Update: We have some additional context and information regarding this. It looks like CPUs that are even older could indeed get blocked out. The latest Windows 11 Insider build on the Dev and Beta ...

Microsoft a few days back, announced that it was beginning the WHCP hardware certification for the next Windows feature update, version 24H2. This essentially ensures that the Windows 11 24H2 system ...

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update is expected to arrive with yet another hardware requirement. Centered around SSE4.2 or Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2, a crucial component for modern ...

Microsoft appears to finally be putting its foot down on how far back it’s willing to go when it comes to supporting older hardware. As of the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 build, Microsoft will require ...

Windows 11 refuses to install on computers that do not have a “compatible 64-bit CPU” or a TPM 2.0 chip. In reality, this means that even computers bought a few years ago may not qualify to run the ...

The big 24H2 update improves the Windows Update stack and reduces install times, restart times, and CPU usage. The big 24H2 update improves the Windows Update stack and reduces install times, restart ...

There was an era when a 2 year old PC was considered ancient too. Now the PC market is "mature" and for most people there's not much that a 2024 PC can do that a 2015 PC cannot. The cell phone market ...

Until the release of Windows 11, the upgrade proposition for Windows operating systems was rather straightforward: you considered whether the current version of Windows on your system still fulfilled ...

On June 25, 2021, Microsoft announced the next major version of Windows, Windows 11. Windows 11 requires ' Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support ' as a mandatory ...