[Notes] - Cube Computer Channel's video on the same matter from 2022 had a couple of points that I completely neglected, namely the fact you lose all your user-installed programs due to there being no option to carry them over. To bypass that, you would have to upgrade to Windows 10 first - which defeats the whole point of the experiment. - Windows 7's activation status doesn't carry over to 11, the reason 11 was activated on the machine I tested this on is because 10 was already HWID activated. - There is no practical reason to do this. Performing an in-place upgrade on your daily driver has never been recommended because it's always been known to break things. Also, a machine that is from the Windows 7 era probably shouldn't be running 11 anyway, but it's your computer, your choice of what OS to install. - We know, Windows 11 bad. This video's title comes from the technical basis on upgrading from Windows 7 to 11, not which OS is better. I tried keeping my opinions out of the video until the end.

You can upgrade from 7 to 11 without any problems using Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC because that version of Win11 doesn't require TPM and Secure boot. Also, it's very clean Windows that needs only 2GB RAM and 16GB disk space, and supports old hardware like GPU with DX9 or DX10 or even none DX support, old CPUs, and legacy MBR partition for laptops or PCs that don't support UEFI :)

Windows 7-Eleven

Thats interesting, now i know what i will do over my week break as all my friends are either in school or on trips, upgrade from windows 7 to 11 on a netbook with 1 gig of ram and an intel atom 455

It's impressive seeing that Windows 11 setup on Windows 7,even though 11 is just Windows 10 with more features.

Why would I want to downgrade?

Misleading title - going from 7 to 11 is a DOWNGRADE, not an UPGRADE.

You can upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 11 on an acer aspire e1-571, which is first upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7.

Nice experiment, even if it has the expected results. Makes me wonder which other weird upgrades can you do between windows versions

You also have to consider if your device hardware can even handle windows 11. When they released windows 10 upgrade to older computers for the first time i had a very old windows 7 laptop and within weeks after the update the hard drive completely shut down because it couldnt handle windows 10 because of how old it was

You could've tried to boot from a Windows 10 PE USB drive and applied the Windows 11 ISO image to the main drive using the DISM tool, might sound advanced but it's actually not. But that way it won't spare a single file (won't save)

Interesting. I have done a few Windows 7 to Windows 11 Upgrades (consumer retail versions), but never directly. Always Windows 7 to Windows 10, then to Windows 11. Forget Windows 7 32bit. That's a non-starter. And Microsoft is quite right that you cannot do this upgrade. If you are using third party workarounds that is your lookout not Microsoft's. It should also invalidate any support warranty from Microsoft. You change it, you fix it. I have been seriously impressed with the way Windows 10 will 'adjust' to new hardware. For example, if I wanted to put a Windows 7 System Drive in different hardware, there is a very high chance of failing mainly due to Drivers. But take a Windows 7 System and in place upgrade it to Windows 10. Then swap the Drive into a different PC and I was amazed at how often that worked seamlessly. Windows 10 obviously did a little Device dance during Boot, and Drivers may need updating once loaded, but you get a working Desktop. Whether Windows 11 has this robustness I don't know. Never tried, but I would think it should assuming the hardware passed the requirements. No consumer in their right mind should use Windows 11 hacked onto unsupported hardware. I's different for Nerds as we can bizarrely have fun mucking around like that, but then we can clean up our own mess. Unless a consumer has a friendly Nerd on tap, but I would still not recommend it. Once hacked it will continue to need hacking at every Feature update, and who knows if Microsoft will not just prevent Updates on non-compliant Systems one day. They are certainly not going to support you if you have a problem. One issue that can (likely) be encountered is MBR to GPT. Windows 7 can be 'persuaded' to install and run on a GPT Partition, but it's a faff and pretty irrelevant now. Windows 7 will natively install on MBR. Windows 11 System Drive MUST be GPT. The conversion from MBR to GPT is not trivial. It's not a problem with Windows 10 as it is happy with MBR. My workaround was to Update Windows 7 MBR to Windows 10 in place. File System still MBR. Then clone the disk to another disk using Acronis which gives the option to convert to GPT. It says that the disk will not be bootable after but you will have a valid Windows 7 system installed on GPT. The next trick is to build the EFI Partition to make it bootable, which can be done from a Command Window (bootrec.exe) after using DISKPART.exe, with the cautionary that the position of Partitions on the Disk is critical so in some cases they may have to be repositioned. Not an easy ask with DISKPART.exe so I would probably use something like Parted Magic. Windows 7 isn't an ideal Partition setup for Windows 10 +. If UEFI/Secure Boot is on then it should Boot. I have done this. The MBR to GPT is most likely to be the show stopper if the process fails I would think. Anyway, I am retired now, but did Computers and IT for over 40 years. I have seen some changes I can tell you! Now I just play with it... 😉

Thank you so much

I would say that it mostly shows that Windows 11 is Windows 10 but modern and a bit more under the hood.

There's an command to by pass the requirements.

I've upgraded 10->11 on unsupported (no tpm) hardware by running setup from command line with the product server option. Wonder if this would make your Tpm hack redundant. Excellent effort!

Interesting how you need to have the display tpm file to be able to upgrade to windows 11

Thank you so much.

Windows seven does support UEFI but does not support Sarah boots, which need to be disabled beforehand!

