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Windows 11 has been with us for a while now. While it brings a new and modern interface to PCs, Microsoft’s support for the OS is far from perfect. The company has become known for frequent update errors, software problems, and bugs. Recently, Microsoft accidentally offered Windows 11 upgrades to PCs with unsupported hardware, and this is not the first time. Here are the details…

Microsoft accidentally offers Windows 11 upgrades to unsupported PCs again

Microsoft has once again accidentally offered Windows 11 upgrades to PCs with unsupported hardware. Unfortunately, this is the second time this has happened in just one year. While affected PCs were not able to complete the upgrade, the mistake caused the minimum hardware requirements discussion to flare up again.

Windows 11 upgrade fails

Microsoft confirmed the mistake in a support note, stating that some hardware-ineligible devices were offered an inaccurate upgrade to Windows 11. These devices did not meet the minimum requirements to run Windows 11 and were not able to complete the upgrade installation process.

As we said, this isn’t the first time Microsoft has mistakenly offered Windows 11 upgrades to unsupported devices. Despite the minimum requirements, there are ways to install the new OS on unsupported CPUs. However, Microsoft has been testing a new desktop watermark on unsupported hardware to identify these devices.

Windows 11 error page

It is unknown what the company intends with this watermark. Users who are happy with their existing hardware think they have the right to experience new software as they wish. But as you know, Microsoft has a similar policy for unlicensed versions of Windows. However, users have different solutions to this situation. Just like in this one, users will probably find a solution.

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