The recent release of Windows 11 has brought with it its fair share of controversies and debates. One of the most significant of these is its inherent hardware and software requirements. This essentially means that while the operating system is natively compatible with 1GHz dual-core processors, the requirement for TPM, Secure Boot, and UEFI effectively means that you can’t use components that were released a few years ago.
Installing Windows 11 on an unsupported CPU and TPM 1.2
A registry value dubbed ‘AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMorCPU’ has recently come to light as it was endorsed by Microsoft itself, allowing users to bypass the Windows 11 requirements. Let’s find out more about this registry value.
'AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMorCPU' is a new registry value created by your Windows 11 installation at the time of the upgrade. If you happened to find this value, you were likely trying to upgrade your system while booted into Windows. Manually editing this value allows you to bypass compatibility checks during the upgrade process, which can help you install Windows 11 on unsupported PCs.
However, you can manually create this entry at the specified location in the registry (see below) and set its value to 1, which will cause the system to ignore the Windows 11 requirements. This will allow you to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.
