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outraged when Microsoft announced that Windows 11 wouldn't officially support
any CPU released before about 2017 but
as usual the whole story is a little bit more complicated than that by far the
easiest way to get up and running with Windows 11 today is the official one an
inplace upgrade via The Insider program sign into your Microsoft account in
Windows 10 follow the steps to register online enroll your device in the
settings Pane and choose the dev Branch just make sure that optional Diagnostics
reporting is enabled restart your PC and if all goes well you should get Windows
11 as an update but what if it doesn't go well well chances are that you don't
have secure boot enabled or your TPM isn't enabled abled or both okay but
what are those and why do we need them I'm glad you asked you probably heard of
them by now but the TPM or trusted platform module isn't new it's a pretty
simple device that generates and stores cryptographic keys to help protect
encrypted data and credentials Microsoft has actually required them for System
integrators since July of 2016 but they're far less common in the DIY space
because for a long time the only way to get one was to add it to your
motherboard with a tiny little PCB like this one it plugs neatly into a keyed
header and the job is done but that assumes you can find a compatible one in
the first place traditionally very few shops have carried them and there's at
least three different pinouts from ASUS alone with everyone seeming to have
different ideas about how to implement them or or not compact ITX motherboards
often omit it all together this lack of standardization has made them tough to
find even before Microsoft announced you needed one and I mean even ASUS could
only find one in their us office at all so thankfully I had one of my own to
bring in the good news is that TPMS have been built into the firmware of our
motherboard since around 2015 so chances
are you might have one already and not even know it but uh these ones have the
disadvantage of being tied to the CPU and many will clear their keys when you
factory reset or update the BIOS derp manufacturers like ASUS say they'll be
enabling it by default going forward but until Windows 11 this firmware TPM has
been been disabled by default on most DIY boards that's because in order to
use a TPM module like this that you install yourself you have to disable the
firmware TPM and vice versa these days
TPM is mostly important for features like Windows hello and bit Locker Drive
encryption so it's no surprise that it's becoming more relevant as they become
more popular there's also additional security that can be gained through
using a TPM in conjunction with Intel's management engine and AMD's platform
security processor and this is important for Windows 11 more on that later well
all right right TPMS are good but why does Windows need it short answer it
doesn't if you install Windows 11 or Windows 10 for that matter and then
disable it you just need to reenroll your Windows hello credentials and use
your bit Locker backup key you did keep that key right but what about secure
boot short answer it can provide a security boost in Windows by blocking
non whql or non-certified drivers long
answer it ensures your operating system and drivers are what they say they are
when your PC boots and Microsoft mandates that their Partners include
Microsoft keys by default so all you need to do is turn it on and it should
start working of course this has some fun implications for alternative
operating systems that aren't willing to use their keys now as of filming
toggling secur boot off or installing without it doesn't really have any
effect on being able to run Windows 11 so again good for security in theory but
this is another non-requirement and one you'd probably want to keep off if you
want to play with Linux or something if you do do want to turn it on then good
news most computers released since Intel's thirdd gen core support secure
boot bad news not all Windows installs
done since then will support it secure boot only works with pure UEFI mode so
if you're using Legacy Windows install or even if you just have CSM enabled in
the BIOS you're incompatible you can check which you're running and whether
secure boot is enabled or not using the system information app if secure boot
State shows on then you're good and if it doesn't and your BIOS mode shows uaf
F then all you need to do is turn on secure boot in your BIOS sometimes this
is done by just installing default Keys rather than just a toggle but uh if the
BIOS mode says Legacy you'll need to do some more work first make sure your BIOS
can enable secure boot at all it should have its own section usually under the
security or boot menus don't actually enable it yet though first we need to
prepare Windows by using a built-in tool called mbr2gpt go to settings then find
the recovery pane under update and security and click restart now under
Advanced startup choose troubleshooting then Advanced options then command
prompt then type this command into the command prompt window and hit enter if
all goes well it should say validation completely successfully from here type
mbr2gpt /on convert to convert the
install from Legacy to ufi once that's
