I should elaborate. What he is referring to (and what triggers me) is that Windows 11 and higher requires a motherboard with a Trusted Computing security processor to run. Lots of even relatively recent machines - last 5-10 years - cannot update to Win11 (which is currently free) without upgrading their hardware. Which there is often no need for.
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Whatâs the split is hardware update vs flipping a BIOS setting though?
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it has to actually have the security processor - I flipped it on in my BIOS but since there is no physical processor it isnât sufficient.
And the weird thing is, my mobo has Intel PTT, which should be TPM 2.0 (the Win required level), but it doesnât work with Win11 regardless of UEFI settings - no security processor is visible to it.
And Iâm not alone:
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I used this method to make Windows 11 work on the old Dell XPS13 of my girlfriend:
As a workaround itâs great - donât get why Microsoft restricts Windows 11 for obviously working hardwareâŚ