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        Win 11 adds 'requirements not met' nag for unsupported hardware   
      
        Don't wanna buy the latest stuff? Here's your watermark   
      
        Brandon Vigliarolo   
        Mon 21 Mar 2022 // 17:00 UTC   
      
        Those running Windows 11 on unsupported hardware are getting an   
        update, though not the kind that low-end hardware and VM users might   
        be hoping for.   
      
        The latest Release Preview of Windows 11 adds an undocumented feature   
        that slaps a line of text in the lower right hand side of the Windows   
        desktop and a similar warning in the Settings app for any system that   
        fails to meet Windows 11's exacting standards.   
      
        The message is short and to the point: "System requirements not met.   
        Go to Settings to learn more."   
      
        It's also far less obtrusive than the watermarks on unactivated   
        Windows 11 systems, which shows inside full-screen apps. This one does   
        not.   
      
        Microsoft's strict hardware requirements for Windows 11 are well   
        known, and the method for bypassing them is likely also known to   
        anyone who needs to run Windows 11 on older computers or in a virtual   
        environment.   
      
        Even when circumvented, Microsoft takes pains to notify users, which   
        can get cumbersome in enterprise environments. (This will be rare, as   
        Windows 11 on unsupported hardware is nightmare fuel for admins.)   
      
        However, the warnings are not as burdensome as the hardware   
        requirements, which have kept Windows 11 software from running on   
        countless machines that didn't meet the requisite 4GB RAM, 1GHz 64-bit   
        processor.   
      
        As of November 2021, Microsoft's latest operating system was only on   
        0.21 percent of systems included in a survey of 10 million IT assets,   
        compared to Windows XP's 3.62 percent.   
      
        Microsoft didn't respond to a question about whether or not it plans   
        to take any additional action against those running Windows 11 on   
        unqualified hardware. The Windows-maker put a number of restrictions   
        in place on unregistered copies of Windows 10, but hardware   
        requirements aren't the same as violating terms of service.   
      
        Microsoft would be setting itself up for serious PR blowback if it   
        started restricting Windows 11 on unqualified hardware after upsetting   
        people with strict hardware requirements in the first place.   
      
        Microsoft has previously stated that Windows 11 installs on   
      
      
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