It is known to all that Windows 11 came into our lives with a great controversy behind it: its poor compatibility. Having to meet very demanding hardware requirements meant that many people could not install this new version of the softwarestaying ‘stuck’ in Windows 10. And this has been seen in the market shares that leave Windows 11 in a ‘big’ second place.
But in computing, the fact that something cannot be installed due to compatibility has never been a really serious problem. There are always alternative paths that are taken, to have, for example, Windows 11 installed without meeting the minimum requirements. Microsoft is aware of this and does not like it at all. Therefore, it will try to fix it in future updates.
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Microsoft wants to prevent you from installing Windows 11 24H2 on older computers
Microsoft wants the requirements that have been set to be met precisely because some functions may not work. That is why they are going to put their cards on the table in Windows 11 24H2 making it more complicated to install on older computers. This is what a developer has already seen in the first test version.
In order to achieve this, it will add changes to the architecture of the instructions that the CPU has to precisely make compatibility ‘harder’ and block the paths that now exist to install Windows 11.
The user @TheBobPony has revealed that the change would be precisely in the ‘POPCNT’ instruction that It would become an essential requirement to install Windows 11 24H2. In the event that a device does not have it (which will be older ones) they will not be able to update.
Obviously, this is putting ‘doors to the field’. And although it is more complicated to install Windows 11, There will always be some method to do it.. And even more so if they try to create problems in this way. This is also added to the fact that the market share of Windows 10 continues to be far ahead of Windows 11, something that the company does not like, but that they do not have a solution to alleviate it.
It should also be noted that we are facing a first version of what will be Windows 11 24H2 and everything can end up changing. But it is no secret that any company wants their requirements to be met or their product not to be accessed in an unauthorized manner.
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