New Windows 11 fail is accidently telling people they can’t upgrade

Windows 11 is now out and accessible for people to put in, however many people are encountering an issue the place the working system refuses to put in, even when their PCs meet the Windows 11 system necessities.

As Windows Latest stories, many people are erroneously seeing a “This PC doesn’t currently meet all the system requirements for Windows 11” message in the course of the Windows 11 set up course of.

When putting in Windows 11, some people are prompted to run the PC Health Check app to ensure their PC is suitable with the brand new working system – reminiscent of if it helps TPM 2.0, a safety function that Microsoft has insisted PCs want if they are to run Windows 11.

The concept is that the PC Health Check will see in case your PC can run Windows 11. If it might, you possibly can then proceed with the set up. If it can’t, the PC Health Check app will define steps to take to make your PC suitable. In some instances, this includes enabling TPM help within the PC’s BIOS. Once that’s finished, the PC Health Check app ought to give the PC the all clear, and the Windows 11 set up course of can proceed.

The downside is, that some people have discovered that even after the PC Health Check app says the system can run Windows 11, the Windows 11 set up app refuses to proceed, saying “This PC doesn’t currently meet all the system requirements for Windows 11.”

This is immensely irritating, and customers who've encountered it have discovered that even restarting the PC and making an attempt to put in Windows 11 once more doesn't repair the problem.

What are you able to do?

At the second it doesn’t seem to be you are able to do a lot about this downside, until you fancy downloading the Windows 11 ISO and use it to do a contemporary set up of Windows 11 – however that may lead to you dropping your recordsdata and apps.

The excellent news is that Microsoft is already engaged on fixing the problem, with Microsoft help employees telling Windows Latest that “We are aware of the issue, and we’re currently working for a fix.”

If you encounter the issue, Microsoft is encouraging you to let it know utilizing the Feedback Hub in Windows 10, to higher assist it get an concept of the trigger – and scale – of the issue.

Hopefully, the issue is addressed quickly. Upgrading to Windows 11 is sophisticated sufficient in the meanwhile anyway – due to the TPM requirement – with out people being incorrectly informed they can’t upgrade.

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Analysis: More Windows 11 issues proves enjoying the ready recreation is good

As we thought, there are many Windows 11 issues rising in the meanwhile as extra people set up Windows 11 (or attempt to).

This downside is extra annoying than worrying, as all it’s doing is stopping you from upgrading to Windows 11 – it’s not impacting your PC’s efficiency (like one other new Windows 11 situation regarding AMD processors is).

However, it’s yet one more good instance of why you need to maintain off putting in a brand new working system as quickly because it goes stay. By ready a couple of weeks, Microsoft will hopefully have ironed out most points, and the Windows 11 upgrade course of might be comparatively easy.

So, sit tight and let these early Windows 11 points get sorted. For some people, sticking with Windows 10 for now gained’t be a alternative, nevertheless.