* Microsoft Windows 11 Thoughts & Discussion Thread *

something daft already!! · 5 Oct 2021 at 00:35

Confidence is low but I will give it a whirl. Are you doing it from within Windows or boot from USB?

mrk · 5 Oct 2021 at 00:43

Within Windows :cool:

I just noticed that Windows Update pending install too after inplace upgrading just now:

something daft already!! · 5 Oct 2021 at 00:52

Unfortunately it did not work. Your system must be eligible.

mrk · 5 Oct 2021 at 00:55

My CPU isn't eligible (6700K) but I do have Secure Boot, TPM etc all compliant. Do you get an error message?

something daft already!! · 5 Oct 2021 at 01:03

Yeah, it is The processor isn't supported for this version of Windows.

mrk · 5 Oct 2021 at 01:05

If using the media creation tool to upgrade then you will have the option to "Accept" the warning, I posted a screenshot earlier of the same thing I got, just accept that and you can then begin the upgrade.

something daft already!! · 5 Oct 2021 at 01:14

Ah I see your screen shot and that is not the screen I get. I have no option to accept.

mrk · 5 Oct 2021 at 01:19

What CPU is it that you have? Maybe they've updated the allowed list or something in the final I'm wondering?

Moley · 5 Oct 2021 at 01:26

Downloading and installing on my Surface Pro now.

ic1male · 5 Oct 2021 at 02:06

Couldn't sleep with the buzz so got up and decided to install it. Very, very quick from scratch. Best thing I've found so far? Having a giant blue arrow as my mouse pointer!

marc2003 · 5 Oct 2021 at 04:37

Downloaded the "final" ISO from the link above and installed on my ye olde Haswell. Still getting driver updates (even though it failed because my internet gimped out

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https://i.imgur.com/oY1XGfJ.png

Scania · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:02

marc2003 said:
Downloaded the "final" ISO from the link above and installed on my ye olde Haswell. Still getting driver updates (even though it failed because my internet gimped out )

https://i.imgur.com/oY1XGfJ.png

How did you manage that? It’s telling me my 4790K is unsupported…

I’d like to give 11 a try, my 10 install seems to have gone a bit flakey, but I have no desire to upgrade my hardware yet as it’s still fine for my needs.

malachi · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:02

Media creation tool doesn't seem to be working right now, probably servers being hammered. But downloaded the iso and installing on my 3 main computers.

Let's see how it goes!

drakulton · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:08

something daft already!! said:
Yeah, it is The processor isn't supported for this version of Windows.

drakulton said:
Just installed the latest insider preview beta on a dell optiplex 330 with a xeon E5450 c2q.

Used the 11 iso files but swapped out the sources folder for a win 10 sources folder, but kept the win 11 'install.wim' file in it. No TPM or secure boot check issues.

This.

Participant · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:17

Scania said:
How did you manage that? It’s telling me my 4790K is unsupported…

I’d like to give 11 a try, my 10 install seems to have gone a bit flakey, but I have no desire to upgrade my hardware yet as it’s still fine for my needs.

I have a 4690K in one of my machines and I had to:

- Enable Secure Boot in the BIOS, which also involved converting my drive from MBR to GPT (or it won't boot)
- Use the GitHub media creation tool to create a W11 ISO
- Do a fresh install (it wouldn't work from within Windows 10; kept saying hardware was unsupported)

Harbz · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:18

Does in place upgrade work ok? Don’t fancy reinstalling all my games.

Scania · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:21

Participant said:
I have a 4690K in one of my machines and I had to:

- Enable Secure Boot in the BIOS, which also involved converting my drive from MBR to GPT (or it won't boot)
- Use the GitHub media creation tool to create a W11 ISO
- Do a fresh install (it wouldn't work from within Windows 10; kept saying hardware was unsupported)

Great stuff, thank you.

IvanDobskey · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:27

So what's the general opinion on windows 11? Wondering if it's worth upgrading day one, or waiting for it to mature a bit.

ED209 · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:31

I am currently downloading the W11 ISO from Microsoft. 5.1GB

Participant · 5 Oct 2021 at 07:35

IvanDobskey said:
So what's the general opinion on windows 11? Wondering if it's worth upgrading day one, or waiting for it to mature a bit.

The biggest benefit for me so far is for people with HTPCs / media stations in terms of HDMI handshakes and HDR.

The HDMI handling of sounds and connected soundbars etc. is now seemingly bug free and reliable, whereas before I had all kinds of fun getting sound to work after resuming from sleep. HDR seems to just work every time automatically.

It also handles multiple window layouts much better.

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