New Way To Upgrade From Windows 10 to 11 on Unsupported Hardware - No 3rd Party Tools Required!

[@cwtek1]

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[@AnthonyManzio]

It started but at 100% I closed it. I'm happy with windows 10 maybe in 2 years later I way installed windows 11 24H2. My command prompt worked wow!.

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

Blame the FAA on why upgrades are so harsh and they can go to hell everyone is switching to Linux because of them.

[@Ken-zh4gu]

Dear Chris, I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for the video you created. It was incredibly helpful in guiding me through the process of installing Windows 11 on my unsupported PC. Your clear instructions and attention to detail made the process much easier for me. Thank you for taking the time to create such a valuable resource. I wish I could subscribe you a million times🙌🙌

[@cwtek1]

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[@superdavgamer]

we need more people with this comments

[@001rnv]

I can’t believe this worked! I had an old laptop with Windows 10 and it was slow as molasses, but I was able to update it and it seems to be just as fast as when I first purchased it. 😮 I’m amazed. It’s not my primary laptop, but it’s working so well that if anything ever happened to my primary laptop, I’d have a very reliable backup.

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[@manasespascual5367]

Consider upgrading your harddrive to ssd also the ram if the installed ram is low storage capacity before you install windows 11, that's what I do on my old hp laptop and its pretty fast now on bootinh and loading apps

[@77pete7]

Thanks Chris, I don't need to do this but I just felt like watching your video. You explain everything very clearly and fully at a nice relaxed pace which I love. Brilliant!

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[@toecaps]

I just did this on my old MSI FX720 windows 7 laptop, to my surprise it worked and I've got windows 11. At the moment it's a bit slow but working. Thank you 👍🏻

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for sharing

[@floridaredneck]

Windows 7? Wow. What kind of RAM do you have and what processor, if you know. Is it slow because of 11, or was it slow before?

[@tonray9395]

I just upgraded my little Chuwi Minibook running Win 10 Home to Win 11. Not only was it easy and seamless...everything including Chuwi's wonky hardware trackpad and touchscreen work ! Getting Win 10 innstalled was much more trouble. Thanks !!!!!!!

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[@johngratton467]

Thank you so much for making this video, followed the instructions to the letter and it worked perfectly, now have Windows 11 on my PC, no loss of any apps or data at all, once again thanks

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[@rolanaguila3273]

Just by following 2 separate YT video tutorials, I successfully installed Windows 10 Pro in my Macbook Pro 2015 15-inch Retina, then upgraded Windows 10 Pro to Windows 11 Pro. Now I have two fully functional OS in my Macbook.

[@Bagman57]

It took three times before Windows 11 would install. First 2 times it said the version wasn't the right one for my pc. I deleted all the setups twice and went over your instructions again and again. Finally on the third time it worked. Thanks. I'll update on how it goes.

[@cwtek1]

That’s great I guess as they say 3rd time lucky.

[@floridaredneck]

It was warning you. How did it hold up?

[@Shng1968]

I'm watching from Cambodia. I'm planning to upgrade my Windows 10 to Windows 11. Thank you so much for your video. Your English is very clear and explains a bit slow to make me fully understand well.

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[@Shng1968]

@@cwtek1 I subscribed at the same time as I made the comment.

[@floridaredneck]

You are far away. Hello from Florida USA!

I have to inform you that your help was invaluable! Only with your instructions I was able to update my old PC with a single core and without any of Microsoft's other requirements. I have tried with others but without sucess! Thanks for the support.

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[@christopheraaron8299]

Been waiting for something like this. Just installed 11 on my unsupported 2014 Asus. Didn't take too long because I put an SSD in it a couple years ago and upgraded the ram.

[@cwtek1]

That’s great, glad this helped.

[@mobileplayers5008]

Nah not ur SSD helped with the fast progress. It was that lame online checking on the tools. U need at least an hour no matter what.

[@nelsonogram]

Thanks for this easy method. I've already updated 3 unsupported laptops. Hope they continue getting the updates, but so far, so good.

