If you are attempting to install Windows 11 and receive a message stating, 'This PC can't run Windows 11,' it is likely that you do not have a TPM 2.0 installed or enabled. This requirement is frustrating for users running Windows 10 on older equipment, as now they are being forced to purchase new hardware to install Windows 11.įurthermore, as Microsoft has stated in documentation that OEMs can get permission to disable the TPM requirement in Windows 11 for their devices, the question becomes: Do you really need a TPM 2.0 processor to use Windows 11? How to bypass the TPM requirement in Windows 11

However, if your processor is old enough that it does not have one built-in fTPM, your motherboard's module will likely be TPM 1.2, which is not compatible with Windows 11. To enable the fTPM, simply boot your computer into the BIOS and enable the Intel Platform Trust Technology (Intel PTT) or the AMD Platform Security Processor, depending on your CPU.įor those who do not have this feature, you may be able to install a discrete TPM 2.0 processor on the motherboard. 'The following Windows features require TPM 2.0: Measured Boot, Device Encryption, WD System Guard, Device Health Attestation, Windows Hello/Hello for Business, TPM Platform Crypto Provider Key Storage, SecureBIO, DRTM, vTPM in Hyper-V,' Microsoft told BleepingComputer.įor most people running CPUs created in the past 5-6 years, a firmware-based TPM (fTPM) is built into the CPU and can be enabled in the BIOS. With Windows 11, Microsoft added new minimum system requirements that all devices need to have a TPM 2.0 security processor to power some of the operating system's security features.

However, new Registry entries have been discovered that allow you to bypass the TPM requirement and minimum memory and secure boot requirements. Microsoft now requires a computer to have a TPM 2.0 module to install Windows 11.

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