Microsoft said my PC was 'too old' to run Windows 11 - how I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway ...

When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 in 2021, its new, stringent hardware compatibility test included checking for the presence of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) -- specifically, one that meets the ...

Don't Throw Away Your Laptop: How to Install Windows 11 On Unsupported Hardware ...

TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module. It is a technology designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions to the supported devices. A TPM is a chip and is one of the required hardware ...

Until the release of Windows 11, the upgrade proposition for Windows operating systems was rather straightforward: you considered whether the current version of Windows on your system still fulfilled ...

What just happened? It's not even been a week since Microsoft reiterated that needing a TPM 2.0 chip to officially use Windows 11 was "non-negotiable." But in a surprising reversal, the Redmond giant ...

With the end of Windows 10 support fast approaching, Microsoft has been stepping up efforts to entice Windows 10 users to make the switch to Windows 11—even if it means ditching your current PC and ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is again defending the stipulation to have TPM 2.0 to upgrade to Windows 11, laying out the benefits of the bolstered security it brings in a fresh blog post. However, environmental ...

Microsoft has introduced TPM troubleshooter in Windows 11 build 25905, as of now which is available only in Canary version of Windows 11. If you use the Stable version of Windows, you have to wait ...

To start, Microsoft is enhancing "out of the box" hardware security by making sure all Copilot+ PCs will be Secured-core devices, according to the release. "Secured-core PCs provide advanced firmware ...