[@cwtek1]

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[@nelsonogram]

Done!@@cwtek1

[@DONEDONEMAN]

good, can we follow this method and install windows 11 on unsupported tpm the same way this video says,

[@jaydjanie6568]

I can confirm this works great and thank you. No registry hacks, etc. A few caveats though. From about 8:00, the slashes. forward and backward slash. Also, on the bit on "Choose what to keep" 9:28 The only option that worked for me was "Nothing" All the other options kept dropping the installer for some reason. I had backed up the data so no issue there. Thank you. Good knowledge sharing

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for letting us know!

[@nevillepillay1755]

Did keep files settings and apps work

[@richardblah5653]

I appreciated you being pretty detailed and going slow in the process. Thank you!

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[@ricoshadeschannel173]

i tried this method just now{sept,7,2024} on my 3rd gen pc not supported by windows 11,, and it works on windows 11 version 24h2 in just 30 miinutes,, and windows update is working smoothly,,, youre a genius man thanks for sharing this video,,, i did subscribed,, greetings from philippines,,

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for the Sub!

[@Its.Mine1]

Been doing this method for a while now when people want me to upgrade windows 10 to 11 and never had any problems 👍👍👍👍

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[@6MTLIFE]

I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU SIR. My computer was stuck with 10 and wouldn't update anything, follow your video now I got WINDOWS 11 😮

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[@AugustiRego]

Congratulations Chris for sharing your talents. With your video was able to upgrade a laptop and pc to windows 11 on unsupported devices. You are a star. Keep up the excellent work!

[@rrad8106]

I am in the "Big Blue Screen" Update to (Server) section on a 10-year-old HP desktop, and it's installing well! Thank you!

[@satheessaba145]

THANK YOU CHRIS this easy method. I've already updated 2 unsupported laptops. Hope they continue getting the updates, but so far, so good. THANKS AGAIN CHRIS

[@DONEDONEMAN]

means unsupported laptop which has no TPM SUPPOrt, am i mdm, by following his method i can install win 11 on win 10 am i right mdm

[@chrissmith6028]

Because of the windows requirements, I have installed and run Mint on all computers 24/7. Thank you Microsoft for convincing me to switch. I love it. 😍

[@cwtek1]

Good luck with Linux!

[@terranceroff8113]

Followed your direction, installed on a Dell OptiPlex 7010 (32GB RAM, 7TM Storage) with i7 intel 3770 running at 3.4GHz and intel 4000 HD onboard graphics.. no issues with the install. was up in a little over an hour. Shiny! I have WinRAR so I just extracted the ISO to a folder. Mounting up virtual CD-ROMS is always a pain.

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[@skylinevspeciinur]

I’ve been trying to find a way to upgrade to Win 11 on my nearly 10 year old laptop (model is 10+ years old) from Win 10 and this works like a charm without the need of any 3rd party software indeed. No need to do any registry work either. All it takes is just a few clicks of the mouse and few presses on the keyboard and boom there you have it after about a little over an hour. Honestly that system requirement check is just stupid. I feel that it’s a scam from MS to push people to upgrade to new machine. Hopefully MS won’t find this video and do something about it 😂 Thank you so much sir. Keep these videos coming! 😃

[@EHUE-kf4ey]

MS American Greed it is, MS Thieves!!!

[@jailbreakgamin1966]

worked perfect... thank you so much for going slow and explaining each step in detail it made this very simple ... great job!!!!

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[@jailbreakgamin1966]

i have indeed subscribed thanks again !!@@cwtek1

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

If you upgrade you will be locked out of older content such as video games and download software that's still good I wouldn't do it at this point I'd rather do my tasks on Linux.

[@pjmoore1970]

I didn’t have high hopes that I would be able to install Windows 11 on a HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 16GB RAM. I’m happy to say this KZbin tutorial was easy to follow & Windows 11 has installed successfully.

[@colinmscott]

Excellent hack. This method worked for me where others failed. Thanks for the help.

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[@mau_lopez]

Worked like a charm on a MacBook Pro Late 2015. Thanks so much for sharing!

