Microsoft has a pretty strict set of requirements for running Windows 11 on a computer. You need a relatively modern CPU (especially at the time of the original release back in 2021), a TPM, and at ...

The same pattern shows up when people ask whether it is possible to install Windows 11 on an unsupported CPU. Microsoft’s own technical discussions concede that unsupported processors may not meet the ...

A few days after the announcement of “Recall” for Windows 11, a developer demonstrated that it can run on unsupported CPUs. Currently, “Recall” is designed to work on so-called Copilot+ PCs. However, ...

There's something wrong with your machine or setup then, because h.264 is trivial for Sandy Bridge or later CPUs to decode in software, even disregarding Quick Sync. A Haswell CPU can decode HD AV1 ...

It's officially time to let go. Windows 10 has been over as we know it for some time now, only for Windows 11 to have taken over. To finalize things even further, Microsoft ended support for the ...

The internet is generally unhappy about the narrow hardware support in Windows 11, but we know this is an artificial roadblock. Not only is it possible for consumers to bypass the restrictions, but ...

Not all users can upgrade to Windows 11 because of hardware requirements. Microsoft also released an official tool to test your computer hardware requirements for Windows 11. If your computer does not ...

Want to upgrade to Windows 11 but your computer lacks TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, or has an unsupported CPU? This guide will help you do just that. This guide will show you how to perform an in-place ...