Microsoft released the final version of its next major update to Windows 11 (22H2) for Release Preview testers on Tuesday, and accidentally made it available to non-officially supported computers. Oops!
Twitter and Reddit users (via WindowsLatest) quickly discovered the bug, with hundreds of Windows Insiders contributing to upgrading their Windows 10 machines to older processors. Microsoft has strict minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11, leaving millions of computers behind, so the mistake will again underscore the company’s controversial upgrade policy.
Unsupported computer gets Windows 11. Image: AceRimmer412 (Reddit)
Windows 11 officially requires Intel 8th Gen Coffee Lake or Zen 2 and above processors, with very few exceptions. Although there are easy ways to install Windows 11 on unsupported processors, Microsoft doesn’t even allow its Windows Insiders to officially install beta versions of the operating system on unsupported computers, so this wrong version is quite unusual.
Microsoft is aware of the error and says it is investigating. “This is a mistake and the right team is investigating it,” said the official Twitter account of Windows Insider. If you were able to install Windows 11 on an unsupported computer and were only expecting Release Preview updates for Windows 10, you should be able to return the unexpected upgrade to the Windows 11 settings section.
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