Installation of Windows 8.1 or higher on Pentium IV

[Syed Mehmood Hassan]

I want to install Windows 8.1 or higher on HP Compaq DC7700 having P4 processor 2.8 GHz (prescott) on Socket 775 LGA. It supports MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 as shown by CPU-Z. 2GB DDR2 RAM is installed. Please help.

 

[_Kyle_]

It's possible. 10 would work, but it will more than likely be slow and choppy.

 

[Cromewell]

10 would work, but it will more than likely be slow and choppy.

I don't think it would. According to https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000006105/processors.html it won't work.

 

[_Kyle_]

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...entium-4/a31d37fe-b7e6-493d-9c6c-f2e57f9b62b7

Oh. I was going by this.

 

[johnb35]

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...entium-4/a31d37fe-b7e6-493d-9c6c-f2e57f9b62b7

Oh. I was going by this.

That is almost 4 years old. At the beginning they were gonna allow it but that changed last year I think. Only newer hardware can run 10.

 

[_Kyle_]

That is almost 4 years old. At the beginning they were gonna allow it but that changed last year I think. Only newer hardware can run 10.

Ah. I see. Thanks. Also thanks for correcting me, @Cromewell.

 

[Darren]

Yup not gonna happen. Was possible to run W10 32 bit on some of the later Dual Core Pentiums but not even sure if that's doable anymore. Saw it a couple years ago though.

 

[Cromewell]

Ah. I see. Thanks. Also thanks for correcting me, @Cromewell.

There's still conflicting info out there about it. I'm sure someone somehow managed it. Probably something goofy like running esxi with a single vm. A big thing is manufacturers aren't going to build drivers for somewhat ancient consumer parts for W10.