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[@TrainsAndWellbeing]

I would have never thought that a simple command switch would do this job; so much easier than editing the registry so thanks for sharing this tip. One thing from an environmental point of view is that for the work environments where you wisely advise not upgrading there can be better alternatives than buying a new PC for example: • Some systems like my HP Z240 support some Linux systems so if there are linux versions of software that the system uses that could save eWaste. • If another operating system is not an option but the production software does not require internet access then using a system like Linux and virtualising windows 10 and isolating the VM from the internet could work an keep things safe. I'm for keeping good hardware out of eWaste and this video will hopefully help get people onto Windows 11 and get longer out of their PCs Tank you!

[@MANUSIAxIKAN]

Using Windows 11 over 1 year in school's laptop, and now i have my own laptop with Windows 10 in it, and i never going back to Windows 11, btw great video

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[@lawrencecavens5760]

What a Fantastic Video - you're a credit to the repair industry in getting this to work . Well done there my friend...Hope you share this with Brian from Briteck...

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[@magnacarta9364]

@@cwtek1 Just subscribed & thank you.

[@cwtek1]

@@magnacarta9364 Thank you.

[@fmz3218]

This worked like a charm, liked and subbed 👍 I also saved / mount it on a USB flash drive ( you need to format the USB to NTSF not exfat due to the files is over 1GB files). Name the usb win11. Then I can tried and install it on other PC the way I don’t have to keep downloading it on other/that specific PC I want to install to. Once you plugged the USB (see what drive it is in) for me it is in D: drive just follow same steps on CMD prompt. D:\setup.exe /product server Press enter.

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[@philipcasey7439]

Hi Chris did what said worked fine but it installed Windows11 Home still very happy thank you very much.👍

[@cwtek1]

It will only install the home version if you had the home version of Windows 10. Glad this helped.

[@idkWHATTOFDO]

because of you, i finally install windows 11 on my unsupported pc

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[@margendiek]

Wow, great. It's working. Wonderful video. Thanks a lot.💪👍

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[@vkknr]

Thanks Chris. It’s quite interesting subject. A big salute for your clear explanations

[@padgepadgham3238]

Works perfectly, thank you Chris. Will be using this method on a W11 laptop that refuses to update. I will let you know how we get on. Thanks once again 👍

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[@padgepadgham3238]

@@cwtek1 I already subscribed and passed your details onto friends in Canada & the US. The update idea didn't work, but I think I have an answer for that. I put W11 on a very old laptop as a test and your method worked just fine 👍

[@cwtek1]

@@padgepadgham3238 thank you very much, that’s much appreciated and I hope you manage to get the update working.

[@dance1forever1]

If you don’t see MOUNT, right click the ISO and click “open with” then open with windows explorer, then right click ISO again and then mount will be available. 😊

[@cwtek1]

Yes that will work too.

[@eassgermany4267]

Thank you very much, Chris!! Your video helped me to upgrade win 10 pro to win 11 pro on my old laptop! 👍

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[@jamesparkinson72]

If only everything was as simple as this great guide. thanks mate

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[@peterilling1627]

Worked like a charm Chris thanks alot mate.Cheers from Turkey .

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[@DONEDONEMAN]

My god amzing sir, by following your method can we Bypass TPM problem this happneing now in pc, will it work going to cmd and there commands

[@JxH]

8:05 "forward slash" \ 8:10 "forward slash" \ 8:15 "forward slash" / 🙂

[@cwtek1]

Sorry, this has been pointed out many times in the comments.

[@Calango741]

In the command prompt window, you described both the \ and the / and "forward slash". You might want to correct either your narration or put a note in the video that the two \s you used are actually ''back slashes".

[@cwtek1]

Please see the description of this video and now I have also pinned a comment, unfortunately I am unable to edit this video now that its been uploaded to KZbin!

[@paulmoadibe9321]

he did.

[@layneewilson]

Windows 11 does work on older machines. i tried this method of a Core 2 Duo E5800. I created a USB stick and the installation went fine, but honestly, Windows 11 is quirky garbage and I see no advantage to upgrading to Windows 11 at this time. I wouldn't say I like the way it keeps nagging you to log into a Microsoft account. Thanks for posting this info.

