If when you try to upgrade to Windows 10 and you receive the error message “This PC’s processor doesn’t support a critical feature“, then this post is intended to help you. The critical feature mentioned could be Prefetchw, NX, VMware, Compareexchange128, etc. In this post, we will offer the appropriate solutions you can try to help you remediate this issue.
When this issue occurs, you’ll receive the following error message:
This PC can’t run Windows 10
This PCs processor doesn’t support a critical feature
If you’re faced with This PC’s processor doesn’t support a critical feature issue, you can try either of our recommended solutions below and see if that helps to resolve the issue.
- Update BIOS
- Create Windows 10 bootable drive and perform a clean install