Microsoft Removes 44 Intel Processors From Its Windows 11 Support List

pcmag.com:

Microsoft has quietly removed 44 Intel chips from the official list of processors Windows 11 supports.

As Neowin reports(Opens in a new window), all 44 processors are from Intel's Xeon E series(Opens in a new window), which are entry-level server chips. They were previously supported, though, and Microsoft hasn't provided an explanation yet as to why these particular Xeon processors were removed while others have remained.

The full list of processors removed is as follows:

Intel Xeon E-2104G

Intel Xeon E-2124

Intel Xeon E-2124G

Intel Xeon E-2126G

Intel Xeon E-2134

Intel Xeon E-2136

Intel Xeon E-2144G

Intel Xeon E-2146G

Intel Xeon E-2174G

Intel Xeon E-2176G

Intel Xeon E-2176M

Intel Xeon E-2186G

Intel Xeon E-2186M

Intel Xeon E-2224

Intel Xeon E-2224G

Intel Xeon E-2226G

Intel Xeon E-2226GE

Intel Xeon E-2234

Intel Xeon E-2236

Intel Xeon E-2244G

Intel Xeon E-2246G

Intel Xeon E-2254ME

Intel Xeon E-2254ML

Intel Xeon E-2274G

Intel Xeon E-2276G

Intel Xeon E-2276M

Intel Xeon E-2276ME

Intel Xeon E-2276ML

Intel Xeon E-2278G

Intel Xeon E-2278GE

Intel Xeon E-2278GEL

Intel Xeon E-2286G

Intel Xeon E-2286M

Intel Xeon E-2288G

Intel Xeon E-2314

Intel Xeon E-2324G

Intel Xeon E-2334

Intel Xeon E-2336

Intel Xeon E-2356G

Intel Xeon E-2374G

Intel Xeon E-2378

Intel Xeon E-2378G

Intel Xeon E-2386G

Intel Xeon E-2388G

The list was updated on July 25(Opens in a new window), but you can see the Xeon E processors were listed back in May(Opens in a new window) courtesy of the Internet Archive.

Thankfully, the removal of the chips will have zero impact on consumers, but you still need to be careful when considering an upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Microsoft has imposed stricter hardware requirements for the latest version of its operating