Windows 11

JKnightandKARR · Jun 22, 2025, 12:00 AM

Quote from: Chris Savage on Jun 20, 2025, 08:10 PMSo, this is weird. Before, the System Health Check said my CPU wasn't supported, but everything else was in the green. Now, it says the CPU is good, but the TPM is not (but it was before). Here's the check for the main machine...

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I think the TPM must have gotten disabled when I had to restore my PC. Not sure what happened, but this PC may in fact support Windows 11.

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As shown, this CPU has 18 cores with 2 threads / core, showing up as 36 logical processors in Windows 10.

Mine did that to me too.

granz · Jun 22, 2025, 06:15 AM

I don't know if this may help, but:

(I have not watched this, but the title reminded me of the troubles that you have been having.)

JKnightandKARR · Jun 22, 2025, 12:54 PM

Quote from: granz on Jun 22, 2025, 06:15 AMI don't know if this may help, but:

(I have not watched this, but the title reminded me of the troubles that you have been having.)

I managed to fix mine from the BIOS menu.

JKnightandKARR · Jun 22, 2025, 01:09 PM

Updating my desktop to Windows 11 now. My Acer Nitro 5 already has 11 on it.

granz · Jun 22, 2025, 04:03 PM

Still no interest in Windows. All of my needs for Windows are trivial, and are met by running Windows 7 under Virtual Box. Although, I do have one of my netbooks (an Acer One, Bachelorette Number 3, as seen in my RetroChallenge 2023 thread - https://zappbots.altervista.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=458,) running Windows XP.

That is just for fun.

Chris Savage · Jun 22, 2025, 10:35 PM

Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Jun 22, 2025, 01:09 PMUpdating my desktop to Windows 11 now. My Acer Nitro 5 already has 11 on it.

What are the specs of that machine (Acer Nitro)? What version of Windows did it come with? Hard to believe my laptop CPU isn't supported.

JKnightandKARR · Jun 23, 2025, 12:29 AM

Quote from: Chris Savage on Jun 22, 2025, 10:35 PM
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Jun 22, 2025, 01:09 PMUpdating my desktop to Windows 11 now. My Acer Nitro 5 already has 11 on it.

What are the specs of that machine (Acer Nitro)? What version of Windows did it come with? Hard to believe my laptop CPU isn't supported.

It came with Windows 10
Windows 11 23H2
11 gen Intel i7-11800H @2.3 Ghz
16 Gb RAM
Intel UHD & Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU (4Gb VRAM)

JKnightandKARR · Jun 23, 2025, 01:54 AM

I had to uninstall TurboLANN to get Windows to update to 11...... Update the software automatically? NNNNOOOOOO!!! Take me to link NOT from Asus ver? YYYEEEEESSSS!! Free? NNNNNOOOOOO!!! Asus have latest ver? NNNOOOOOOOO!!! Get pissed off and uninstall it?? OH YEAH!!.....

Chris Savage · Jun 23, 2025, 07:40 AM

Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Jun 23, 2025, 12:29 AMIt came with Windows 10, Windows 11 23H2, 11 gen Intel i7-11800H @2.3 Ghz, 16 Gb RAM, Intel UHD & Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU (4Gb VRAM)

Yeah, that's a newer i7 and a newer GRFX card than what I have in my laptop. I watched the video that granz posted and I am going to try and go that route with the laptop. The only thing I am waiting for is to see if there is a way to install fresh, instead of over Windows 10. I never liked doing an actual upgrade. But I am not sure how the installation media I have works yet.

granz · Jun 23, 2025, 08:06 AM

Quote from: Chris Savage on Jun 23, 2025, 07:40 AMI never liked doing an actual upgrade. But I am not sure how the installation media I have works yet.

I've always had better luck with a clean install, rather than upgrading over an older version.

Chris Savage · Jun 23, 2025, 08:25 AM

Quote from: granz on Jun 23, 2025, 08:06 AMI've always had better luck with a clean install, rather than upgrading over an older version.

Same, but in the past I had purchased the media, so I knew I could do that. Using the installation media from the M$ website, I'm not clear on what it will do on an empty PC.

granz · Jun 23, 2025, 09:00 AM

Quote from: Chris Savage on Jun 23, 2025, 08:25 AM
Quote from: granz on Jun 23, 2025, 08:06 AMI've always had better luck with a clean install, rather than upgrading over an older version.

Same, but in the past I had purchased the media, so I knew I could do that. Using the installation media from the M$ website, I'm not clear on what it will do on an empty PC.

I hope it goes well for you. But, if not, my invitation to the Open Side still stands.

JKnightandKARR · Jun 23, 2025, 10:24 AM

Quote from: Chris Savage on Jun 23, 2025, 07:40 AM
Quote from: JKnightandKARR on Jun 23, 2025, 12:29 AMIt came with Windows 10, Windows 11 23H2, 11 gen Intel i7-11800H @2.3 Ghz, 16 Gb RAM, Intel UHD & Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU (4Gb VRAM)

Yeah, that's a newer i7 and a newer GRFX card than what I have in my laptop. I watched the video that granz posted and I am going to try and go that route with the laptop. The only thing I am waiting for is to see if there is a way to install fresh, instead of over Windows 10. I never liked doing an actual upgrade. But I am not sure how the installation media I have works yet.

If its anything like 10 i got its onAflash drive..

Chris Savage · Jun 23, 2025, 10:47 AM

I think what I'm going to do on the laptop is pull both the SSD and the secondary HD out. They're both 5+ years old and should be replaced anyway. This way, if I can't get Windows 11 installed on it, I can still go back to my original drives until I sort it out.

Chris Savage · Jul 15, 2025, 10:28 PM

Okay, so I've decided to update the main PC (Former Gaming / Video Editing PC) to Windows 11. There's no getting around it until I finally make the break from a few applications that only run on Windows.

The Dell PC (Development PC) will be converted to Linux. I'll be refamiliarizing myself with Linux using my Raspberry Pi computer.

As for my laptop; I'm undecided. It will not support Windows 11, but I don't know if I want to put Linux on it. I mean, what choice do I really have?

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