Ugh, so over this Windows 11 upgrade nightmare?

diMvR07h1 · Post by **diMvR07h1** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 3:42 am

+1 Yeah, same. If you really want to try, you can bypass the check, but it's not officially supported. Let me know if that works.

KaVDVxzwTI · Post by **KaVDVxzwTI** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 2:06 pm

Yeah, it's a bummer they cut off at 8th gen for Intel.

dqb173647 · Post by **dqb173647** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 6:24 pm

I had the same problem with a 7th gen i5. It feels totally arbitrary when the machine runs great.

Pg37xUBI9T6S · Post by **Pg37xUBI9T6S** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 8:57 pm

Can confirm. This happened to me too. I ended up using the official Media Creation Tool workaround and it installed without a hitch. Let me know if that works.

D46h4 · Post by **D46h4** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 12:44 pm

This. I had the same problem with my 7th gen i5. The registry edit bypass worked for me, but it's frustrating to have to jump through hoops.

weWWCz · Post by **weWWCz** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 10:12 pm

Yeah, I had the same problem. I used the registry bypass too, and my older PC runs 11 just fine, which makes the whole block feel pretty arbitrary.

hw4061 · Post by **hw4061** » Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:16 am

Same here. You could also try using the official Media Creation Tool to force the upgrade, since it sometimes bypasses those checks.

gb8r85do · Post by **gb8r85do** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 10:00 pm

Same here. I had the same problem with an older i5. Honestly, I just stuck with Windows 10 for that machine—it wasn't worth the hassle.

llx564 · Post by **llx564** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 4:08 pm

This happened to me. I ended up using a workaround to bypass the checks, but it felt a bit sketchy.

93iewurij · Post by **93iewurij** » Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:46 pm

Yeah, the workaround can feel iffy. What specific error are you getting after the CPU message?