Windows 11 hardware restrictions can be easily bypassed using one single command

[trents]

I have a computer that has TPM2 but fails the upgrade test because of the manufacturing date of the processor. Would this apply to that one?

Excellent question and I don't know the answer. Your machine is a "tweener". TPM2 is the major issue but may not be the only hardware requirement. What CPU are you running if I may ask? Try asking your question here: https://www.elevenforum.com/tutorials/

 

[trents]

Excellent question and I don't know the answer. Your machine is a "tweener". TPM2 is the major issue but may not be the only hardware requirement. What CPU are you running if I may ask? Try asking your question here: https://www.elevenforum.com/tutorials/

Yes, but no all motherboards have replaceable TPM chips. Some are soldered. And it may not be the only hardware requirement for qualifying for the upgrade.

 

[Mark Fuller]

I am running a i7 7500U. I was wondering if it would not automatically install the annual feature updates because the TPM is not an issue and would not have to be disabled.

 

[Mark Fuller]

Excellent question and I don't know the answer. Your machine is a "tweener". TPM2 is the major issue but may not be the only hardware requirement. What CPU are you running if I may ask? Try asking your question here: https://www.elevenforum.com/tutorials/

I did ask the question there, and at intel, and at Microsoft, all except one person(named Sahai) said that it would not work. Sahai said he installed it and it continues to work fine but did not expound on whether or he he just installed as normal or whether or not he made some changes to do it as told in this article except to say he used an iso. I will continue to research.

 

[brucek]

TPM2 is not the only requirement, (stock) Win11 also disqualifies based on CPU including some models that many regular users would otherwise find quite sufficient. My 2017 laptop with a reasonably high-end Intel chip for that time was one of them.

 

[Mark Fuller]

TPM2 is not the only requirement, (stock) Win11 also disqualifies based on CPU including some models that many regular users would otherwise find quite sufficient. My 2017 laptop with a reasonably high-end Intel chip for that time was one of them

I am running an i7 7500U dual core processor on an ACER 2017 model. It fails the test. A guy named Sahai said he installed W11 on the same processor and it continues to work with no problems. He did not say what he did to install it except he used an iso.

 

[trents]

I am running an i7 7500U dual core processor on an ACER 2017 model. It fails the test. A guy named Sahai said he installed W11 on the same processor and it continues to work with no problems. He did not say what he did to install it except he used an iso.

Let me be clear. In any case you would continue to get the regular monthly updates if Windows 11 is installed by bypassing the disqualifying hardware component or components. What you likely would not get is the annual feature update which essentially amounts to an in place (I.e., retains installed apps and data) reinstallation of the OS. Most computers having TPM2 are generation 8xxx or later Intel systems. There were a few transition situations, like yours, where the TPM2 technology came with gen 7xxx Intel systems.

 

[veLa]

I'd rather bypass ever installing windows 11.

Same, but I work in IT and the reality is that Windows 10 support ends October 2025. Organizations will have to migrate to Windows 11 or whatever other OS is available at that point.

 

[Mark Fuller]

In this article it stated "Although this new method should encourage more people to upgrade to the latest operating system, it is unlikely to supplant Windows 10 as the dominant Windows OS anytime soon." Maybe not so soon but the end of support for W10 will come in October 2025. I bet you will see the change as doomsday approaches. Some like me, will like stay with windows because of all the applications, software, and subscriptions already paid for with good money and that's knowing it will take some more money for a new device or a new license. Or new money with different vendors. It's like yall say, It ain't fair. They could continue support for W10 or relax the hardware requirement. They ain't likely to do that though.

 

[Hotlynx16]

Disgusting. On behalf of its hardware partners Microsoft seeks to force the needless disposal of hundreds of millions of pre-TPM2 hardware devices, on the basis of a lie that is here laid bare. Windows 11 could in fact run on those computers, just as Microsoft could easily continue to provide security patches for Windows 10.

