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You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys; maybe last chance to activate using Windows 7 or 8 keys, for 22H2. (www.neowin.net)
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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not like I wanted to, my older PCs running windows 7 aren't eligible for Windows 11 anyway

[–] The_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.org 5 points 1 year ago

Try installing fresh from USB. Typically works for me on any machine that says it couldn't install on

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's because of the TPM shit but there are ways to bypass that in the installer. There's not that much difference in the architecture of Windows 7 v.s Windows 11, and there is theoretically nothing stopping a Win7 machine from running Win11. It's all the same since Vista anyway. That was the last major architecture revamp.