How To Upgrade Windows 10 Pro to Windows 11 Pro

[PC_Cone]

Hi All,

Happy New Year!

My PC was upgraded to windows 10 Pro recently. I had been using windows 7 for many years.

I have been waiting for the windows 11 Pro upgrade to come through the windows update. But nothing yet. I believe my PC meets the windows 11 system requirements.

I have a Dell Inspiron 3650, Processor is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.41 GHz and 16 GB of RAM

I tried to download the Windows 11 using Windows11InstallationAssistant and no luck.

Can anyone help? Thanks

 

[tehnokraat]

Hi All,

Happy New Year!

My PC was upgraded to windows 10 Pro recently. I had been using windows 7 for many years.

I have been waiting for the windows 11 Pro upgrade to come through the windows update. But nothing yet. I believe my PC meets the windows 11 system requirements.

I have a Dell Inspiron 3650, Processor is Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.41 GHz and 16 GB of RAM

I tried to download the Windows 11 using Windows11InstallationAssistant and no luck.

Can anyone help? Thanks

For Windows 11 supported Intel processors, you need at least an i7-7800X:
See compatible processors here

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

Also is needed TPM 2.0 and it must be turned on and Secure boot is needed and must be turned on etc. Recommend to run PC Health Check App, it will say what else is needed.
You can get it from this site

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/how-to-use-the-pc-health-check-app-9c8abd9b-03ba-4e67-81ef-36f37caa7844

or try to download from this link

https://aka.ms/GetPCHealthCheckApp

 

[pete.i]

As has been previously posted on this forum there shouldn't be any problems upgrading from 10 to 11 on any machine these days. I have upgraded four of my computer 2 of which are well below Microsoft's upgrade spec. I used Rufus to make upgrade media, again well documented on this forum. Microsoft, apparently, has reversed it's decision to not allow upgrades on older machines although I haaven't seen any updates that incorporate that decision. The Win 11 ISO is freely available and easily downloaded. It does mean doing a full reinstall which also means you should have good backups of all your important files and programs. I would NEVER just do an upgrade as the amount of crap collected over the years, in my opinion, makes doing just an upgrade unviable.

 

[tehnokraat]

Yes, you're right. In fact, you can install Windows 11 on practically any machine that's still alive today, and you don't even have to use the aforementioned Rufus (but of course you can), but if when Win 11 first came out there were no problems with receiving and installing updates for about a year, but now there are. So, yes, you can bypass these restrictions, but the restrictions are increasing every day and obviously soon the thing is becoming quite difficult, if not impossible. Moreover, updates come very often and there are quite a much problems. If the goal is only to fight problems, then of course do it and put this famous Windows 11 on your old machine, but this joy will not last long.
I've personally tried and tested all of this. I soon gave up because it's pretty pointless.
It's much easier to upgrade your computer or continue using Windows 10 on an older machine.
At the moment, I have several new computers with factory warranties that meet all requirements, but I still use Windows 10 on all of them and do not plan to upgrade until it is no longer possible to use Win 10.
And the reason is simple - I use them for work, but not for installing updates every day and not for fixing its bugs every day.

 

[PC_Cone]

My PC is almost 10 years old. It has been running faster and smoother after I upgraded the window from 7 to 10 pro recently. I concerned about cyber security as I believe the latest windows (11) should be most secure and providing the best protection from hackers. But I am no expert and could be wrong on that.

It sounded like I can upgrade my PC to windows 11 per the responses. But why I have not received the windows 11 update via windows update for PC?

 

[tehnokraat]

My PC is almost 10 years old. It has been running faster and smoother after I upgraded the window from 7 to 10 pro recently. I concerned about cyber security as I believe the latest windows (11) should be most secure and providing the best protection from hackers. But I am no expert and could be wrong on that.

It sounded like I can upgrade my PC to windows 11 per the responses. But why I have not received the windows 11 update via windows update for PC?

• Windows 11 more secure? Why? It's definitely not safer or secure,
• nothing protects you from hackers except yourself
• you will never receive an update notification on this computer because it doesn't meet the requirements.

 

[PC_Cone]

• Windows 11 more secure? Why? It's definitely not safer or secure,
• nothing protects you from hackers except yourself
• you will never receive an update notification on this computer because it doesn't meet the requirements.

I maybe misunderstood your statement below.
"In fact, you can install Windows 11 on practically any machine that's still alive today,"

 

[tehnokraat]

I maybe misunderstood your statement below.
"In fact, you can install Windows 11 on practically any machine that's still alive today,"

So what else is confusing or still not clear?