An essential little tool to test your PC before the release of Microsoft's new operating system.
On June 24, Microsoft announced the upcoming release of a new version of Windows to follow Windows 10. The latter was never supposed to have a successor, but the American publisher has finally changed its mind and confirmed the arrival of a Windows 11, so as not to complicate the nomenclature. A few days later, Microsoft even made available to users a small application designed to check that their PCs comply with the hardware requirements of the new operating system.
In principle, the idea was excellent. Indeed, faced with a list of technical recommendations, it is not always easy - especially for the average user - to see clearly. The Windows PC Health Check application was supposed to be a very simple way to detect possible problems. A little too "simple" perhaps. Indeed, very quickly the application was at the origin of a vast polemic. Many machines - even recent ones - were found to be "unfit" and the application did not take the trouble to announce it. More embarrassing, it didn't take the time to explain why this incompatibility with Windows 11 was so important.
Taken by surprise, Microsoft quickly withdrew this Windows PC Health Check, specifying that the software would be back " later ", after being redesigned. Since then, we've been waiting for more details from Microsoft and while the editor has confirmed the release of Windows 11 on October 5th, the thing was starting to look bad. Fortunately, since a few days, it is again possible to download - by following this link for example - the said application. Windows PC Health Check new formula does not change its objective, but it varies significantly in the way it presents things.
As you can see from the above screenshot taken by our colleagues at Neowin, the application still seeks to establish the compatibility of configurations with Windows 11, but it does so in a significantly clearer way. While the results don't seem likely to be any different from those of the first version, the verdict seems less brutal with details of the components and a more complete description of valid/invalid elements.
