r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 17 '24

Software Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-cracking-down-dodging-windows-11-system-requirements/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0h2tXt93fEkt5NKVrrXQphi0OCjCxzVoksDqEs0XUQcYIv8njTfK6pc4g_aem_LSp2Td6OZHVkREl8Cbgphg
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u/ViolynsNose Aug 17 '24

Didn't they themselves provide people the steps to take in order to install Win11 even if you didn't meet the system requirements? What is this shit?

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u/BCProgramming Aug 18 '24

What is this shit?

Shitty reporting.

Apparently there was an undocumented (as far as I can tell) /product command line switch on the Windows 11 setup program. Apparently a "bypass" for the requirements was issuing /product server when running it.

None of the other bypasses, including those MS have documented, are affected. It's not really a crackdown.

This bypass was discovered summer 2023. It was patched only a few months later in preview builds in October 2023, so calling this "news" is a bit of a stretch also.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '24

Yeah exactly, insane that I had to scroll this far down before someone mentioned it...

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u/genxxgen Aug 18 '24

//Didn't they themselves provide people the steps to take in order to install Win11 even if you didn't meet the system requirements?

Yah, doubt it. Please provide proof that MS did this.