Preparing for Insider Preview Builds of Windows 11 - ***UPDATED 6/28***

Anonymous
2021-06-24T16:00:22+00:00

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we announced Windows 11, and we know you are excited to get your hands on it. You can check out all the details on how to prepare for Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on our blog post.

Once you've reviewed the blog, please use this post to ask any related questions you may have.

We are excited to hear your feedback!!

-The Windows Insider Team

***UPDATE***

For users who are receiving the following message in your Windows Insider Settings:

Your PC does not meet the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11. Your device may continue to receive Insider Preview builds until Windows 11 is generally available, at which time it is recommended to clean install to Windows 10.

We've made an update to Settings to resolve some issues. Please reboot your device to ensure you have the latest update.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T03:16:43+00:00

    I have met minimum requirements except for my i7-6700HQ CPU

    why did you do 8th above CPU into minimum requirements?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T03:16:34+00:00

    Check GPU DirectX <=12 and <= WDDM 2.0 via dxdiag (win + R )

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T03:08:36+00:00

    Check the supported CPUs.  My Asus laptop has the same issue. I found the the 6700HQ is not supported even though it meets min spec

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T03:05:23+00:00

    During next week (date not specified).

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T03:05:21+00:00

    A new requirement is a TPM Module (Trusted Platform Module) aka a hardware key - if your pc is new, it may have a connector on the motherboard for a module or the feature may be built into your processor and just needs to be enabled in UEFI.

    I had to do that on my Ryzen system

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