Windows 11 - How to quickly bypass "Your PC isn't compatible" for Physical and VM installs.

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TPM is a new security feature that's controversial to say the least and MS and the government really want you to use it to make spying even easier.

There is a workaround that I can verify works on VMware and physical installs.

Bypass TPM Check
To bypass the TPM check when doing a new, clean install of Windows 11:

1. Go back a step from the "This PC can't run Windows 11" message

2. Press Shift + F10 on the keyboard to open a Command Prompt

3. Type regedit to open the Registry Editor and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMSetup

4. Create a new Key named:

LabConfig

5. Within 'LabConfig', create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named:

BypassTPMCheck

6. Double click and set value to 1

Install.

For what it's worth the HWIDgen script also works for activatons if you don't have your license handy.

a reply to: Paschar0

very good info. Thanks for sharing this.

a reply to: Paschar0

TPM is a new security feature

Been around for 12+ years .

feature that's controversial to say the least and MS and the government really want you to use it to make spying even easier.

Why controversial ?
Does mostly nothing without disk encryption .
Securing the boot code has been around for about 30 years.

DToM already knew this and was prepared to share how her computer didn't crash again after doing this simple bypass.

a reply to: Paschar0

When ms announced my 3 year old cpu wouldn't work on win 11, I installed linux, and I'm never going back to windows.

a reply to: Gothmog

It's "new" to mainstream windows users. It's "new" that's it's being forced on the most popular OS on the planet.
There are plenty of security concerns anytime M$ is involved. I read a few but it's not really something I'm going to spend time reading about further until actual experts have had a chance to study it's use within windows 11.

a reply to: Gothmog


It's also "new" in that in many corporate laptops, even ones just a few years old, don't have this chip.

The 3-year warranty on my work laptop ran out sometime in the past few months, and it's just an off-the-shelf dell lattitude... and does not have the newer version TPM module required for windows 11.

Not that I want windows 11. Remember when windows 10 was going to be the "last ever" version of windows, and we all laughed because we knew that was a blatant lie?

originally posted by: lordcomac
a reply to: Gothmog


It's also "new" in that in many corporate laptops, even ones just a few years old, don't have this chip.

The 3-year warranty on my work laptop ran out sometime in the past few months, and it's just an off-the-shelf dell lattitude... and does not have the newer version TPM module required for windows 11.

Not that I want windows 11. Remember when windows 10 was going to be the "last ever" version of windows, and we all laughed because we knew that was a blatant lie?

Most newer systems have a sort of TPM native on the CPU
Intel has TPP and AMD has fTPM

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

DToM already knew this and was prepared to share how her computer didn't crash again after doing this simple bypass.

So did ArMap .
Ask me how I know both knew this.....

originally posted by: Gothmog
So did ArMap .
Ask me how I know both knew this.....

DToM is easy, 110% of her threads are a tragicomedy of computer mayhem. I guess ArMap is suffering from a similar malady.

originally posted by: Gothmog
a reply to: Paschar0

TPM is a new security feature

Been around for 12+ years .

feature that's controversial to say the least and MS and the government really want you to use it to make spying even easier.

Why controversial ?
Does mostly nothing without disk encryption .
Securing the boot code has been around for about 30 years.

What he said ^^^

ETA: A good workaround for those who want the latest and "greatest" version of Windoze. I've been running it for some time. No issues to speak of, but I don't think it's any better or worse than 10.

originally posted by: Klassified

originally posted by: Gothmog
a reply to: Paschar0

TPM is a new security feature

Been around for 12+ years .

feature that's controversial to say the least and MS and the government really want you to use it to make spying even easier.

Why controversial ?
Does mostly nothing without disk encryption .
Securing the boot code has been around for about 30 years.

What he said ^^^

ETA: A good workaround for those who want the latest and "greatest" version of Windoze. I've been running it for some time. No issues to speak of, but I don't think it's any better or worse than 10.

Per Passmark and others , the benchmarks are about 15% higher. , especially if there is an NVME M.2 installed.

a reply to: Paschar0

dont have to upgrade to 11... do we?

Thanks. If i ever install 11 i'll have to do it this way. I just did a fresh install of 10 (with a side of pop!_os) so i'm good for about a year. Nothing good about Windows 11 though IMHO. A crippled touch UI and questionable performance from too much security (probably spyware ).

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: Klassified

originally posted by: Gothmog
a reply to: Paschar0

TPM is a new security feature

Been around for 12+ years .

feature that's controversial to say the least and MS and the government really want you to use it to make spying even easier.

Why controversial ?
Does mostly nothing without disk encryption .
Securing the boot code has been around for about 30 years.

What he said ^^^

ETA: A good workaround for those who want the latest and "greatest" version of Windoze. I've been running it for some time. No issues to speak of, but I don't think it's any better or worse than 10.

Per Passmark and others , the benchmarks are about 15% higher. , especially if there is an NVME M.2 installed.

So I've heard, but I can't tell any real world difference on my Samsung 970 nvme. Both 10 and 11 run good, of course.

originally posted by: CrazeeWorld777
a reply to: Paschar0

dont have to upgrade to 11... do we?

Hard to say, but it wouldn't surprise me. "Winaero tweaker" does a good job of killing updates among other things.

a reply to: Paschar0

Hey do you think you can show me how to fool,"Total adblock" by changing its code a bit to think its been upgraded or has not expired? Its a extension for Chrome.

originally posted by: yuppa
a reply to: Paschar0

Hey do you think you can show me how to fool,"Total adblock" by changing its code a bit to think its been upgraded or has not expired? Its a extension for Chrome.

Ublock origin.

Why pay for something thats free?

originally posted by: rounda

originally posted by: yuppa
a reply to: Paschar0

Hey do you think you can show me how to fool,"Total adblock" by changing its code a bit to think its been upgraded or has not expired? Its a extension for Chrome.

Ublock origin.

Why pay for something thats free?

Uh no this one is free trial apparently,but never said that when i looked at it. must a been small print.

originally posted by: yuppa

originally posted by: rounda

originally posted by: yuppa
a reply to: Paschar0

Hey do you think you can show me how to fool,"Total adblock" by changing its code a bit to think its been upgraded or has not expired? Its a extension for Chrome.

Ublock origin.

Why pay for something thats free?

Uh no this one is free trial apparently,but never said that when i looked at it. must a been small print.

And Ublock Origin is free, with no paid version.