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Windows 11 can be installed on PCs that don’t meet the hardware requirements of the OS by using a few different workarounds.
One of those fudges no longer works or at least Microsoft appears to have closed this loophole in testing.
What this particular requirement-dodging measure does is to trick the installer into thinking it is setting up Windows Server , when it is installing Windows 11 .
This is seemingly a change for Windows 11 in 2025 but we don't know for sure.
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