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Re:Microsoft is threatening to withhold Windows 11 updates i... by bochoh on Saturday August 28, 2021 @04:15PM (#28341138)
I was just looking at their compatibility for my perfectly powerful laptop (Dell Latitude e5570 with i7-6820HQ) and was sad to see it won’t support Windows 11. Very sad
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Re:Microsoft is threatening to withhold Windows 11 updates i... by fuzzfactor on Saturday August 28, 2021 @09:33PM (#28343264)
Shrink your W10 partition then install W11 to the new space from the ISO.

Any unavailable W11 drivers install manually by pointing to "D:\WINDOWS\INF and D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS" or wherever your w10 files are.

Works on an old Dell W7 business desktop with a Core2 Duo E8400.

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Re:Microsoft is threatening to withhold Windows 11 updates i... by lostmsu on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:18PM (#28371551)
I just enabled Insider Preview (Beta channel) on i3-6100U laptop, and Windows 11 installed.

Do you have your firmware TPM enabled in UEFI?

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