Windows 11 Supported Intel Processors List 7th Gen Unsupported Jun 2026

It is a necessary evil for the evolution of PC security, but handled with a lack of nuance that leaves millions of users in the lurch. If you have a 7th Gen PC, you are better off running the "unsupported" version of Windows 11 via a registry hack or sticking with Linux/ChromeOS Flex than throwing the machine away.

Windows 11 requires . While many 7th Gen laptops had TPM 2.0 (in firmware, Intel PTT), some desktop motherboards for 7th Gen only supported TPM 1.2 or had no TPM. Rather than create exceptions, Microsoft set a hard cutoff. It is a necessary evil for the evolution