Windows 11 compatibility issue and how to resolve it for free!!!
On Tuesday October 5th Microsoft introduced the public release of Windows 11. The Operating system’s new modern design, and U.I. optimisations made it very desired for most windows users. There is only one problem, hardware compatibility.
Earlier this year Microsoft made available a not very inclusive Windows 11 hardware compatibility list. This list excluded 1st gen AMD Ryzen and 7th gen and older intel core i series processors. Along with the restrictive cpu compatibility was the requirement of TPM 2.0 and SecureBoot. Most relatively modern computers have SecureBoot so thats not a big issue. The biggest problem for most users is their PC’s lack of TPM 2.0.
When running a Windows 11 installer, the system will be checked for the compatible hardware. If the PC is not officially supported the installer will stop, state the reason that it cannot continue, then close. There is although a way to bypass this check. I will list a few easy steps below, and an in-depth YouTube video on how to do this.
To do this, first you will need to visit the Microsoft windows 10 download site here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO. Once on this site, select edition as Windows 10, then click “Confirm.” Select language then again hit “Confirm.” Then click 64-bit download. Once the file is downloaded move it to your desktop. To obtain a Windows 11 ISO visit this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11. This page select Windows 11> Download. Also move this file to your desktop once it has downloaded.
With both ISO files on your desktop right click on the Windows 11 file then click “Mount”, Select everything in the folder and copy it to your clipboard. Right click anywhere on your desktop and create a new folder, name it “Win11”. Open your newly created Win11 folder right click inside of it then hit paste. This should copy all of the files from the Windows 11 ISO to this new folder to be edited.
When the copying has completed, right click on the Windows 10 ISO that should still be on your desktop, Click “Mount”. Once the file has opened navigate to the “Sources” folder and double click it to open it. Search for the file named “appraiserres.dll” right click on it then copy it to your clipboard. Now close the Windows 10 ISO. Go back to your Win11 folder and right click on the sources folder within. Click paste to insert the “appraiserres.dll” file into the sources folder.
Once the file has copied, close the Win11 folder. Now re-open it. Then double click on the application on the very bottom labeled “setup”. Now a Windows 11 installer should appear and now instead of not allowing the installation because of incompatible hardware, the hardware check should be completely skipped due to our file modifications. Windows 11 should be installed as if the computer was fully compatible.
I know the steps may be kind of hard to follow in words so here is a YouTube video that is much easier to tread on (Note. some steps are slightly different in the video due to this artacle being more updated than the video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ajWW_mLIM&t=184
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