Yes, you can upgrade an ‚incompatible‘ PC to Windows 11 in just 10 easy steps, and I can prove it.
Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 earlier this month.
Many PCs with Windows 10 don’t pass Microsoft’s strict requirement check.
It’s possible to bypass this and install Windows 11 in 10 easy steps.
I built my current desktop back in 2020, and it’s had Windows 10 installed for the duration of its lifecycle. I went with what was — at the time — a solid, midrange Asus motherboard and Intel Core i9-9900 CPU, both of which still perform quite well in 2025.
But there’s one problem: This motherboard — and many out there just like it — is right on the cusp of being eligible for Windows 11. It doesn’t have a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0, so Microsoft deems it ineligible for Windows 11.
