**The Risks of Installing Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware**

If you're considering installing Windows 11 on a device that doesn't meet Microsoft's minimum system requirements, you need to know what you're getting yourself into. While it may work for now, there are significant risks associated with using an unsupported operating system.

Installing Windows 11 on devices that don't meet the minimum system requirements can be done, but it's essential to understand that this is not a recommended practice. The requirements help ensure a more reliable and higher-quality experience when running Windows 11. If you proceed with installing Windows 11 on a PC that doesn't meet these requirements, your device may suffer from compatibility issues.

Furthermore, if you install Windows 11 on an unsupported hardware system, Microsoft will no longer support your PC. This means that it won't be entitled to receive updates, and damages to your PC due to the lack of compatibility are not covered under the manufacturer's warranty. If you proceed with installing Windows 11, you're acknowledging that you've read and understood this statement.

**The Potential for Blocking Updates**

There have been concerns raised about Microsoft potentially blocking updates for devices that run Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. Some sources suggest that Microsoft may add a list of added CPUs to check against before applying updates, effectively blocking updates for these systems if they're deemed incompatible. However, it's essential to note that there is no concrete evidence to support this claim at present.

If Microsoft does implement this practice, it could result in users being left with an unsupported operating system that won't receive security updates and other patches. This raises significant concerns about the safety and reliability of these systems.

**The Verdict: Not Worth the Hassle**

While installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware may work for now, the risks associated with this practice far outweigh any potential benefits. Given that Microsoft has explicitly stated that devices not meeting minimum system requirements will no longer receive updates and support, it's likely that they'll take action to block these systems from receiving future updates.

Considering the risks and uncertainties surrounding the use of unsupported hardware, it's probably not worth taking the gamble. Windows 10 is still a viable option until October 14th, 2025, which may be around the time when many older hardware systems stop supporting Windows 10 altogether. In this case, sticking with Windows 10 may be the safer and more reliable choice.

