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
    2021-06-25T07:07:53+00:00

    Do you have SecureBoot Enabled and TPM enabled and activated? TPM usually has two switched that need to ne put to On.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T07:03:28+00:00

    intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz 2.81 GHz
    computer has TPM v2
    16gb ddr4 ram
    over 2tb diskspace
    gtx 1060 6gb (direct X12 compatible)
    my display is 144hz up to 180hz 1080p
    UEFI, Secure Boot capable

    but my pc health app says my computer does not meet hardware requirements for windows 11
    id really like to stay on the beta channel and continue to do so throughout the Windows 11 beta phase and onward throughout the full release I don't want to have to go back to Windows 10 when the builds come out because the app and insider program say I don't meet the requirements when i clearly do meet them

    how do I fix this error because i most defiantly can run Windows 11

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T07:00:07+00:00

    Your PC must support TPM 2.0

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T06:50:31+00:00

    I am now really struggling to understand why Surface Go (original) is not compatible with Windows 11. On the stated minimum requirements, Surface Go matches or exceeds everything in the requirements. It is only when I check the (just released) Windows 11 compatible processor list at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors that I understand why it reports as being not able to run Windows 11: The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y (64-bit, 2-core, 1.6GHz) that is used on the original Surface Go is NOT listed, while the identical (apart from speed, as far as I can tell) Pentium Gold 4425Y (64-bit, 2-core, 1.7GHz) used on Surface Go 2 is listed as OK!

    With Surface Go having been released less than 3 years ago (and the Surface Go 2 being released just over 1 year ago) I must admit that this is starting to feel a bit too much like Microsoft trying to push people to "upgrade" from Surface Go to a later Surface device... and frankly, I had expected better from Microsoft with their premium (and premium priced) Surface devices!

    Given that it appears (from other posts) that MANY of Microsoft's Surface devices WON'T support Windows 11, I would suggest that the Windows 11 and Surface teams should be posting some clear detail about exactly WHICH models WILL support Windows 11, which won't and some explanation as to WHY they don't, especially when the minimum spec seems to have been met --- I can understand such decisions it if there is a specific instruction set or feature on a chip that is needed and not available, but when it seems to be only a 100MHz difference in stated processor speed when the CPU is already 60% higher than minimum, I am struggling to understand why.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-06-25T06:36:59+00:00

    Tpm  2.0 enabled,  secoure  boot  enabled, all  ok  in  win10 security, HVSI  enabled  and  running, 24  GB  RAM,   lot  of  disk  Space,  DIRECTX  12  display... What  do you  want... You've  just   eliminated many  CPU  models! I  have  Intel  core  i7 Gen4,  or any  Bios  dated  of  more  than  4 years, even  if  they  are  compliant and  don't    have  or  need  any  update.

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