 CPU requirements and only 52.5% would meet its Trusted Platform Module 2.0 requirements.

Windows 11 system requirements not met warning. The warning is located down in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen at all times but if you would like to hide the Windows 11 system ...

More than 55 percent of workstations won’t automatically upgrade to Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 11 operating system due to the processing requirements, according to a Tuesday report by ...

Windows 11 system requirements If you head on over to the Microsoft page for Windows 11 , you can find a section right at the bottom of the page for the PC Health Check App.