I7-7820hq Windows 11

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Forthis CPU, you will need to have a supported devices too, so even if you have a compatible processor , in case your device is not listed, you won't be able to upgrade and this is exception for this CPU model.

Take a look at:

-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/supported-systems

Why wouldn't my laptop be included if the only thing that is getting a red X is the processor, which is the i7-7820HQ. This is from an HP G4 zBook. It is just as capable as the Dell Precision 5520 and Surface Studio 2. It has SecureBoot, TPM 2.0, 32GB of RAM, 1TB m.2 SSD, and 4 cores.

Both suggests that Microsoft will not expand the list before Windows 11 is released on October 5. In a word, the answer to your question "Will windows 11 support all 7th gen CPUs?" is, at this time, "No."

"But the Microsoft support team told that they will add 7th gen CPUs before Oct 5th."

Could you point us to a document (or other source) in which Microsoft said that? If Microsoft announced -- anywhere -- that Microsoft "will add 7th gen CPUs before Oct 5th", it would be welcome news -- and important enough to be widely reported in the trade media -- but there has been nothing reported in the media or (to my knowledge) in Microsoft documents concerning Windows 11.

Windows 11 issued Build 22000.176 to the Release Preview Channel a few days ago. The Build is almost certainly RTM or close to it, and updates between Build 22000.176 and the release Build are likely to be minor.

Anything is possible with Microsoft, I suppose, but Microsoft has been notifying Windows Insiders with 7th Gen processors (e.g. my Dell Latitude 7280 with an i5-7300U processor) that we should revert to Windows 10. Your guess is as good as mine, but it doesn't look like 7th Gen processors will be supported by October 5th. I would like to be wrong about that, but I don't see any indication at all that Microsoft is going to support 7th Gen processors by October 5. A year down the road, who knows?

(1) Dell Latitude 7280 (i5-7300U) - The computer is on the list you provided. The computer has been enrolled in the Windows 11 Insider program. I received notification from Microsoft that the computer will not be supported for Windows 11 upon release, and that I should revert to Windows 10 at this point. The 7300U is not listed as a supported processor on Microsoft's list of compatible processors. The computer is not on Dell's list of computers being tested for Windows 11 compatibility, and Dell will not provide Windows 11 drivers for the computer. Microsoft's updated "PC Health Check" (currently available to Insiders, to be released to the public shortly) indicates that the computer is not eligible for upgrade to Windows 11.

I have no idea what this all means. We both own computers on the list Microsoft provided to you, and you provided to us. Neither computer has a processor that is on Microsoft's compatibility list, neither is on the list of computers that Dell intends to support for Windows 11, and one (my Latitude 7280) got bounced from the Windows 11 Insider program a few days ago because it was not eligible for the upgrade.

The list you provided seems to be in conflict with Microsoft's list of supported processors, Dell's list of computers being tested for Windows 11 compatibility, and Microsoft's upgraded PC Health Check. Go figure.

Microsoft's PC Health Check will be released to the public soon. When it is released, you can download the tool and run the check on your computer. That should give you a definitive answer for the October 5 release, although Microsoft might continue to add processors to the list of compatible processors in the future.

I'm not sure what Dell means by "will be tested for upgrade to Windows 11 once that operating system releases". The Dell article was released July 21, at a point where Microsoft was saying the 7th Gen processors were being tested as part of the Insider program, and Microsoft's testing process looks like it has come to an end -- See "Update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements and the PC Health Check app" (released August 27), which says this:

@mohith1402 "Can you reply please tell me where to address this issue if I contact Microsoft support some say that 7th gen incompatible some say all the 7th gen are compatible please wait for windows public release but it seems like they are not going to add any CPUs in coming days"

As an alternative to running around chasing your own tail, you can wait and see what Microsoft does when it does whatever it does. Although Microsoft often changes course in unexpected ways, current Microsoft documents (see above comments) support your supposition that "it seems like they are not going to add any CPUs in coming days", so I think you can take that option off the table.

At present, Microsoft supports a few 7th Gen X-series processors for Windows 11. Microsoft might expand support to more 7th Gen processors in the future, but it might not because there are significant security differences (related to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, among other things) between 7th Gen and 8th Gen (and subsequent). The architecture differences between the generations seems to be what is driving the line drawn between 7th Gen and 8th Gen.

You will not find an answer in this forum, because this forum addresses Microsoft Edge issues, not Windows issues. I suggested earlier that you might find better information in the Windows 11 community forum but I doubt it. I did a search within that forum this morning and found no information of any value.

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