done close the window and reboot now you can turn on secure Boot and enjoy neat
ufi features like this handy ufi firmware settings button in the advanced
startup menu of course we promised there was a back door remember so uh don't
worry if you don't have secure boot or UEFI or even a TPM for that matter there
is still a Way Forward which brings up an important question how can Microsoft
justify having us jump through all these extra Hoops well Microsoft's analytics
reportedly showed that surface devices equipped with a TPM and secure boot as
part of virtualization based security reported up to 60% fewer instances of
malware infection that's pretty huge and
even though you can get this level of security in Windows 10 today it makes
sense that Microsoft would want to make that change mandatory for what they're
calling the most secure Windows ever especially if they want to keep Windows
competitive with macOS and Chrome OS so
in my mind if you're running a system with those security features available
there is no question that you should enable them it's free security but the
problem is that many people don't have those features available and that's why
there's been so much concern about these system requirements but there's hope if
you don't quite meet them for our first trick we're going to get into The
Insider program with unsupported Hardware you will still need a TPM for
this Windows checks for one at the last mile while downloading but a little bit
of registry hacking will bypass the hardware compatibility checks just
enroll with The Insider program as before then when you see that your only
choice is the release preview Branch play along for now reboot and then when
you get back to the desktop go go ahead and launch redit navigate to this key
and change these values to read like this then navigate to this key and
change these values they're basically the same things but pay attention to the
names once that's done reboot and look at The Insider program settings pane
again you should now be enrolled and able to download the Windows 11
update with the major caveat that you are not allowed to update to the final
release when it drops so if you want to run the full version when it releases
watch on the solution here is to use the same method that's used to install a
fresh copy of Windows 11 on unsupported Hardware an ISO now as of filming
Microsoft has yet to make one officially available but that doesn't mean that you
can't make one yourself they already provide the files that you need so using
uup dump you can select Windows 11 then choose the additions that you want to be
included this next screen is a bit confusing but the tldr is that we want
to choose this option to add a and then this option to create an ISO
with install.esd instead of install.wim
Click create download package and you'll be given a zip file that is way smaller
than an ISO that's because what we downloaded is just a script that
downloads and creates the iso for you straight from Microsoft not from a third
party the script is readable so you can verify it for yourself before running it
if you like this will take a while though so let the tool do its thing
while you go grab a snack or maybe browse LTT Store.com for a cool new
t-shirt like this one once you have a Windows 11 ISO you can either burn it to
a disc or extract its contents to a USB flash drive boot from it and you'll see
a very familiar screen from there on it's just one more familiar trick to let
us install on any system we want even so-called incompatible ones hold shift
and press F10 to make a command prompt window appear then type reg edit and
navigate to this registry key right click on it and make a new key called
lab fig in here create two dword values
bypass TPM check and bypass secure boot check and set them both to one close reg
edit and the command prompt and continue on your Merry way now we're not sure if
Microsoft will continue to allow this registry hack After official release
they did say though that some OEM and Integrated Systems will be exempt and
presumably this is how they'll do it but it is Microsoft and you never know so if
it does stop working by the time Windows 11 is released you can work around it in
one of two other ways both using a Windows 10 ISO first you copy this dll
file from the sources folder of a Windows 10 ISO into the sources folder
of a Windows 11 ISO this file contains the compatibility checks so because they
didn't exist in Windows 10 you're able to use that same compatibility check for
Windows 11's installer it is possible that Windows 11's installer will change
before release however so the more futureproof method is to go the other
way around this time copy the install.esd file from the sources folder
of the Windows 11 ISO into the sources folder of the Windows 10 ISO and Bam
that Windows 10 ISO is now a fully functional Windows 11 installer it even
works for legacy systems without ufi but
wait hold on a second why does this work
the Windows setup process uses a tool called dism or for deployment image
servicing and management fundamentally the Windows installation files are just
a dis image that is applied to the Target disc when installing this makes
for a very clean and easily verified install and it makes it far easier to
generate custom images that can then be installed on multiple PCS complete with