[@cwtek1]

I am glad to help sorry to hear you are not a big fan of Windows 11.

[@charlesgatto1256]

Thanks for the information. Also the warnings. Keep them coming.

[@cwtek1]

Will do!

[@001rnv]

One item, setup initially kept getting hung on the Getting Updates portion and nothing would happen. On the Install Windows Server screen, click on “Change how Setup downloads updates.” Another screen will come up “Get updates, drivers and optional features” click on “Not right now” and click next. The setup will now continue all the way through without any hangups.

[@cwtek1]

Yes the same has happened to me in the past!

[@mobileplayers5008]

Yeah probably internet slow issues

[@SN.Real.King.]

@Chris can we do windows update with unsupported pc for windows11

[@cwtek1]

Yes you can do security updates but feature updates need to be manually updated.

[@TheRobMozza]

5:38 typo.. 'Windows 11...' should of read 'Windows 10' EDIT: Far easiest method so far, thanks for the share 🎉

[@cwtek1]

Sorry I have been known to slip up in a few places but I think most people get the jist.

[@TheRobMozza]

@@cwtek1 ahh but you know KZbin 😂 we're all experts (sarcasm) and delighted to correct others!! Thanks for your reply thou Chris, appreciated dude 👍

[@benhetland576]

@@TheRobMozza Yes, we are all so delighted to correct you too: You should have written "should've" or "should have" and not "should of". The preposition 'of' doesn't go before a verb like that at all. 😉

[@TheRobMozza]

@@benhetland576 😂😂😂

[@warrenedser1996]

I heard that there is a lot of problems with windows 11 and this puts me in an uneasy mode. Can you tell me , is it worth it? When you say to delete the windows 11 folder after installation - can you explain if the wins10 is there, are all the wins 10 files upgraded to 11 or not sure-

[@cwtek1]

If you feel uneasy then don’t do it, I am not trying to persuade anyone to upgrade to something they are not sure about. The windows 11 folder you need to delete is just the files needed to upgrade to Windows 11 once you have upgraded these are no longer needed and are just taking up around 7gb of space.

[@abertzaleharroaii7449]

You have a windows.old folders in c: with all your files you have on your previous windows 10. No trouble at all, I have install windows 11 on my 2009 laptop with a modified iso, after a ram ans ssd upgrade, it's works really fine, all runs perfectly. My old laptop is more faster than the little newest lenovo of my son who's have windows 11 natively. I have to try this method on one of my other hdd or ssd I kept on backup just in case. But as I have seen in this video, you can run it without any reason to doubt. The only trouble I have, and my old laptop was on windows 10 previously since the release, on the latest version on older computer you can't make virtual machine because of the damn puce tpm and the newest security things. I look for a way but for now I don't find anything on this subject. I need virtual machine, I have to use my son laptop to make it. But my oldest laptop run like if was out of the box and it's good

[@Foxtrot_Foxtrot_Lima]

Title should be "How to kick a pc right in the balls".

[@cwtek1]

Windows 11 isn’t for everyone, but I personally don’t have any problems with it.

[@pauldalton9923]

Ever since Windows 11 was released I have been installing it without issue simply by creating a bootable USB drive and then renaming the appraiserres.dll file in the Sources folder and then running a clean install.

[@cwtek1]

Yes that is another way, this just simplifies things.

[@thomassupernant1200]

Thanks for the video for upgrading to Windows 11 it worked

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[@stevenbell9589]

For me I tested windows 11 pro on a hp elitedesk 800 g2 mini the only thing that was not supported was the CPU. First of I used the Microsoft tool to create an image no mods to a usb drive plugged that in to the hp and bam clean install. Intel even gave me a driver for the video card

[@cwtek1]

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[@stevenbell9589]

I already have

[@cwtek1]

@@stevenbell9589 thank you, that’s most appreciated.

[@gamerkevinpoop100]

Chris if i rest my laptop will i Still have the windows 11?

