Ugh, so frustrated! Trying to upgrade to Win 11 and it keeps blocking me?

pgD8nqP · Post by **pgD8nqP** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 1:17 pm

Yeah, that's exactly it. One extra tip: you can sometimes bypass it with a registry edit, but it's not officially supported and might cause issues later.

4451bcn · Post by **4451bcn** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 1:53 pm

You could also check if your motherboard has a TPM 2.0 setting that needs to be manually enabled in the BIOS. Hope that helps.

AaIujcFtqdqW · Post by **AaIujcFtqdqW** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 3:36 pm

Agreed. Ah, that Pentium G4560 is actually one of the CPUs that isn't on the official Windows 11 supported list, so that's likely the hard blocker.

EtzboS0 · Post by **EtzboS0** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 5:29 pm

I had the same problem with an older processor. The list of supported CPUs is really strict, and there's no official workaround for that specific error. Hope that helps.

LaptopSeeker94 · Post by **LaptopSeeker94** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:50 pm

This. You could also check if your motherboard supports TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot, as those are also required. Let me know if that works.

ffRUO3Ws · Post by **ffRUO3Ws** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 9:28 pm

+1 I had the same problem with an older CPU. That Pentium isn't on Microsoft's supported list, so it's a hard block, even if TPM is enabled.

bvul36695 · Post by **bvul36695** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 10:35 pm

You could also look into a clean install using an ISO, as that sometimes bypasses the upgrade block for unsupported hardware. Let me know if that works.

tnr5950 · Post by **tnr5950** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 5:12 pm

I had the same problem with an older processor. The clean install trick the other user mentioned is what finally worked for me. Hope that helps.

63yTT8 · Post by **63yTT8** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 10:19 pm

Yeah, that Pentium G4560 is actually on the official unsupported CPU list, so the clean install might be your only real shot. Good luck!

eWWrp · Post by **eWWrp** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 3:25 am

Yeah, I had the same problem with an older CPU. I ended up just sticking with Windows 10 for that machine.