Microsoft once again made the mistake of offering an upgrade to Windows 11 on PCs that lack the specifications to run the system.
A Twitter user named (Phantom Ocean 3) PhantomOcean3 discovered the bug the day before yesterday, Thursday, and posted a tweet with screenshots showing how Microsoft is introducing Windows 11 on devices that don't support the system.
Now the American software company has clarified its mistake, stating that computers that do not meet the minimum requirements to run Windows 11 will not be able to complete the upgrade.
"Some ineligible devices running Windows 10 and Windows 11, 2021 release were incorrectly offered an upgrade to Windows 11," Microsoft said in a note on its support page. "These low-quality devices do not meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 11. Devices experiencing this issue are unable to complete the upgrade installation process," he added.
It should be noted that Microsoft ran into similar problems last year when it offered to upgrade to Windows 11 on PCs that weren't officially supported. The incident allowed unsupported PCs to be upgraded, but once again highlights Microsoft's strict and controversial minimum hardware requirements for upgrading to the latest version of its operating system.
Windows 11 officially requires that PCs have 8th generation Intel (Coffee Lake) processors and above or AMD processors (Zen 2) and above, with very few exceptions. While there are ways to install Windows 11 on unsupported processors, Microsoft has introduced a new desktop watermark for unsupported devices.
It should be noted that this Microsoft bug occurs a few weeks before the expected date in the coming weeks that will bring additional improvements to Windows 11. In an update known internally at Microsoft as (Moment 2) Moment 2, the company is preparing to add a full search box to the taskbar , as well as improved search in the Start menu, improved tablet taskbar, and a new status bar theme system.