[@cwtek1]

Yes I believe you will.

[@mikewalsh511]

Wow the only method that's actually worked for me! Thanks so much. I guess I was too late for the other methods they were patched by the time I used them.

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[@pedrojesusbarata]

Just upgraded my Windows 10 Boot Camp partition to Windows 11 (latest version Win11_23H2_Portuguese_x64v2.iso), on an iMac 27inch Late 2013 and everything went smoothly, all devices recognized, all apps installed on Windows 10 working now on Windows 11, including a version of MS Office 2016. Automatic updates are also working. So sad that the same is not possible with recent versions of macOS. Many thanks!

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[@ZargonUSA]

@Chris Waite I don't think you know much about computers, because what you was demonstrating was performed using a virtual machine, I can see the small bar at the very bottom of the screen in the center, this is the VMWare bar, as if you didn't realize it, VMWare emulates TPM, UEFI, and CPU features, making the install of windows 11 work, I should know I have done it, and I'm still using the VMWare installled version to perform updates without even changing anything, but try what you demonstrated on a real, none supported machine it WILL fail. The video you show was running windows 11 anyway, so how can it be a none supported machine when you have Windows 11 already running? That's because it was running on a virtual machine, so if Windows 11 was already running on a real machine when you try the update, it WILL work, because to install windows 11 in the first place to do the update, the initial install would have passed all the checks. So, when you create a video I suggest you use a none supported machine and don't use screen capture, but use either a camcorder or some means of videoing you attempting to install Window 11 on a real (NOT a virtual machine) none supported machine. There IS only one way to install Windows 11 on a "REAL" unspported machine, I suggest you watch this video:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5LHaWuZgah8ibs Now, installing Windows 11 on an unsupported machine WILL result in no security updates or major updates, but minor application updates would work, this is because Win11 sends machine information to MS and if there's no result for TPM, CPU and secure boot results, then the updates will not go through.

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for your comments I didn’t use VMware but virtualbox, on a machine that was built in 2011 and originally designed to run windows 7 you want reassurance this works just check the comments many people have confirmed it works at the moment on unsupported hardware. With regards to security updates they will still work on unsupported machines but feature updates do not automatically get installed, you need to manually install these but I believe this is the same issue with any method that you install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. I checked the video you suggested and technically it does the same thing tells Windows install to bypass the TPM check etc, but the video you suggest requires a lot more effort by going into the registry editor and changing keys I’m afraid the method in my video is much more simple by comparison to do the same job. Thanks for your comments.

[@davidlang4765]

021024 I bought a Win11 home version last week and tried to install it on my MSI GX70 with Win8.1 bought in 2011. It passed inspection except for TPM and wouldn't go any further. I watched your video but when I got to @09:05 on your video it didn't go to updates, instead it wanted a key, fortunately I had one I just got and it worked! It even transferred all my files, so, thank you!

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[@davidlang4765]

@@cwtek1 I did have a little trouble though, it kept complaining about the driver for the GPU not working right, but I reinstalled it with out saving anything and now it is working properly.

[@Nick41622]

You are a good teacher. Anyone can follow this video.💯👍

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[@Nick41622]

@@cwtek1 Thanks, I just subscribed now.

[@kietero]

This is 100% legit! Thank you for this!

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[@djskyy407]

Thanks Chris great video step by step in detail keep doing what you do!!

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[@jeffheinbaugh8954]

Chris, great video. Best Windows 11 upgrade video I've seen. Question: Are the Windows 10 files still on the PC on the C: drive and if so, is there a way to switch back to Windows 10? I ask because it is always possible that Microsoft could decide in the future to do a hardware check when installing a security patch and determine that Windows 11 is not supported on the machine and then your are stuck with an unsupported Windows 11.

[@cwtek1]

You can roll back within 10 days but that’s all. If you are concerned about this then please don’t upgrade, wait until you need to replace the machine.

[@locutiss100]

Make a disk image of 10, if 11 doesn't work for you then you can re install 10 where you left off

[@cwtek1]

@@locutiss100 That's good advice Easus ToDo Free Backup or Clonezilla which is also free can do this.