the normal first-time setup it's how system integrators like Dell and HP make
their customized Windows installs the setup program isn't actually doing
anything more than prepping your drive and applying the image to it it doesn't
care what's in the image garbage in garbage out Windows 11's installer
simply has some visual changes compared to 10's and of course those extra checks
to make sure you're using a TPM and secure boot so putting the Windows 11
install image onto a Windows 10 ISO bypasses all of Windows 11's new
installation requirements the rest of this phase of the install process is the
same as Windows 10 enter a product key if you have one pick your addition
choose a rid driver if needed select which drive to install to and format it
if necessary when the installer finishes Windows will boot up with a pretty
animation and greet you with a region and language selection screen followed
by an update naming the PC and a reboot
a word of warning though once it's back up it'll ask you for your Microsoft
account and there is no way of skipping that on Windows 11 home edition sort of
as of right now you can actually just unplug the Ethernet cable before it
reboots and it will let you set up a local account instead I wouldn't count
on this working in the future though because Microsoft has indicated that an
internet connection will be required for home edition moving forward although
there's nothing that would prevent you then from unlinking your Microsoft
account after the initial setup at least for now because there's no way to know
if it will stay that way in the future in Windows 11 Pro though you can just
choose to never input one on the plus side if you do sign in with a Microsoft
account you get to choose whether to restore apps and settings from a backup
of your previous install kind of like Android although the apps they're
talking about are Windows store apps but you also get to choose privacy options
just like you do in Windows 10 today and then after a short setting up period you
will be at the Windows 11 desktop speaking of which get subscribed because
we're planning a deeper dive into what's new with Windows 11 and you are not
going to want to miss it but hang on if
you can ignore the security requirements and just install Windows anyway what are
the real system requirements well it might not surprise you that we can go
back farther than Microsoft's officially listed coffee Lake and Zen plus CPUs how
about a fourth gen CPU from 2013 not far
enough back for you how about this core2 Duo e8400 from
2008 yeah that's right it's running Windows 11 without even a ufi BIOS this
was about as far back as we could go though without running into serious
issues the single core Pentium 4630 that we tried should have supported the 64bit
instructions necessary to run the OS but it ended up just hard resetting every
time we tried to run it even the installer a single core Athlon 64 might
be okay but we don't have one of those handy to test with so clearly the system
requirements are nonsense but here's the
thing what you guys might know is that these Shenanigans with minimum system
requirements are nothing new Microsoft actually lists a fifth gen core CPU as
the oldest that can run Windows 7 I mean
that's clearly not true Windows 7 came out over 5 years before those CPUs even
existed so what's up with that well the Keeny among you might have spotted a
pattern here between Windows 10 and Windows 11 Microsoft tested and
validated only CPUs from as old as one or two years prior to the release of
each and this is what you're seeing on the official support lists validation
Microsoft made a blog post recently saying as much calling out security
reliability and compatibility specifically as guided principles
they're apparently looking into zen1 and kbl Lake CPUs now after seeing so much
backlash from consumers by the way so that's pretty cool and it's not that
Microsoft is recommending the CPUs that they are simply because they're lazy and
they didn't feel like testing more Windows 11 makes it an official
recommendation and as far as I can tell a requirement for oems going forward to
use a new driver model called Windows drivers which Microsoft Claims can
reduce driver related crashes by
99.8% that would be great but the
downside is that a new driver model means that they're probably going to
need new drivers assuming that they disallow the previous driver model at
some point well this is where the eth
Gen core and ryzen 2000 recommendations
come from the hardware surrounding those chips is still officially supported by
their vendors and is likely to get Windows 11 drivers while the same is not
NE necessarily true for CPUs from 20177 or earlier so AMD and Intel actually
have their own role to play here in this artificial lockout of older but not very
old Hardware all of which is to say then that at least for now you can install
Windows 11 on basically anything that you would want to but the experience
might be subpar and might get sub parer
in the future according to Microsoft it'll be best to run on something newer
for official support both from the vendor and from them but at the end of
the day if you're worried you won't be able to install Windows 11 don't be
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