• Email Us: [email protected]
  • Contact Us: +1 718 874 1545
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Medical Market Report

  • Home
  • All Reports
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Windows 11 to continue with updates for unsupported PCs – for the time being

September 2, 2021 by David Barret Leave a Comment

We saw yesterday that Microsoft is telling Windows 11 testers whose PCs don’t meet the minimum spec for the OS, who despite that were happily running preview builds thus far, that they now have to go back to using Windows 10 – causing some confusion about perceived promises in the past, and a clarification to be issued by the software giant on updates.

This comes off the back of Microsoft recently (last week) making it clear that there would be no budging on the minimum CPU spec, which requires a second-gen Ryzen processor or at least an 8th-gen Intel chip.

  • Windows 11 features and everything you need to know
  • We show you how to uninstall a Windows 10 update
  • And here’s how to speed up Windows 10

As we reported yesterday, testers with PCs that fall below the now confirmed minimum requirements for Windows 11 are receiving a message via Windows Update informing them that their device is not eligible for the Windows Insider (preview build testing) Program on Windows 11, and that they should now revert to testing Windows 10.

This led to an outbreak of arguing that Microsoft had previously promised testers would be able to run preview builds until the general release of Windows 11, and Brandon LeBlanc stepping in to tweet a clarification, as Windows Latest spotted.

The PCs given an exception will no longer receive any new future Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel but will still get Cumulative Updates for Windows 11 leading up to GA. As I said, there is a distinction between *new builds* here.September 1, 2021

See more

As LeBlanc explains, those who remain testing Windows 11 on an unsupported PC will no longer get full new preview builds in the Dev Channel, but will still receive cumulative updates (with tweaks and security fixes) right up to general availability (while staying put in terms of actual build updates).

We already know that those who stay on Windows 11 on an ineligible device after the general release of the OS (on October 5) – or folks who install it via an ISO as a workaround, rather than using Windows Update – won’t get updates on those unsupported PCs, leaving them very much in the lurch for the likes of vital security fixes.


Analysis: End of the road now firmly in sight

So, now those trying out Windows 11 in preview on unsupported computers now know that they’ve reached the end of the road in terms of the builds they’ll receive, but at least can take comfort in the fact that cumulative updates will continue to be piped through to their systems until general availability.

What we still don’t know is what’ll happen to these systems when general availability hits on October 5, if they have remained running Windows 11. Could there be some kind of forced downgrade process? Or perhaps just a simple cessation of all updates complete with big warnings plastered about the place.

Whatever the case, you’ll doubtless need to take action at that point, and as Windows 11 goes live with its phased rollout in October – remember, only a limited number of compatible PCs will get the OS to begin with – you’ll have a decision to make. Either stick with Windows 10 (or indeed go back to it) through to 2025, which is when support runs out, or upgrade your device – or buy a new one – to meet the requirements for Windows 11. At least the software upgrade itself to Windows 11 is free, of course.

  • These are the best laptops of 2021

source https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-11-to-continue-with-updates-for-unsupported-pcs-for-the-time-being/

David Barret
David Barret

Related posts:

  1. Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp 225 million euros
  2. China slams ‘incorrect’ politics in show business, high actor pay
  3. This cheap 4K TV could be one of the best 40-inch screens to buy this year
  4. Analysis-A City divided? London tackles Brexit with twin-track finance

Filed Under: News

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

  • A Spinning Island Lake In Argentina Looms Out Of The Swamps Like An Eyeball
  • Mammals Have Evolved Into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since The Dinosaurs Went Extinct
  • Thieving Pulsar Spinning 592 Times A Second Reveals New Understanding Of Where Its X-Rays Come From
  • The Rise And Fall (And Lamentable Rise) Of The “Alpha Male” Myth
  • IFLScience The Big Questions: How Do Black Holes Shape The Universe?
  • North America’s Smallest Turtle Is The Cutest Thing You’ll Find In A Bog
  • “Unambiguous Signal” To Curb Emissions Now: Long-Lost Aerial Photos Reveal Evolution Of Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse
  • 8 Children Have Been Born With 3 Biological Parents Each After Mitochondrial Transfer
  • First Known Observations Of Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry In Special Particle Decay
  • In 1973, NASA Sent Two Spiders Into Space To See If They Can Spin Webs – And They Learnt A Lot
  • Meet The Many Species Of Freaky Looking “Assassin Spiders” That Only Eat Other Spiders
  • Your Dog’s TV Preferences Might Reveal Their Personality
  • Some Human Gut Bacteria Can Absorb Harmful Toxic “Forever Chemicals” So They Can Be Pooped Out
  • You Could Float Through 10 Countries Before The World’s Most International River Spat You Out
  • Enormous Coronal Hole And Beast-Like Crawling Prominences Dazzle On The Active Sun
  • Dramatic Drone Footage Of Iceland’s Latest Volcanic Eruption Shows An Epic Scene From Hell
  • A Shrimp That Lives In A Tree? Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains Are Home To Some Seriously Strange Wildlife
  • Is NASA’s Claim That Saturn Could Float On Water Really True?
  • Pangea Proxima: This Is What Planet Earth May Look Like 250 Million Years In The Future
  • The Story Of Dogxim, The Fox-Dog Hybrid That Shouldn’t Have Existed
  • Business
  • Health
  • News
  • Science
  • Technology
  • +1 718 874 1545
  • +91 78878 22626
  • [email protected]
Office Address
Prudour Pvt. Ltd. 420 Lexington Avenue Suite 300 New York City, NY 10170.

Powered by Prudour Network

Copyrights © 2025 · Medical Market Report. All Rights Reserved.

Go to mobile version