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How to bypass windows 11 system requirements during installation on an old Laptop?
Hi, I have a Dell XPS 13 laptop bought in 2016. It comes with Intel Core i5-5200U, 4GB RAM and 128 SSD. When I am trying to install Windows 11 from a USB drive on this laptop, an error pops up and says this pc can't run Windows 11. Is there any way to skip this and bypass windows 11 system requirements during installation? This is a test computer and I have a complete backup of important staff. I want to give a try on Windows 11 instead of the old Windows 8.1 on this old laptop. Unfortunately, I don't have enough budget to build a new PC that meets all the system requirements of Windows 11. Much appreciated if you some one could shed some lights on bypassing windows 11 system requirements during installation. [Updates on Mar 18]: For quick reference, I managed to install Windows 11 on my old laptop with the help of WinBootMate app suggested by user Menda380. It has a built-in module to bypass the requirements.
Computers fully locks randomly with GPU fan spike to 100%
So, this has restarted happening. I can be full on gaming (at the best possible setting which are usually high), streaming my gameplay, listening to music and chatting OR i am idle checking my phone with the computer on. From out of the blue, Graphic's card fan shoot to 100% and monitors go dark accusing loss of signal (all the while sound still coming through if sound was playing, even controller stuck in rumbling if it was rumbling at the time it happens). My computer completely locks up and forces me to hard shutdown. I have a fresh install of Windows (I did that when my computer had this behaviour so many times in a row that lead to a boot fail with corrupted windows files), I've changed graphic's card (and the previous one went to a PC with same version of Win11 and this did not happen - that leads me to believe graphic's card/drivers are not at fault entirely), this behaviour has happened with several versions of graphic's drivers. It's totally random on frequency and event. I've tried to collect logs using perfmon and even installing GPUView and Nvidia's NSight app. This is another level of TS I am no longer used to. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3507/~/how-to-share-feedback-for-low-fps%2Fstutter%2Fperformance-issues-using-gpuview - this does not work for me. I always get "671 was unexpected at this time.", that when I use your friendly tool copilot I get the issue of Windows not being able to read itself. everytime i try to run "log.cmd" on gpuview i get "671 was unexpected at this time." Oof, that’s a frustrating one. 😣 The "671 was unexpected at this time" error from log.cmd in GPUView usually points to a batch script parsing issue, often caused by regional settings or unexpected characters in system output. 🧩 What’s Going Wrong? The log.cmd script tries to parse your system’s memory info using systeminfo, then extracts the value using findstr and for /f. If your system is set to a non-English locale, the script may fail to find the expected string "Total Physical Memory"—and when it tries to process the result, it hits a syntax error like "671 was unexpected at this time". This brings me to another issue that until now was a simple nuisance but seems to have larger consequences. I have my OS in EN while my locale/region is PT. This results is very "funny" situations, where PART of my OS features and apps will be in English, while others (ALSO from OS) will be in Portuguese. Example in screenshots. This has turned out to be a doozy, and I wish for 2 things: To know what is causing these lockouts and how to fix it (I remember from past research that some win update might be at fault, but I would like confirmation) How can my OS actually follow and SHOW to the language I set it to (ENGLISH) while still respecting I am localised in PT this is also tangent: games on XBOX app now have a annoying method of forcing me to have games in PT-BR which is completely insulting, especially because it removes the choice. YES, there are work-arounds (the most effective deleing language folders from game files), but still. absolutely trash and doing no one any favours. I am not Brazilian, I do not want my content in PT-BR unless I choose to.Windows Language Issue DISPLAY VS LOCALE/REGION
I'm just pasting here what I exposed as possibly part of the problem on another post of mine. What was once a simple nuisance, now seems to have larger consequences. I have my OS in EN (full language pack) while my locale/region is PT. This results is very "funny" situations, where PART of my OS features and apps will be in English, while others (ALSO from OS) will be in Portuguese. Example in screenshots. This has never been an issue in previous Windows versions and has happened on each installation of this version (Win11). Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 Installed on 18/05/2025 OS build 26100.4652 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.128.0 From the System this is the info I have for OS. How can my OS actually follow and SHOW in the language I set it to (ENGLISH) while still respecting I am localised in PT? this is also tangent: games on XBOX app now have a annoying method of forcing me to have games in PT-BR which is completely insulting, especially because it removes the choice. YES, there are work-arounds (the most effective deleing language folders from game files), but still. absolutely trash and doing no one any favours. I am not Brazilian, I do not want my content in PT-BR unless I choose to.Make Task View (Win+Tab) appear instantly
I’ve set max performance except that i reenabled cleartype Are there any registry hacks that can speedup task view? There is still a delay before it comes up unlike alt+tab which is fast enough to usually come up before i let go of the tab key (In essence, I can push the tab key down, let go of the tab key, it pops up, then task view comes up. That’s too long! Imagine if text took that long to type)Where to download Windows 11 23H2 ISO for making an offline installer
My laptop's CPU is too old to run Windows 11 as it does not support SSE4.2. So Windows 11 23H2 should be a better choice. The problem is that the ISO I downloaded from Microsoft product page is Windows 11 24H2 v64. Does anyone know a safe place to download Windows 11 23H2 ISO in order to make an offline installer for my unsupported laptop?
Stop code problem
Hi, I'm facing a persistent issue with my Windows 11 system that is part of a dual boot setup with Ubuntu after I updated the windows OS two days back.After the windows update I lost the GRUB file and so I can't boot into ubuntu. Recently, my Windows started showing the error: "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. We'll restart for you." This happens even after I did a complete reset of Windows (keeping my files).Microsoft Print to PDF Missing
Hi, In the last couple of weeks the Microsoft Print to PDF has dropped off my laptop. I have tried everything suggested online already but I cannot get it to work. I have a Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Edge with Windows 11 ARM64 and Snapdragon which I have only had since the beginning of Jan. I am not very techie but I have tried the following based on other forums I have looked at: Checked it is turned on in windows features - it is Turned it off in windows features and restarted then turned it back on and restarted Tried to reinstall in via add device but when I go to the list of drivers it isn't there so I cannot select it Checked the print queue but it's not in there Various things on command prompt including: dism /Online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:”Printing-PrintToPDFServices-Features” /NoRestart dism /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:”Printing-PrintToPDFServices-Features” /NoRestart Updates to the powershell including: Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -online -FeatureName Printing-PrintToPDFServices-Features Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -online -FeatureName Printing-PrintToPDFServices-Features I just get an error code: 0x800f0922 I also did a full factory rest of my laptop and NOTHING!!!!!! I have just done a screen share with Microsoft and they reinstalled my office 365 but that did nothing and then I was told they couldn't help and to post here. PLEASE can someone help me fix this as it is driving me crazy? I need to create PDF's of my invoices to make sure I get paid each month.
