How to Bypass Windows 11 System Requirements in One Command

Jake R said:

Is there a way to prevent the "What needs your attention" prompt?

My work has about 150 PCs that need to be upgraded to Windows 11 that are not technically supported but can be upgraded via this method, and it doesn't seem to get past 35% installed unless this prompt is accepted, making this task much more time-intensive.

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And does your management understand the "risks?"

x509 said:

And does your management understand the "risks?"

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Yes, they do. This is mainly just a bandaid as they are wanting all of our devices to be on Windows 11 by October of this year. Realistically all of our PCs need to be replaced with new ones as they are running on 9 years old. We have even older ones that we will be focusing on replacing, but it's not in the budget to accomplish this right now.

Jake R said:

Is there a way to prevent the "What needs your attention" prompt?

My work has about 150 PCs that need to be upgraded to Windows 11 that are not technically supported but can be upgraded via this method, and it doesn't seem to get past 35% installed unless this prompt is accepted, making this task much more time-intensive.

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Bypassing that prompt is tricky because it's part of the Windows Update upgrade process. It likely pulls data from compatibility checks built into the setup process.

If I were setting up this kind of process, I would use a network-hosted ISO and update from there. This avoids waiting for the download and allows full automation. You can script the process entirely using my bypass script or by launching setup.exe with the /product server parameter.