Hi guys,
Upgraded to an AMD 5900x / MSI x570 Tomahawk WiFi build over the summer. Everything is latest tech (no mechanical drives) except the video card, which I kept from the old build for now (GTX 750 Ti). Running on Win 10 (off of a legit Win 7 license) but not logged into any Microsoft Account. The reason I mention these specific details is that they may factor into my system not qualifying for Windows 11.
Originally, I thought it was the GPU holding back too many Win 11 features; so I ran PC Health Check to confirm, and found out the issue was actually having to turn TPM on.
So I do it, reboot, and was sure I'd fixed it : except when I run both PC Health Check and Windows Update again, only one of them agrees with me.
...argh, right? I've Googled some more, but all the advice I can find is to turn TPM on, which I did : PC Health Check confirms it right there, and Microsoft Management Console even confirms it's TPM version 3.57.0.5 specifically...
...but Windows Update refuses to budge.
Even this message at the bottom of the Windows 11 landing page is confusing :
Anyone else have this issue? A friend suggested to disable secure boot. Not even sure what that is if I'm being honest (my previous workstation was 11 years old and had no such feature) but you guys have never steered me wrong in the past, so... what is YOUR sage advice, here?
Thanks!
PS(1): Wouldn't the PC Health Check let me know if my Win 7 license is what's keeping me from qualifying for Win 11?
PS(2): Or could a BIOS update potentially fix this? Pretty sure we used the latest when we built the rig, but that was 4 months ago. MSI apparently released a bunch of (beta) drivers a week ago, and there's one for the X570 Tomahawk. But I know better than to touch a beta driver in a situation like this before y'all recommend I do it.
PS(3): hititnquitit pendragon1 Sorry for tagging you, but you two have been superheroes for me in the past and are familiar with my build, so I figured you'd forgive me.
Upgraded to an AMD 5900x / MSI x570 Tomahawk WiFi build over the summer. Everything is latest tech (no mechanical drives) except the video card, which I kept from the old build for now (GTX 750 Ti). Running on Win 10 (off of a legit Win 7 license) but not logged into any Microsoft Account. The reason I mention these specific details is that they may factor into my system not qualifying for Windows 11.
Originally, I thought it was the GPU holding back too many Win 11 features; so I ran PC Health Check to confirm, and found out the issue was actually having to turn TPM on.
So I do it, reboot, and was sure I'd fixed it : except when I run both PC Health Check and Windows Update again, only one of them agrees with me.
...argh, right? I've Googled some more, but all the advice I can find is to turn TPM on, which I did : PC Health Check confirms it right there, and Microsoft Management Console even confirms it's TPM version 3.57.0.5 specifically...
...but Windows Update refuses to budge.
Even this message at the bottom of the Windows 11 landing page is confusing :
Anyone else have this issue? A friend suggested to disable secure boot. Not even sure what that is if I'm being honest (my previous workstation was 11 years old and had no such feature) but you guys have never steered me wrong in the past, so... what is YOUR sage advice, here?
Thanks!
PS(1): Wouldn't the PC Health Check let me know if my Win 7 license is what's keeping me from qualifying for Win 11?
PS(2): Or could a BIOS update potentially fix this? Pretty sure we used the latest when we built the rig, but that was 4 months ago. MSI apparently released a bunch of (beta) drivers a week ago, and there's one for the X570 Tomahawk. But I know better than to touch a beta driver in a situation like this before y'all recommend I do it.
PS(3): hititnquitit pendragon1 Sorry for tagging you, but you two have been superheroes for me in the past and are familiar with my build, so I figured you'd forgive me.
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