How to upgrade to Windows 11 without TPM 2.0 – Guide
The good news is that it’s possible to run Windows 11 on devices that don’t support TPM 2.0, but the bad news is that Microsoft strongly advises against it. At the moment, Microsoft is still allowing non-TPM 2.0 PCs to run Windows 11 using various workarounds, but there may come a time when the company will step in and completely stop that capability. Before starting, this process is only for people who have a modern PC that doesn’t support TPM 2.0 and therefore cannot easily upgrade to Windows 11.
TPM 2.0 explained
Before the Windows 11 announcement, few people really noticed the TPM, which is short for Trusted Platform Module. It is a physical chip included in many modern PCs (or built into their processors) that is a “secure cryptoprocessor” designed to make your device more secure by preventing malicious software from running. It’s quite useful feature, and one you shouldn’t even know you need. However, Microsoft insisted that Windows 11 can only run on TPM 2.0 devices. This has caused many people with reasonably powerful and recent PCs to find that they cannot upgrade to Windows 11, even though the rest of the hardware meets the minimum system requirements for Windows 11. While some people can enable TPM support through their BIOS or even buy a TPM module to install on their machine, there are ways to run Windows 11 without TPM support.
Install Windows 11 without TPM
To install Windows 11 without TPM, go to the Windows 11 download page and click ‘Download Now’ in the ‘Windows 11 Setup Wizard’ section. This will download the Windows 11 installer. When you run it, you will get a message that “This PC does not run Windows 11”. When this happens, press the Windows key and R to open up the Run dialog box. To type: regedit Press back, and it will open up Registry Editor. This is a powerful tool that should only be used by people who know what they’re doing, so if you’re not feeling confident, skip to another way to do it. In the text box at the top of the window, type: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM Setup Press Enter on your keyboard. In the left side menu, you should see ‘Configuration’ highlighted ‘. Right click and select New > Key. Name the new key ‘LabConfig’ (no quotes) and press Enter. Right-click the LabConfig key you just created and select New > DWORD (32-bit) value. Name it ‘BypassTPMCheck’ and set the ‘Value Data’ to 1 and click ‘OK’. Do the same for BypassRAMCheck ‘and’ BypassSecureBootCheck ‘and make sure these keys also have ‘Value data’ set to 1. Then close Registry Editor and go back to the Windows 11 installation tool. Click ‘Back’ and try installing Windows 11 again. It should work this time. If this sounds a bit complicated, you can try a script that does more or less the same thing – but automatically. It’s called the Universal MediaCreationTool wrapper, and although you only need to run it before trying to install Windows 11, you should always be a little cautious when running other people’s scripts that change things on your PC.
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