Earlier this week, Windows 10 mistakenly prompted some users to upgrade to Windows 11, despite their computers not meeting the minimum operating system requirements. Twitter user He was one of the first to notice the bug after Windows 10 displayed a full-screen notification telling him he could install the software on a system that only had 2GB of RAM.
Do you offer a free upgrade from Windows 11 to unsupported Windows 10 devices/VMs?
Screenshots of a Windows 10 22H2 VM that does not meet the Windows 11 system requirements, with TPM (none) and RAM (2 GB) being the main ones pic.twitter.com/VNNswgMLiC
— PhantomOcean3💙💛 (@PhantomOfEarth) February 23, 2023
“Some non-hardware Windows 10 and Windows 11, version 21H2 devices were offered the wrong upgrade to Windows 11,” Microsoft said in a statement. seen by . “These ineligible devices did not meet the minimum requirements to run Windows 11. Devices that experienced this issue were unable to complete the update installation process.” Microsoft adds that it resolved the issue the same day it was discovered.
As the edge Note, this is not the first time that Microsoft has mistakenly prompted some Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11. Last year, Beta testers were able to install the operating system, even though their machines did not meet the minimum requirements. The incidents highlight an ongoing frustration with Windows 11. Microsoft requires a PC to have a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) installed before it can install its latest operating system on your computer. Since Microsoft first revealed that requirement, there’s roughly which PCs can run Windows 11.
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