How to get rid of the 'System Requirements Not Met' message on Windows 11

If you are running Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, this new version of the Windows operating system will display a "System requirement not met" watermark in the bottom left corner of the screen.

This may not be a concern if you use the operating system on a virtual machine. But for most people, this message feels very uncomfortable. Fortunately, you can get rid of this annoying message by doing a trick with the Registry. TipsMake will guide you through the following article!

Why does Windows 11 display the "System requirement not met" message?

Microsoft's Windows 11 has much stricter hardware requirements than any previous version. If your system does not meet the minimum system requirements, including TPM 2.0, the installation will stop unexpectedly.

However, this problem has many solutions. You can bypass the restriction and install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.

Although Microsoft initially allowed installation on unsupported hardware with warnings about security issues and lack of future updates, Microsoft has now decided to put a permanent watermark to remind users that their system is not supported. A similar message may also appear in the Settings app.

How to get rid of the "System requirement not met" message

If you see the "System requirement not met" watermark on your PC, you can remove it by modifying the DWORD value in Registry Editor.

Follow these steps to remove "System requirement not met" message on Windows 11:

1. 1. Press Win + R to open the Run dialog box.
2. 2. Type regedit and click OK to open the Registry Editor.
3. 3. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following path. You can also copy and paste the path into the Registry Editor address bar for quick navigation.
4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache
5. 4. In the right pane, right-click on the SV2 DWORD value and select Modify.
6. 5. Enter 0 in the value data field.

1. 6. Click OK to save the changes.
2. 7. Close Registry Editor and restart the PC to apply the changes. After rebooting, Windows 11 will no longer show the unsupported hardware message.
3. If you do not have an UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache key, you will need to generate a new key and set a value for that key. To do this:
4. 1. In the Registry Editor, right-click the Control key (HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel) and select New > Key.
5. 2. Next, rename the key to UnsupportedHardwareNotificationCache.

1. 3. Next, right-click on the new key and select New > DWORD (64-bit).
2. 4. Rename the value as SV2.
3. 5. Next, modify the SV2 DWORD value and set its Value data to 2.
4. 6. Click OK to save the changes.

Maybe this message will reappear with new updates. So you will need to repeat the steps after installing the update.

Samuel Daniel

Update 23 March 2022