Among the news related to Windows 11, it was definitely one of the most interesting that for a long time it seemed that Microsoft insisted that the computer should have some kind of hardware or software TPM solution. According to the company, this was necessary for security reasons – but it seems that Microsoft has realized that no one will upgrade their machine just to use Windows 11.
There has already been an unofficial solution to how to bypass the protection, and now Microsoft has revealed that TPM will still be included in the system requirements, but only if someone upgrades from Windows 10. This means that for new installations, i.e. if someone installs the system from USB after deleting Windows 10, the lack of TPM will not be a problem. In other words, the system requirements are only a dual-core, 1 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage space – and this is such a low bar that every PC bought in the last ten years can jump.
There is a twist in the matter: machines without TPM will be officially unsupported machines, so updates will not arrive automatically (Microsoft essentially cuts off access to Windows Update). The question is whether manual installation will be an option – we assume it will be. And we also live with the suspicion that this is another limitation that will disappear. Microsoft has already taken a step backwards in the matter, so another step probably won’t hurt anyone.
For those who stay with Windows 10, the company will continue to provide updates at least until the end of 2025.
Source: geeks.hu