[@locutiss100]

@@cwtek1 windows 7 and up have built in imaging software for backing up. Just made backup a few days ago. Works good for basic tasks

[@lenny108]

10:23 He seems to be saying that only idiots would upgrade their unsupported OS when it runs fine on win10 until the end of 2025.

[@terryroe2023]

So I decided to download the Windows 11 23h2 pro version from Microsoft and install it on my 12 year old Acer Aspire 5750G laptop. All went smoothly, and it's not showing signs of problems 😀. I bypassed Microsofts compatability checker to allow the installation process. It has also been activated with Microsoft 😀. Not bad for a 12 year old laptop which specs are, Acer Aspire 5750G running i5-2450M 2.5GHz with turbo boost to 3.1GHz, 750GB HHD, 8GB DDR3 memory, it's nothing special by today's standards but when I bought it 12 years ago it was of good specification and it wasn't cheap!!

[@EndUserGamer]

Hi, So I tried this on a Virtual Box Windows 10 VM. While following the directions given, I ran into a problem during the CMD section of the instructions, I got an error message that said "the app couldn't run on your PC". So I used the media creation tool, chose the option of "best suited for this pc" and then created an ISO from there. Once I did this using the media creation tool, I was able to use your instructions with the CMD prompt interface and I got to the point of installation, and no error messages. I decided to try "keeping nothing", as I have a backup of this VM, and I wanted to see how a fresh install/upgrade would go. If it doesn't work out, I can try again and choose the keep files and settings option instead. Anyway, Windows 11 is now installing on my VM! Thank you for this video!

[@cwtek1]

I am glad that this installed for you and thank you for tell us how you overcome your initial problem.

[@geraldshippe7338]

I have no idea why this happened. I downloaded from Microsoft the Windows 11 .iso file onto my flash drive. I rebooted into the drive. It installed about 75% and then a box popped up telling me this was a Rufus made flash drive and it needed a couple of more options to install further. Reverted back to my Dell OptiPlex which is 14 years old and Windows 10. So I hit setup in Windows Explorer and the flash drive and it installed Windows 11. A couple of days later everything is smooth. All updates had worked and are working. Activated also. Loving it.

[@JohnnyD90]

Thanks Chris Great video and walk through, although my setup gets stuck on 'getting things ready for install' screen and left it over night and still no luck. Do you think Microsoft have caught up and blocked us from going any further with the install? Thank you so much for taking up your time to do this walkthrough, its really helpful.

[@cwtek1]

As far as I can tell this is still working, please try restarting your computer, actually restart, do not shutdown, then try again.

[@JohnnyD90]

@@cwtek1 thanks Chris It worked after rebooting as you said. It then prompted for an update for an update preview for H2H2 and this worked! I’m running a HP compaq mini desktop machine with a 3rd gen Intel i3 3.20Ghz with overclocking to 3.50Ghz and it’s pretty fast 🤩🙌

[@3dtexan890]

Is Windows 11 still a free upgrade even though my 2 year old MSI Apache Pro says unsupported hardware?

[@cwtek1]

If you have windows 10 and it’s activated then yes it is free.

[@terenceladbrook4447]

Thankyou so much. An excellent method and explanatory video. Have successfully used (eventually) other methods which needed loading file mods or other software. En route have considered methods which require Registry Mods or additional Scripts installed. This very clever method works and minimises "Squeaky Bum Time" Double bonus. Thank you again.

[@cwtek1]

I am glad you like this method, its certainly much more straight forward than the other methods, without the need to use 3rd party tools.

[@brendanrogers555]

Dear Chris, thank you so much for making this video. Sadly the method doesn't work for me. I followed every step, but sadly the installer kills itself in the moment of 11:10 , when it switches from "getting ready" to the "Ready to install" screen. The setup process literally just aborts and doesn't exist anymore in task manager. Would you have any idea what might be causing this? EDIT: got it to work by turning off the update checking in the first step. It just did the updates later by itself :) Installation went through smoothly on a machine from 2007 ! Win11 runs beautifully on it. So glad I found your video.

