Windows 11 System Requirements

Windows 11 System Requirements – Microsoft announced that it will stop supporting Windows 10 after October 25, 2025. This announcement will force Windows 10 users to upgrade their OS to the latest in order to receive security updates and features from Microsoft.

If you choose to use Windows 11 instead of Windows 10, you can either upgrade from Windows 11 or buy a new license for your computer. Before you plan to install Windows 11, you need to pay attention to the hardware requirements.

Windows 11 Error Occurred Due to Incompatible Hardware

Windows 11 System Requirements

The table below shows the minimum requirements for installing Windows 11 from Microsoft documentation. Of course, you will need more than 4 GB of RAM or 64 GB of storage to use it comfortably.

There are three things you should note are unlike Windows 10, to install Windows 11 you will supported processor. You can check complete list of processor here and here. You also need TPM or Trusted Platform Module version 2.0 and UEFI boot support. [1]

What is TPM?

TPM or Trusted Platform Module is chip which installed in mainboard and designed to carry out cryptographic operations. To install Windows 11 your mainboard should have TPM version 2.0. [2]

TPM functions are used for system integrity measurements and for key creation and use.

In general TPM is used to:

• Generate, store, and limit the use of cryptographic keys.
• Use keys for device authentication by using the TPM’s unique RSA key, which is burned into the chip.
• Help ensure platform integrity by taking and storing security measurements of the boot process.

Windows 11 need TPM to check whether:

• Data Execution Prevention supported and enabled or not
• BitLocker Drive Encryption supported and enabled or not
• SecureBoot supported and enabled or not

Check TPM Support

To check TPM support you can follow this steps:

• Press Windows + R button to open Run window
• Then type:

tpm.msc

You can check which version of TPM supported by Windows in table below.

You can learn more about TPM on TCG Web site.

What is UEFI?

UEFI or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is software that responsible for checking computer compatibility before operating system is loaded. UEFI replaces the BIOS(Basic Input/Output System), although it can provide backwards compatibility with the BIOS using CSM (Compatibility Support Module) Mode booting.

In Windows, UEFI used to enable SecureBoot. SecureBoot is security feature designed to prevent malicious software from loading when your computer boot and load operating system.

Check UEFI Support

To check whether your computer support secure boot  you can run command on your command prompt or Run window (Windows + R) then type:

MSINFO32

My Opinion

The table above is the minimum specification which only barely runs Windows 11. It’s very uncomfortable and painfully slow. In my own experience, the minimum requirements would be:

Remember you will not only run Windows but also other application such as Office, image editor, media player and probably some IDE for programming so above requirements is not proper for actual use.

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Sources:
[1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications?r=1
[2] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/hardware-security/tpm/trusted-platform-module-overview

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