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

Well, lets take a look at Windows 7 for a minute. Microsoft put it on extended life support (for corporations) and does not support it anymore.

There are still 'some' Win 7 (and xt) computers still running either off grid or for people who have legacy programs that they have not taken the time to replace.  Many people are moving to Windows 10 because there are replacements for the older programs and Windows 10 does it more efficiently (saves steps).  A voluntary act.

So, it is not likely someone will come to your door to collect or 'bin' your device.  It simply won't be as useful as the newer devices.

Communication speeds are improving as well as response times.  The older a piece of hardware gets it becomes harder for it to be updated and for it to keep up or be compatible.  

Security is yet another issue that is reason to update. Some older hardware will be hard to update due to constraints. You can add new boards and modules on a PC but that is not an option for most laptops (it really pays to go over the specs on those).  

More than likely the reason you might want to upgrade is for a better experience or maybe the hardware will just quit.  Some devices are just not repairable...  

I recognize that some very old hardware may not perform well on newer software versions.

What bothers me, is that two years ago I buy a laptop with above average features, pay a small fortune and it is still better than many computers sold today.

Now, Microsoft comes along and says that my processor does not meet the minimum requirements and worse, says that a current Atom processor is compatible.

In any decent comparison, an Atom of the current generation will never have the performance of an I7 processor, even if it is a 7th generation one.

I have an ASUS Rampage. The manual showed a spot for TPM but needed to be ordered.  So far have found that New Egg and Amazon will bring up TPM.  There are two types :  A 7 pin and a 20 pin that I have found .  There is also a TPM that has an odd designation that looks like the  2.0 ones but is not the same.  

Also in Community or via a search on TPM it looks like another answer is PTT from Intel (software ? ).  Need more research on this...

Most motherboard manuals can tell you if there is a slot. You can also go to the manufacturer website and download the manual for some.  Asus usually has it available along with drivers and bios updates.

Have you checked your BIOS that you have a TPM 2.0 module enabled (or Intel PTT with TPM 2.0 support) and Secure Boot? Those are also needed for Win11 and they might be disabled by default. Also, you might need to completely power off the computer for a few seconds after changing and saving the PTT / TPM settings in the BIOS.

In case your motherboard doesn't have a PTT / TPM 2.0, check its manual for a TPM 2.0 module connector and which modules it supports. You can ask the motherboard manufacturer about who would sell a compatible module, if needed.

As for my own, it's about three years old, got an i5 8600k on an MSI Z370 Krait Gaming motherboard and it has a TPM 2.0 connector, but it also has Intel PTT built in with TPM 1.2 and 2.0 support, which was disabled by default. I enabled it (and secure boot) and after turning it back on I went and changed its auto setting to TPM 2.0 and booted to Windows, which now says my PC is ready for Win11.

I hope this helps.

I have the exact same message. I'm running an i9, 2080ti, 2 NVME PCIe Sata...
Would be great to have a listing of what requirements we're not meeting - instead of a generic message huh?

I can only get Release Preview Channel --- great