Microsoft Offers TPM 2.0 Bypass to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported PCs
However, the company warns that installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware may cause malfunctions. For months, Microsoft has been telling customers that Windows 11 requires a special security chip called TPM 2.0, but you can actually skirt the restriction with a Microsoft-supplied bypass. Ironically, the company itself posted official guidance on its website detailing how to circumvent the TPM 2.0 requirement. The process involves taking your Windows 10 machine and changing the registry key values in the OS to ignore the check for TPM 2.0. However, the bypass only applies to PCs that have at least TPM 1.2, which has to be enabled. This can usually be done by going into the machine’s BIOS settings on startup. The instructions for the TPM 2.0 bypass. To add a registry value in Windows 10, click the Start button, search for "Registry Editor" and launch the app. Then navigate to "HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup" and add a new REG_DWORD entry with the name ...