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Re: Win Update not offering Win 11 upgrade

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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.

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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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