I was under the impression that the "upgrade" options was "Keep apps and files." I thought "keep files only" just backed up your files and then did a clean install--so no settings transfer over, either.

I had to reupload this video

hey i have that same laptop! i got mine without a webcam tho cause it was from some odd ebay seller

I upgraded from win 7 to 11 and works smoothly

why did u keep personal files only you should have pressed keep apps and settings too this was clean install not upgrade because of that thats why ur wallpaper was gone too

i had the same laptop 5 years ago i miss it :((((

How about installing/upgrade Windows Vista directly from Windows ME?

I mean if you were running Windows 7 on a Modern Gaming PC that meets Windows 11's System requirements you can. Then again I seen people do what you're doing which is installing it on Older PC's, Most it seems to work fine on most Old PCs so you're fine either way lol.

cool

bro got the 7/11 laptop

windows 7 product key are can activated windows 11 if this product key are activate Windows 10/11 first times before Sep 2023. I try OEM key are not activate Windows 10/11 before Sep 2023 it's can upgrade but can't activate.

i'm sad i can't upgrade 😢

what about in windows 8.1 in 32-bit ?

"windows 7 is still good to use" great sense of humor

WOW, the laptop you're using has such huge bezels, what the heck??!!!

Great vid 😊 does tpm bypass still be there for 23H2 update and if no, will it work when you again run the script?

Microsoft seems to be locking people out of windows 11 for no reason when it can clearly run on “unsupported hardware”

I also upgraded from windows 10 to windows 11 like that

Yes you can

Could of backed up the recovery partition

Good to know, thanks. :)

What's this computer?

Now do XP to Win12

And for Windows XP?

windoed vista to 11? upgrade? prob not but you shoud try

I heard that Microsoft has just removed the upgrade from 7 to 10 with the 7 activation key. If so, this is an unwise move on Microsoft's part.

Hi

yo, where did you get W11 21H1 ISO? i've been looking for it for ages...

this is ssd on loptop

noo the oem windows 7 just dont connect it to the internet u will be fine

32 bit won't work properly 64 bit work properly

This is 7 Eleven !!

Can you? Yes. Should you? No. Even if you're still using the same Storage for installing Windows 11, don't perform "Upgrade" Performing fresh install is always better because there will be Less Bugs or errors afterwards

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This guy upgraded to win 11 in 17 mins wtfffff. My new machine tool 45mins that too from win 10

why is this video 9:11 long? 911?

Nah. Just bought a laptop with Windows 11 and uninstalled everything on it, and installed Windows 10. The performance is just a gimmick, like ME, Vista, and 8.

i did that, it is best way, it kept my files, skipped mandatories like bit locker, skipped ms account, transferred settings, and used trick to bypass requirements which was blocking upgrades, same on my win 10 laptops upgrading free

Windows 7 eleven

You know theres something called tiny11

of course you can(t)

you should change the title to 'Can you directly "downgrade" from Windows 7 to Windows 11?'

5am 💀

For those lazy people who don’t want to watch, the answer is yes.

Windows Oxxo

I have a Windows 10 PC but I don't think the upgrade is worth it; the PC is so slow that it can hardly get the installer downloaded.

yeah i did it thats how i originally tried win10 oop i saw 10 not 11

This video is 9 minutes 11 seconds. You should have made it 7 minutes and 11 seconds for fun

Use a vm, its way easier.

Windows freAk simulator

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bro just got the most finest wine of windows and upgraded it to the most trashest wine of windows

I hate windows 11, false information, false requirements, spyware (coming june 2024), and bloatware

you mean downgrade

Maybe, but I don’t recommend it because windows 11 sucks ass

Why would you want to do that 😂 windows 7 is just better

Id rather stay on 7

Downgrade*

you mean downgraded

But why wouldn't you upgrade to Linux instead ??? Sorry, I don't understand. Do you like being spied on ?

I'm more curious if I can downgrade from 11 or 10 to 7 🤣 DISCLAIMER: Rant below! You've been warned. I hate windows 11 in the absolute sense. It's crap, task manager isn't instant like on windows 7 just to name one of the worst. It's highly unstable, I tried to copy some files unto a flash drive and for some stupid unknown reason the cursor drag and drop thing froze (not the mouse cursor) and the flash drive window stopped responding. I brought up task manager after a while finally and I tried ending the task BUT WINDOWS 11 IS SO STUPID THAT IT CALLS EVERY FOLDER WINDOWS EXPLORER and it wouldn't let me end the task even though it wasn't responding. With admin rights and all of that. And also, most of the settings that were available on windows 7 are either well hidden for most users or not at all available! The only PROs of windows 11 are that it's modern, can run modern softwares, it has ... some "support"... and there some other things like snip it tool that windows 7 doesn't have. But that's all!!! It's the absolute worst for compatibility and just work in general... oh, not to mention that trying to work with pdf, doc, and other files is another story. Microsoft keeps promoting you to pay for things you don't need. I really don't see any negative trait of windows 7 other than it's not supported anymore.

*downgrade

Honestly who wants trashware 11?

And soon you can upgrade to Linux Mint, thanks to the Recall and Copilot Programms from Windows 11. Yes you can turn them off in the settings ( but how long will that work).

*downgrade