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You can check if your CPU has SSE 4.2(Intel) or 4a(AMD) but it sounds like unless you're running some real old stuff you shouldn't have to worry.
But isn't Microsoft just so evil for making it so their operating system doesn't function flawlessly on twenty year old hardware?
Except there's no reason for not supporting it beyond greed. It worked previously.
Greed? How does Microsoft profit from not supporting twenty year old hardware?
Nadella has a side gig, dumpster diving for old electronics
On the bright side writing software targeting windows 11 users allows you to use x64 version two, granting noticable speedups. Still annoying but Linux runs a lot faster then windows for old stuff anyway.