Friday, June 25, 2021

PC Health Check app for Windows 11 Update


Windows 11 Logo


With all of the excitement for Windows 11, many users have already run the PC Health Check app to find out if their current PC is eligible to upgrade to Windows 11. 

Although I was happy that my PC is eligible, when others ran the app, they received the following indication:

If you received the above notification, you may want to download a fresh copy of the PC Health Check app because it has already been updated.  In fact, according to Steve Dispensa, VP of PM, Microsoft Endpoint Manager and Windows Commercial on Twitter:

We've just released an updated PC Health Check app here: https://microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11?OCID=pchc_windows_app_omc_win… Navigate lower down to the “Check for Compatibility” section and click “Download app” We still have more work to do, but this version shows more information about why a device is ineligible.

That aside, unfortunately, one of the primary reasons for PCs not meeting the system requirements is the processor.  The lists of supported processors is available at the following locations:






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