**A Word from Broad Tech Computers**

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat you guys today we're talking about installing windows 11 on unsupported hardware you need to be doing this at your own risk microsoft have clarified that you will not be receiving any sort of security updates we'll talk about it in this video now we all know that there is a workaround on windows 11 by adding a registry key now of course if you do this this means that you will be able to install windows 11 on unsupported hardware that gets detected as unsupported the problem with this is a lot of people showing people how to do this and to be honest with you as i said in the beginning there's always going to be a risk with this because microsoft have the way to stop security updates to those computers in the future and the reason why they'll do that is they'll just create a list of cpus which are not listed and you will just not receive any updates you can see here so if you insist on installing windows 11 on an unsupported machine it will work you will be able to get windows 11 on there and microsoft know about this loophole and they're not going to close it they're just going to leave it open and basically what that means is if you do install it and you decide to go ahead and install windows 11 on that system yes it will run and work and it may update for the time being but eventually microsoft could patch that hole and basically stop you from updating security updates and other updates for that system so you have to beg the question is it worth doing in the first place because eventually the more people that start doing it the more microsoft will know that they're getting updates to unsupported hardware and eventually they will just close the door on those updates so they may work for now but the more people that do it i think there's a more chance that they will start to uh implement some sort of blocking for those particular machines now there was some news that was said to the verge about the blocking of unsupported hardware but there was no written evidence to back it up but now we have an article here from microsoft saying installing windows 11 on devices that don't meet minimum system requirements you can see here it breaks it all down for you and you can see what needs your attention this pc doesn't meet the minimum system requirements for running windows 11 these requirements help ensure a more reliable and higher quality experience installed in windows 11 on the pc that is not recommended and may result in compatibility issues if you proceed and with installing windows 11 your pc will no longer be supported and won't be entitled to receive updates damages to your pc due to the lack of compatibility aren't covered under the manufacturer's warranty by selecting accept you are acknowledging that you've read and understood this statement and basically that's what they've done there there's this message that will pop up and warn you about installing it now of course if you go ahead and install it and you get updates you may receive updates for the time being until it's patched now there will be a time well microsoft will close the door on this i'm pretty sure of it if there's a lot of people starting to install windows 11 on their system and basically on unsupported hardware how can they block it it's pretty simple they could easily add a list for added cpus it will run a check on your system before the update is done and if it finds your cpu is not compatible you just won't get those updates and that would be as simple as that now the problem with that means is that it just means that you're going to be using windows 11 without security updates and other sort of patches is it working right now i really don't know i've seen people saying that they're still getting updates i don't know how they're still getting updates because there's not many updates coming down from windows 11 as of yet but only time will tell whether microsoft will really enforce uh their update and security update policies for unsupported hardware so we're just gonna have to wait and see and see whether they actually implement that as a real thing because sending a little message up on the screen trying to frighten people is one thing but actually physically doing it is another and they may not do it as of yet but i'm pretty sure if there's more people going ahead and installing windows 11 on their old unsupported hardware i'm pretty sure they'll do something about it so i just wanted to bring this to your attention yes you can install windows 11 on unsupported hardware it does work but unfortunately it's going to be a very short-lived installation because i'm pretty sure that that door will be closed for updates and now you're going to be running an operating system that isn't getting any sort of security updates which is pretty risky so is it worth all the hassle probably not so it's probably not worth even consider doing at the end of the day you still have windows 10 up until october 14th 2025 which is probably going to be seeing the end of a lot of that old hardware anyway so you've always got windows 10 to use and if you never knew windows 11 was around the corner you'd be happy just using windows 10 anyway so i don't see what the big deal is anyway that was just a quick video on unsupported hardware for windows 11 and what you can expect from microsoft if you go ahead and install that on your system i'm just giving you a heads up because i know pretty much there's a lot of videos out there showing you how to do it but they're not probably telling you that what's going to happen to those operating systems further down the line when microsoft shut the door on updates anyway my name is ben brian from broad tech computers dot co dot e k just want to say a big shout out to all my youtube members who joined my youtube members group i appreciate the support and i shall see you again for another video real soon thanks again for watching bye for now youwhat you guys today we're talking about installing windows 11 on unsupported hardware you need to be doing this at your own risk microsoft have clarified that you will not be receiving any sort of security updates we'll talk about it in this video now we all know that there is a workaround on windows 11 by adding a registry key now of course if you do this this means that you will be able to install windows 11 on unsupported hardware that gets detected as unsupported the problem with this is a lot of people showing people how to do this and to be honest with you as i said in the beginning there's always going to be a risk with this because microsoft have the way to stop security updates to those computers in the future and the reason why they'll do that is they'll just create a list of cpus which are not listed and you will just not receive any updates you can see here so if you insist on installing windows 11 on an unsupported machine it will work you will be able to get windows 11 on there and microsoft know about this loophole and they're not going to close it they're just going to leave it open and basically what that means is if you do install it and you decide to go ahead and install windows 11 on that system yes it will run and work and it may update for the time being but eventually microsoft could patch that hole and basically stop you from updating security updates and other updates for that system so you have to beg the question is it worth doing in the first place because eventually the more people that start doing it the more microsoft will know that they're getting updates to unsupported hardware and eventually they will just close the door on those updates so they may work for now but the more people that do it i think there's a more chance that they will start to uh implement some sort of blocking for those particular machines now there was some news that was said to the verge about the blocking of unsupported hardware but there was no written evidence to back it up but now we have an article here from microsoft saying installing windows 11 on devices that don't meet minimum system requirements you can see here it breaks it all down for you and you can see what needs your attention this pc doesn't meet the minimum system requirements for running windows 11 these requirements help ensure a more reliable and higher quality experience installed in windows 11 on the pc that is not recommended and may result in compatibility issues if you proceed and with installing windows 11 your pc will no longer be supported and won't be entitled to receive updates damages to your pc due to the lack of compatibility aren't covered under the manufacturer's warranty by selecting accept you are acknowledging that you've read and understood this statement and basically that's what they've done there there's this message that will pop up and warn you about installing it now of course if you go ahead and install it and you get updates you may receive updates for the time being until it's patched now there will be a time well microsoft will close the door on this i'm pretty sure of it if there's a lot of people starting to install windows 11 on their system and basically on unsupported hardware how can they block it it's pretty simple they could easily add a list for added cpus it will run a check on your system before the update is done and if it finds your cpu is not compatible you just won't get those updates and that would be as simple as that now the problem with that means is that it just means that you're going to be using windows 11 without security updates and other sort of patches is it working right now i really don't know i've seen people saying that they're still getting updates i don't know how they're still getting updates because there's not many updates coming down from windows 11 as of yet but only time will tell whether microsoft will really enforce uh their update and security update policies for unsupported hardware so we're just gonna have to wait and see and see whether they actually implement that as a real thing because sending a little message up on the screen trying to frighten people is one thing but actually physically doing it is another and they may not do it as of yet but i'm pretty sure if there's more people going ahead and installing windows 11 on their old unsupported hardware i'm pretty sure they'll do something about it so i just wanted to bring this to your attention yes you can install windows 11 on unsupported hardware it does work but unfortunately it's going to be a very short-lived installation because i'm pretty sure that that door will be closed for updates and now you're going to be running an operating system that isn't getting any sort of security updates which is pretty risky so is it worth all the hassle probably not so it's probably not worth even consider doing at the end of the day you still have windows 10 up until october 14th 2025 which is probably going to be seeing the end of a lot of that old hardware anyway so you've always got windows 10 to use and if you never knew windows 11 was around the corner you'd be happy just using windows 10 anyway so i don't see what the big deal is anyway that was just a quick video on unsupported hardware for windows 11 and what you can expect from microsoft if you go ahead and install that on your system i'm just giving you a heads up because i know pretty much there's a lot of videos out there showing you how to do it but they're not probably telling you that what's going to happen to those operating systems further down the line when microsoft shut the door on updates anyway my name is ben brian from broad tech computers dot co dot e k just want to say a big shout out to all my youtube members who joined my youtube members group i appreciate the support and i shall see you again for another video real soon thanks again for watching bye for now you\n"