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=== Risks ===
* Some big multiplayer games are requiring TPM 2 on Windows 11 such as VALORANT. If you play these games, I would think twice about upgrading.
* Microsoft has announced in 08/21 that unsupported Windows 11 installations won't get updates
* '''Future Windows 11 updates may limit the features that you can use, and even worse, possibly even brick your install.''' ''(There is an UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR bugcheck in some builds, but this only affects virtual machines)''
== What we need ==
* [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/972654791471824917/979485515894128710/appraiserres.dll The appraiserres.dll from Windows 10] (optional, you can create a blank appraiserres.dll in sources and it'll work)
* [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 A retail copy of Windows 11, make sure to download the ISO (not using the media creation tool)]
* A PC that supports the Windows 10 system requirements (It may work on older hardware, but it may run slowly.)
== Step 3: Bypassing the Requirements ==
The file that checks for compatibility is appraiserres.dll, which you can replace with an appraiserres.dll from a Windows 10 image, You can grab one yourself,
After that's done, go into the setup root, go into sources and drag the Windows 10 appraiserres.dll into there, if it asks you to replace, click Yes. If you did an alternate method, ignore this step.
It's that easy.
== And you're done! ==
{{Warn|There is only a ten day window to roll back to Windows 10. To extend to 60 days, open up PowerShell as an administrator and run: <pre>DISM /Online /Set-OSUninstallWindow /Value:60</pre>. '''IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS WITHIN TEN DAYS, YOU MUST CLEAN INSTALL WINDOWS 10 IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK.'''}}
You just installed Windows 11 on your "unsupported" PC, Enjoy.
If you don't like it, go into Settings > Recovery > Go back. This option is only available for ten days unless you use the trick above.
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