#WINDOWS 11 BETA UPDATE INSTALL#
You can easily bypass those prerequisites with a clean install by swapping out the boot.wim image for an earlier version of the PE (preinstall environment) that doesn’t have checks. Beyond that, it will install just fine via clean or in-place upgrade (in-place upgrade tested on a Core i7-6600U Yoga 900 with Windows11 21H2 22000.176 via ISO image) provided the prerequisites are met and your installing via media (ISO image). Minimum (install blocking) requirements: UEFI+SecureBoot capable+TPM 2.0 - Secure boot doesn’t have to be enabled, but a TPM 2.0 (discreet or firmware based) must be present, or install will be blocked. This policy has (apparently) been in place starting with Windows 10 21H1, as certain hardware running 20H2 is never offered 21H1.
#WINDOWS 11 BETA UPDATE UPDATE#
If you don’t meet all of Microsoft’s requirements for hardware going forward, you’ll get quality updates (fixes, security) during the support window for thatrelease, but you’ll never be offered a feature update via WU. You can by bypass for fresh installs by using a slightly older boot.wim (works fine, but YMMV, won’t likely work in future releases for legacy BIOS machines, as that support is certainly on its way out). TL DR version: Install, via setup (fresh or in-place), requires UEFI+SecureBoot support (doesn’t need to be turned on)+TPM 2.0 (firmware or discreet). I make no warranties, implied or otherwise, but here’s my experience driven take on this mess: It’s amazing that Microsoft (a place I worked for 6 1/2 years) still can’t sort out messaging like this.
So we keep seeing this “you can install 11, but you won’t get security updates” statement. The new BIOS also purportedly updates the SMU (System Management Unit) firmware for AMD's Ryzen CPUs - namely for Vermeer (Ryzen 5000), Cezanne (Ryzen 5000G) and Picasso (Ryzen 3000G) to the latest release. In short, we would strongly recommend against downloading these files and for you to wait for an official release from MSI.Īccording to WCCFTech, the BIOS update (based on the AMD COMBOAM4v2PI 1.2.0.4 release) essentially enables the onboard TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) by default - one of the requirements that's been added to the latest version of Windows in an effort to increase OS and system security. However, it's unclear at this time whether the updates in WCCFTech's story are official or safe as they aren't listed on MSI's site and can only be found on someone's Google Drive, which is not the way that any OEM, let alone a big player like MSI, would distribute its updates. According to WCCFTech, MSI today became the first motherboard maker to issue Windows 11 BIOS updates for its B450 and B550 chipset motherboards.