The next Windows 11 version will refuse to boot on unsupported CPUs

  •  Windows 11 24H2 update requires the POPCNT CPU feature, making it impossible to run on super-old PCs.
  •  Modern CPUs support POPCNT, so if you recently bought a new PC, you won’t have any issues.
  •  PCs older than fifteen years will be affected by this change and won’t be able to boot Windows 11 without POPCNT support.

Windows 11 24H2 is the next big update that Microsoft will roll out later this year, and it might finally put an end to the practice of running Windows unofficially on super old PCs. The software giant seems to be in the process of updating the minimum hardware requirements, making the POPCNT (stands for Population Count) CPU feature required to be able to boot Windows 11 24H2.

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