Windows 11 is scheduled for full release this fall, but if you are concerned that your PC does not meet the strict system requirements of Windows 11, there is good news: Microsoft has once again released the PC Health Check app. This time, the app is available only to Windows Insiders. [The PC Health Check app scans your PC and quickly tells you if it is ready to upgrade to Windows 11. Microsoft made the app available to everyone earlier this year, but took it offline in June after a lack of clarity and confusion about why PCs did not meet the minimum requirements for Windows 11.

In a blog post published this week, Microsoft representatives listened to feedback about the PC Health Check app's confusing and unhelpful messaging and "included more complete and improved messaging on eligibility and potential improvement steps They claim to have redesigned it to be more useful, incorporating "links to related support articles.

This is good news for those who have been trying to find out if their system can run Windows 11, including manually checking to see if it has a compatible CPU and the required TPM 2.0 chip. Now you can join the Windows Insider Program (open the "Settings" menu in Windows 10, go to the "Windows Insider Program" section of the "Update and Security" menu, and click the "Start" button) and the reborn PC Simply run the Health Check app to see if you are ready for the next generation of Windows.

Of course, if you are not a Windows Insider, there is already an open source alternative tool called WhyNotWin11 that you can use to check Windows 11 compatibility on your own PC. However, it checks your PC's components against the original list of Windows 11 system requirements, which Microsoft now says will be updated to include a wider range of CPUs based on some internal testing.

When Microsoft removed the PC Health Check app in June, it also said it would test and confirm that Intel 7th generation and AMD Zen 1-based CPUs, which were initially omitted from the compatibility list, could run Windows 11 to Microsoft's satisfaction. You may recall that the company promised to do this. The company has now done so and has determined that the AMD Zen 1 CPUs do not meet the company's expectations for Windows 11, but some 7th generation Intel CPUs do:

Microsoft has now added these 7th generation to its published list of Windows 11 compatible CPUs Intel processors, but has not yet added them to the PC Health Check app. They will be added to the app in the coming weeks, and in the meantime, Microsoft will gather feedback from Windows Insiders about the PC Health Check app before making it widely available to everyone outside the Windows Insider program.