[@cwtek1]

You're Welcome I am glad you got there in the end and thanks for letting us know how you fixed, it this may help someone else facing the same issue! If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@baterasbeatsantoamarospzonasul]

This video is very good. I have two questions please. Will Windows be activated after installation? Is it possible to delete old Windows 10 to have more disk space?

[@cwtek1]

Yes if your version of Windows 10 is activated then the activation will carry over to 11 and yes you can either use the cleanup tool to remove windows 10 files or just wait 10 days and they will be deleted automatically.

[@baterasbeatsantoamarospzonasul]

@@cwtek1 thank you so much

[@eileeneastlake8535]

On other videos about this subject, Rufus was downloaded to assist. Why did you not also do that?

[@cwtek1]

I wanted to show a way of doing this without using 3rd party tools!

[@Charkatak]

Thank you for the video! Anyone who upgraded from Win 10, did the upgrade mess up the order of shortcuts on the desktop?

[@cwtek1]

Not for me.

[@brianrudd9299]

thanks chris worked perfectly you gained another subscriber

[@cwtek1]

You’re welcome and Thanks for the sub!

[@peterzsivkovits231]

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. The message "It could not be determined whether Windows Server can run on your computer" appears.

[@cwtek1]

Please try the method shown in the description of the video, I do have an updated video that I am trying to record today and hope to release later, please make sure you have subscribed to my channel to be notified when it comes out.

[@Th3.Urban.Cr3w]

...please could you also show the properties window after installing Win11. Thank you very much for your understanding and your time.

[@cwtek1]

Can you tell me what you are looking for?

[@Th3.Urban.Cr3w]

after the update on Win11 do you receive the UPDATES??? Thak Ya @@cwtek1

[@matthewnebgen9264]

Watched all the videos how to upgrade to windows 11 on unsupported devices. Rufus: didn’t work Regedit method to bypass checks: didn’t work, THIS METHOD WORKED!!!!!

[@cwtek1]

I am glad this worked! If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@ZeroAngle58]

Thank you so much Chris for the tutorial video. Very informative

[@cwtek1]

My pleasure!

[@BobWilliscorgi]

Definitely will install as I got to the installation page but it wouldn’t allow me the option of being able to keep all my apps and files? It would only allow me to keep my files then install. I don’t fancy the drawn out process of having to re-install all of my programs.😕

[@cwtek1]

This normally happens if you have downloaded the ISO file which has a different language from the one you have already installed.

[@tonyf8167]

3rd party tools are not required now, or from the very beginning of loading 11 on unsupported hardware for that matter...

[@TheGigantium]

Did it with Rufus, and it works like a charm on my mini desktop pc Fujitsu Esprimo Q920 with the i5-4590T CPU.

[@cwtek1]

This method shows you how to do it without using any 3rd party tools!

[@mobileplayers5008]

Yeah he's an idiots used Rufus n u need manually active ur keys. This method gives u a free activation key n basically u got windows 11 free.

[@nevillepillay1755]

What version Rufus u used for Unsupported device Did u keep all files and settings from win 10 without having to reinstall

[@TheGigantium]

@@nevillepillay1755 Rufus v4.3.2090. I did not lose my files and settings with the upgrade.

[@delanikhumalo5473]

Hi, the whole process went well but when it was about to finish it rolled back to windows 10 and gave me this error (the installation failed in the safe_os phase with an error during apply_image operation windows 11)

[@tomshaw9065]

Brilliant hack Chris. Saw the video, subscribed and downloaded! Now have Windows 11 on my old Surface Pro 3 that I use when travelling, just finishing final updates and all looks really good. Thanks again.

[@cwtek1]

Glad you liked the hack.Thanks for the sub!

[@evdieren]

thanks a lot. My perfectly well working laptop now runs W11. I discovered that it had TPM 1.2 but not activated. I activated it, and do not notice differences in performance. I suppose activating 1.2 is better than no TPM?

[@MrBuzzyben]

your first 2 slash are back slash.

