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Installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, while keeping apps.

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  • Northern_Wanderer
    Northern_Wanderer Posts: 890 Forumite
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    edited 11 January 2025 at 10:36AM
    Have you considered switching to Linux Mint? There are three versions suitable for different specs of hardware.
  • Eyeful
    Eyeful Posts: 1,261 Forumite
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    Option 1 is the best . On YouTube you can look up which version to try. 
     
    1. Consider switching to a version of Linux (suggest Linux Mint for beginners).
    2. Buy a new computer..
  • Newcad
    Newcad Posts: 1,998 Forumite
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    edited 2 August 2025 at 5:02PM
    That method is a clean install of 24H2 for those who had problems updating unsupported hardware from 23H2.
    Pease do not copy/paste that weblink, it redirects to spam. I have reported it.
  • anotherquestion
    anotherquestion Posts: 512 Forumite
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    Thanks, I did click on it but within  software called Sandboxie which isolates your computer from a sandboxed browser, use it all the time for dodgy links, free software, though a nag screen sometimes to buy a licence.
  • BFBW
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    https://youtube.com/watch?v=75Hg866SJI0
  • BFBW
    BFBW Posts: 262 Forumite
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    Neglected to mention that the AMD Phenom II X4 945 has SSE 4.2 within it's specification. So you should be okay in that regard. Up to Oct '27 as aforementioned.



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