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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2026 3:42 am
by diMvR07h1
+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.
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2026 2:06 pm
by KaVDVxzwTI
Yeah, it's a bummer they cut off at 8th gen for Intel.
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2026 6:24 pm
by dqb173647
I had the same problem with a 7th gen i5. It feels totally arbitrary when the machine runs great.
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2026 8:57 pm
by Pg37xUBI9T6S
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2026 12:44 pm
by D46h4
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 10:12 pm
by weWWCz
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:16 am
by hw4061
Same here. You could also try using the official Media Creation Tool to force the upgrade, since it sometimes bypasses those checks.
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 10:00 pm
by gb8r85do
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 4:08 pm
by llx564
This happened to me. I ended up using a workaround to bypass the checks, but it felt a bit sketchy.
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:46 pm
by 93iewurij
Yeah, the workaround can feel iffy. What specific error are you getting after the CPU message?