Existing Windows 7 users should buy new or used hardware and use Windows 11...at some point this will have to stop.
Sebastian001
I finally bit the bullet and set up Win11. Sadly there were zero upgrade options that would not fail without an error code, there again it's Windows and Microsoft so it is error codes and blue screens aplenty. I had to do a fresh install and re-configure everything. However I can still boot Win7 on the occasion the need arises, on the same machine (yes, it is possible with a little creativity).
If the system is more than a decade old there is a chance there won't be Win11 drivers for all the devices. Usually there is if it's not that old. My MB is from 2012 and Win11 is fine with it but I doubt I would have been that lucky had it been older. The firmware was updated to 2016 as well.
Yes, adding entries to the LabConfig registry keys allows one to install Win11 with no TPM, no RAM check and no CPU check. In short I had no other choice. There is an open source answer file generator that strips out most of the bloat and BS during install as well.
I knew the day was coming when I had to put Win7 on the back burner, it just took enough issues to prompt me to do so. Legitimate working Win10 OEM keys are $4 or less and Win11 $6 or so. I was able to run newer software in a Win11 virtual machine but that was only to buy time to migrate everything over to Win11 from Win7 and I can tell yo it was no picnic.
I can empathize with those still running Win7 and the upgrade path is problematic and therefore understand their reluctance.
