Microsoft has taken a hard stance on Windows 11 minimum hardware requirements and the company is now informing users when their hardware doesn’t meet them through a system notification.
Testers have spotted that a recent Windows 11 preview update presents a watermark on the desktop wallpaper when it detects the hardware doesn’t meet Microsoft’s strict minimum requirements, as reported by The Verge. It also produces an alert within the Settings app.
Microsoft requires PC hardware that has at least 4GB of memory and 64GB of storage; UEFI secure boot enabled; a graphics card that’s compatible with DirectX 12 or later, with a WDDM 2.0 driver; and a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0.