[@cwtek1]

oops.

[@SolidNate99]

Luckily there was a video tho.

[@doubleyouth]

Waarom bij mij GEEN Windows 11 PRO ??? Why by me NO WINDOWS 11 PRO but HOME ???

[@cwtek1]

This will only upgrade whatever you currently have, if you have home windows 10 then it will upgrade to windows 11 home.

[@iamreal22]

Thank you so much, it works on my PC 😍🥰

[@cwtek1]

You're Welcome! If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@Abedoss]

Hey Chris, can you use the “setup.exe /product server” command to make a clean install? Maybe by booting a windows flash and shift+f10?

[@cwtek1]

I am not sure I haven't tried, but I think this will only work from Within Windows.

[@pat8988]

I would expect a clean install to ask for a product key.

[@cwtek1]

@@pat8988 If your PC has a digital license and you havent changed too much hardware since Windows 10 was installed on that machine last then Windows will recognise that you had a license and whilst it will ask for a product key, you can always say activate later without giving a key and then when your Windows is installed and connected to the internet it will activate.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

Whatever loophole MS had to install this thing as server may have been closed by now, telling me it cannot determine whether this system can get the installation. Good thing you warned us all very well that it may fail at any point. I did back up my whole partition but that was moot as MS did not embark on a partial installation.

[@cwtek1]

Some computers are seeing this message even computers that should be fully supported!

[@pedjatalovic3124]

Thank you very much for all details in this video! It makes everything a lot easier for us to do. Best regards!

[@cwtek1]

You're Welcome! If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@nacionaldelacapital]

05:52 May I ask: Did you burn into your DVD first ?

[@jdlech]

The question is why would you want to upgrade to W11? There's only a few new features, and they took out a bunch of old features. So you're upgrading to LESS than what you started with. If you started with W10, at least. I'm sure there's a few niche gamers who absolutely must have the latest and greatest. To them, I'm sorry. I'm sorry you think that W11 is going to be worth the upgrade. Because at least half of you will miss something that your previous OS could do.

[@cwtek1]

The main reason is that Windows 10 Feature updates have now been retired so probably no new features, also Windows 10 Security updates are being retired in October 2025.

[@jdlech]

@@cwtek1 And they will do the same to W11 - sticking you in the same situation yet again. Yours is actually a good argument to leave MS entirely. Good point, otherwise.

[@cwtek1]

@@jdlech Windows 11 is supported till 2032, so you do have another 7 years support on top of 10.

[@gowdsake7103]

@@cwtek1 Features I never wanted or need that bloat hmmmm

[@krisachar]

Thank you,Was very informative. 👍

[@cwtek1]

You're Welcome! If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@celebrategout1008]

i'd never use 11 but this is very informative

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for letting us know, if you ever do change your mind then at least you know how!

[@margendiek]

currently i use win10home, does this not cause any problems to upgrade in win11pro? whitout product key?

[@private5267]

Well Done Chris absolutely foolproof description even for an 80 year old thanks again😅

[@paulwarner5395]

Thanx for the video. I wonder how long before Microsloth blocks it..

[@cwtek1]

Good question! I’m sure I will be there to unblock it, in fact on some systems they have blocked it from yesterday and I am doing a video later to show how to get around it

[@locutiss100]

Made a separate partition for windows 11 and installed fine. Can't finish setup because of a network problem. So stuck at setup with no way to connect. This is on brand new equipment.

[@cwtek1]

This is an upgrade if you installed on a separate partition then I would be surprised if it will activate. With regards to the network problem I am not sure why this perhaps google your issue.

[@locutiss100]

@@cwtek1 with some help from a fellow KZbinr ,I was abe to do a command prompt to bypass the network sign in. Yes, I was able to activate 11 without any problems

[@DONEDONEMAN]

ok it is 23 h2 can we go after 24latest version from 23 after bypass done here, or any steps further to do for going to 24 latest from 24 sir

[@gergemall]

Thx Chris . Liked subscribed and shared .❤

[@cwtek1]

Thank you.