{"id":284075,"date":"2021-06-25T22:07:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsofts-windows-11-compatibility-tool-will-now-say-why-your-pc-cant-upgrade-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T22:07:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:07:28","slug":"microsofts-windows-11-compatibility-tool-will-now-say-why-your-pc-cant-upgrade-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsofts-windows-11-compatibility-tool-will-now-say-why-your-pc-cant-upgrade-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft\u2019s Windows 11 Compatibility Tool Will Now Say Why Your PC Can\u2019t Upgrade \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Microsoft\u2019s Windows 11 Compatibility Tool Will Now Say Why Your PC Can\u2019t Upgrade \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re excited for Windows 11, you may have already download<\/a>ed Microsoft\u2019s compatibility checker app dubbed \u201cPC Health Check<\/a>\u201d only to get a hard \u201cno\u201d with no clear reason why. Good news<\/a>, now the update checker tool will give you a clearer reason, and you may an easy fix.<\/p>\n

Windows 11 will have some pretty low requirements and some pretty steep requirements<\/a>. A\u00a01 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores 64-bit processor isn\u2019t a steep hill to climb, nor is 4 GBs of RAM and 64 GBs of storage. That processor requirement is only slightly more than Windows 10, except for the lockout on 32-bit CPUs.<\/p>\n

But other requirements are heftier. For one, not every processor that meets the specs above is actually compatible, and Microsoft had to put a list together. Your i7 processor from 2011 might have more than enough power, but it may not support all the necessary modern features, for instance.<\/p>\n

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We just made updates to the Windows 11 PC Health Check App. It now provides more detailed info on requirements not met. This should help in cases where folks assumed CPU compat issues were TPM related https:\/\/t.co\/hTWMe16DWO<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/eZLTZMOdjT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 DWIZZZLE (@dwizzzleMSFT) June 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On top of that, Microsoft\u2019s message around TPM (Trust Platform Module) chips is confusing. On its main page, it calls TPM 2.0 chips a requirement. Of course, TPM 2.0 chips aren\u2019t exactly common, and scalpers are already trying to take advantage of the rush to meet the requirement. But that\u2019s not the whole truth.<\/p>\n

Microsoft explains elsewhere that TPM 2.0 is a \u201csoft\u201d requirement. That means if you don\u2019t have it, Windows 11 will still work, but Microsoft will advise you against taking the update. The \u201chard\u201d requirement is TPM 1.2, which nearly every processor from the last five years or so supports. But for many people, that feature is turned off in the bios.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Microsoft\u2019s PC Health Check tool<\/a> comes into play. It\u2019s a simple piece of software that not only tells you about the status of your computer but can check to see if your PC is compatible with Windows 11. But alas, for the first day or so, all it would say effectively \u201cno, it\u2019s not\u201d and not give you a reason why. It could be RAM, an old processor, or just the need to change your BIOS. But it didn\u2019t tell you.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, Microsoft realized that\u2019s a bad idea and updated the PC Health Check tool with better messages.\u00a0 The new wording will tell you specifically if it\u2019s a TPM problem, a Secure Boot problem, a processor problem, or a storage and RAM problem. Once you know, you can solve\u00a0the issue<\/a>\u2014which is the case of TPM, and Secure Boot could be as simple as a BIOS change. It\u2019s a good change, and just a shame Microsoft didn\u2019t start with better communication.<\/p>\n

If you already downloaded the PC Health Checker, it will update itself automatically. And if you haven\u2019t yet, you can download it from Microsoft\u2019s site<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n