Microsoft has officially announced some minor changes to the official Windows 11 CPU support list, along with additional details about the operating system’s security requirements. But another quieter announcement should ease the system requirements: Microsoft will not prevent you from performing manual installations of Windows 11 on systems that do not meet the official requirements.

This means that people who are running Windows 10 on unsupported systems will not receive Windows 11 through Windows Update, but they will still be able to update if they download the ISO file and perform an update or clean install manually.

This will be a special feature for PCs that do not exceed the Windows 11 system requirements, such as those running 6th or 7th generation Intel Core processors or 1st generation AMD Ryzen processors. These chips don’t support some optional security requirements, but they can meet TPM 2.0, Secure Boot and performance requirements and still get modern DCH driver support from Intel, AMD, and most PC manufacturers.

Microsoft still actively recommends not running Windows 11 on any system that does not meet the official support standards. According to data from PCs running Insider Preview builds, Microsoft says PCs that didn’t meet the requirements had “52% more kernel-mode crashes” than PCs that did, and core apps crashed 43% more on non-kernel-mode devices. supported.

But letting users decide for themselves is what the company should be doing in the first place — people who aren’t looking for a Windows 11 update will never get it if their hardware isn’t enough, but more advanced users, testers, and IT departments that want to run the latest software on their Their computers evaluate the gains and make the decision themselves.

The current versions of the Windows 11 Insider Preview install block if you don’t have a secure boot or TPM, however you can get around this limitation with some quick Windows registry hacks; We still don’t know if the final Windows 11 ISO versions will perform the same system checks. if you want Try some features of Windows 11 if you have to installClick on the previous link to access the browser version.