The best solution here would be for courts throughout the world to show Microsoft that it can not unilaterally evade liability for Windows security defects that it created, sold, has the ability to mitigate, and recklessly and for profit chooses not to do so with no reasonable justification. Just a small handful of the results are pipelines shut, hospitals and police departments crippled, billions of dollars extracted from the economy and in some cases channeled to state actors otherwise under US sanctions who may use the money for terrorism and other violence.

If Microsoft will neither continue support for these devices nor provide an upgrade path for them, they should be bankrupted out of business. Linux runs on all these devices including with ongoing security support.

Yes, I have two 2011 desktops with 3Ghz Quad processors and 16GB of memory for backup computers, they run Windows 10 just fine and do everything I need them to do! I have TPM turned off on my main 2022 build to keep Microturd from auto changing it to Win 11!

 

[Dimitrios]

Maybe there are fewer probable deaths, but any deaths to me are unacceptable not to mention the billions lost by scams and also taxpayers dollars spend on law enforcement. The FBI has spend much money on piracy and chasing down the originators of malware. It is a burden on the entire legal system.

Sadly the FBLie is busy going after parents now.

 

[RaXelliX]

Same here.. I am waiting for the Never Combine option... Win 11 is such a pain to work on..

23H2 added this option.

Let me be clear. In any case you would continue to get the regular monthly updates if Windows 11 is installed by bypassing the disqualifying hardware component or components. What you likely would not get is the annual feature update which essentially amounts to an in place (I.e., retains installed apps and data) reinstallation of the OS.

the real issue is not getting the annual feature updates when installed on pre-TPM2 computers.

Systems that do not meet the requirements but have installed Win11 by bypassing the check get ALL updates including annual feature updates. And in the rare case where the update does run it's on requirements check (usually it does not) there is a simple script that toggles this: https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/tree/main/bypass11

 

[netman]

I stick with unsupported Windows 8.1 Pro...!

 

[Hotlynx16]

I stick with unsupported Windows 8.1 Pro...!

My Toshiba laptop was Windows 8.1 pro, put in ssd, 16gb ram and Win10!

 

[ddferrari]

I have Win 11 on my work laptop and I HATE it. Digging deep just to
find the simple commands that were readily available on 10. Still running 10 at home and it's dialed in. Why does MS insist on burying everything in sub-menus?? Or relying on icons with no text descriptions?

Hopefully, when I am inevitably forced to 11 down the road, there will be an array of mods to make it look similar to 10.

 

[DAOWAce]

If M$ stopped changing the UI every single update (not even OS release), maybe people wouldn't be so hesitant updating/upgrading.

Forcing everyone to re-learn new UI's for absolutely no reason is harmful, period. Ontop of that they remove legacy features and just make workflows even more obnoxious.

And then Windows 11 went full on mobile UI.

[an old version of] 10 is my last Windows version. I'll finally after all these decades learn Linux instead of move to 11.

 

[toooooot]

I have Win 11 on my work laptop and I HATE it. Digging deep just to
find the simple commands that were readily available on 10. Still running 10 at home and it's dialed in. Why does MS insist on burying everything in sub-menus?? Or relying on icons with no text descriptions?

Hopefully, when I am inevitably forced to 11 down the road, there will be an array of mods to make it look similar to 10.

My "favorite part" is finding network adapter to change settings. There is a funny I think it is a bug where you can change DNS address in new menu, but it is not the same as it is in the old adapter settings menu.
I search for control panel in settings and then proceed from there.

 

[Mark Fuller]

If M$ stopped changing the UI every single update (not even OS release), maybe people wouldn't be so hesitant updating/upgrading.

Forcing everyone to re-learn new UI's for absolutely no reason is harmful, period. Ontop of that they remove legacy features and just make workflows even more obnoxious.

And then Windows 11 went full on mobile UI.

[an old version of] 10 is my last Windows version. I'll finally after all these decades learn Linux instead of move to 11.

All of the changes to the windows operating system since xp have merely been cosmetic changes in the user interfaces, menus and some procedural changes.