Due to a bug, Microsoft has accidentally released the upgrade offer to Windows 11 for all devices, including those that do not meet its system requirements. Hardware without TPM, Secure Boot, and even Virtual Machines with a legacy configuration started to see the invitation to install the latest version of Windows 11.
Users of such devices started to see a full screen banner describing benefits of having the most recent release of the OS.
However, if you run Microsoft's PC Health check app side by side the prompt, you will clearly see that nothing has actually changed. The upgrade block by minimum requirements is still active, and the app isn't recommend you to proceed.
If you try to install Windows from the upgrade banner anyway, the attempt will fail. Once the installer will check the hardware, it will end up with a error. Also, if you earlier bypassed the checks in the installer, the currently installed Windows 11 will show the appropriate unsupported device warning right on the desktop unless you disable it in the Registry.
Microsoft has admitted that the upgrade offer was pushed by a mistake. According to the company, the bug was discovered on February 23, and resolved immediately on the same day. However, it took some time before the change reached users.
Some hardware ineligible Windows 10 and Windows 11, version 21H2 devices were offered an inaccurate upgrade to Windows 11. These ineligible devices did not meet the minimum requirements to run Window 11. Devices that experienced this issue were not able to complete the upgrade installation process.
This issue was detected on February 23, 2023, and resolved on the same day.
So, if your computer doesn't support Windows 11, you should no longer see an invitation to install its latest release, which is version 22H2 as of this writing.
Many thanks to PhanomOfEarth.
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