And it is that these people so far prefer to continue working with Windows 10, at least until it comes to an end and stops receiving updates. It must be said that this is something that is getting closer and closer and will happen at the end of next year. Perhaps something that has put many off when it comes to migrating to Windows 11 is the hardware requirements required by Microsoft.
There are many computers that are not compatible with this version of the operating system, which is all the more reason to continue using an older version. However, both end users and system administrators have, over the months, resorted to various tricks to bypass these restrictionsHowever, in the last few hours some Insider users have seen that the company has blocked one of the most used tricks to install Windows 11 on non-compatible computers.
In fact, we are talking about one of the simplest methods used by administrators and users around the world to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. Specifically, we are referring to the well-known trick that will allow us to use the following command to bypass this restriction:
setup.exe /product server
With the execution of this simple command and its corresponding parameter, it was possible to omit the hardware requirements demanded by that version of the system.
Other solutions to bypass requirements when installing Windows 11
We should keep in mind that Microsoft significantly changed the hardware requirements of its Windows 11 operating system when it was launched. Thus, the software itself checks those components during system setup to verify that the PC is supportedThis is done through several checks to determine if the processor and other components are valid.
If they are not, Windows Setup throws the error that the computer cannot run Windows 11. This does not necessarily mean that the computer is incompatible. Sometimes certain requirements may be disabled, such as TPM 2.0To make things easier for us, Microsoft created the PC Health Check application that checks if the computer it is running on meets the system requirements.
But as we told you, in the latest versions of Windows 11 We will no longer be able to use the trick mentioned above to bypass hardware restrictions. However, it is interesting to know that there are other ways to bypass these controls.
For example, with the use of third-party programs such as included Rufus or Ventoy which prepares the installation media to bypass the controls. Additionally, certain changes can be made manually to the operating system registry in order to Install Windows 11 on an unsupported PCa solution that by the way does not convince everyone. The problem here is that Microsoft has eliminated the most accessible and simple trick for these tasks.