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Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade

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On Sun, 4/6/2025 11:18 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
>> On Sun, 4/6/2025 8:47 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 04/04/2025 21:46, Jason wrote:
>>>>> System is Win 10 Pro. When I open the Updates page it
>>>>> informs--always has--that some update options are
>>>>> controlled by "your" organization via Group Policy
>>>>> settings. Is this why the free Win 11 upgrade is not
>>>>> offered on the update page?
>>>>>
>>>>> I dug into the group policy settings a little and I think
>>>>> I found those couple that are causing the message I see
>>>>> and changed them, but evidently there are more lurking
>>>>> that I cannot find because I continue to see the message
>>>>> when I open Update.
>>>>>
>>>> Are you sure that your hardware is compatible with W11? Mine apparently 
>>>> isn't!
>>>
>>>   If that's the case, Windows Update will say so. In Jason's case, it
>>> apparently doesn't say so, but also doesn't offer the Windows 11
>>> upgrade.
>>>
>>>   On my wife's, Windows 11 incompatible, Windows 10 system, Windows
>>> Update says ((very liberally) translated from Dutch):
>>>
>>> "Prepare for Windows 11
>>>  If you want to check if Windows 11
>>>  can be used on this PC, you can
>>>  check the hardware requirements or
>>>  go to the website of the manufacturer
>>>  of your PC"
>>>
>>>   And there's a 'Check hardware requirements' link.
>>
>> The PC Health App can spell it out a bit more than the Windows Update
>> box does. This will only be in Win10, if you installed it
>>
>>    C:\Program Files\PCHealthCheck\PCHealthCheck.exe    866,224 bytes  (2022)
> 
>   Yes, that's what I pointed to: The 'Check hardware requirements' link
> brings you to a webpage, which, as one of the first things, gives you a
> link to download the install package for PCHealthCheck.exe.
> 
>> But generally speaking, they didn't make much of an effort to
>> spell things out.
> 
>   Indeed they don't. PCHealthCheck says my wife's AMD processor is not
> supported, but not why not (it has enough cores). But as it also has no
> TPM and is rather 'old' (May 2014) and 'slow', I don't worry about it.
> New system (probably a 'Mini-PC') is planned for the end of the year.
> 
> [...]
> 

   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-amd-processors

They look mostly like Zen products.

The ones at the beginning have weird names, so I looked one up and it is a Zen.

   https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/athlon-gold-3150g.c2330

  Paul

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Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Jason <jason_warren@INVALID.ieee.org> - 2025-04-04 16:46 -0400
  Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-04 22:43 -0400
    Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade jason_warren <jason_warren@ieee.org> - 2025-04-05 00:06 -0400
    Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade jason_warren <jason_warren@ieee.org> - 2025-04-05 00:29 -0400
      Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-05 04:06 -0400
  Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com> - 2025-04-05 22:01 +0100
    Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-05 18:12 -0400
    Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-06 12:47 +0000
      Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-06 10:51 -0400
        Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-06 15:18 +0000
          Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-06 11:46 -0400
            Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-07 12:30 +0000
              Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-07 14:47 -0400
    Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade Jason <jason_warren@INVALID.ieee.org> - 2025-04-10 17:06 -0400

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