[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Windows 11 upgrade/install No T.P.M. Required Success!!!

[Drew King]

Well, it's all about choice. Microsoft is trying to limit everyone's 
right to choose which computer they own can be upgraded to 11. There are 
plenty of great machines out there that fail for no good reason. So what 
if there's no facial recognition or disk encryption?

Personally, I would never recommend anyone hack their primary production 
computers. If however, someone has a perfectly good second or third 
machine with plenty of CPU and RAM why should they be forced to run an 
out-of-date OS on their older computer if spec-wise it's plenty capable?

A friend is in this boat. He has a fairly new computer, (2 years old) 
running 10.  Plenty of RAM,  a fast CPU,  and runs 10 perfectly. He 
wants to run 11 at some point only Microsoft has already poo-pooed his 
CPU. Yes, the compatibility checker failed his processor and he has a 
faster clock speed than my Windows 11 computer does. MANY people are 
finding out their perfectly good computers are being denied by 
Microsoft. People are very upset!

If somebody has a spare computer and they would like to upgrade it from 
Windows 10 to Windows 11 so they can learn more about how to use it or 
perhaps they are an IT administrator and want to learn for work why 
should they be denied the right to do so?


Drew.

On 3/22/2022 11:53 AM, Robert Primak wrote:
> Great.
>
> So what about this?
>
> Microsoft is testing a desktop watermark for unsupported Windows 11 PCs
> https://www.windowslatest.com/2022/02/22/microsoft-is-testing-a-desktop-watermark-for-unsupported-windows-11-pcs/ 
>
>
> It is not prudent to keep "playing chicken" with these requirements. 
> Sooner or later, everyone doing these things is going to get burned.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
> On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 03:08:01 AM EDT, Drew King 
> <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:
>
>
> All,
>
> After this past weeks presentation/demo on installing Windows 11 on 
> hardware that falls short of Microsoft's requirements I was able to 
> build the proper installation USB flash drive shown as shown in the 
> demo. Next, I needed to prove that it actually works as intended.
>
> It was also necessary to prove that Microsoft will provide Windows 
> Updates to this newly upgraded/installed machine as it should. As 
> expected, it worked flawlessly!
>
> I used the _free for non-commercial use_ VMware Player 16 to perform a 
> complete install of Windows 11 in a new virtual machine that is fully 
> functional, except for having a permanent license key. VMware Player 
> is a program that lets users create complete installs of Windows and 
> Linux that exist in a virtual machine environment. You can read more 
> about it here:
>
> https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html 
> <https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html>
>
> VMware Player 16 is completely free for non-commercial use so feel 
> free to give it a go.
>
> By followings some instructions found on the Internet, I learned how 
> to force VMware to boot directly from the USB drive, eliminating the 
> need to boot from an ISO file. In short, I accomplished this by adding 
> a SCSI controller to the virtual machine. The instructions weren't 
> perfect, only they were close enough to let me muddle my through.
>
>
> Proof of concept is complete!
>
> Windows 11 CAN indeed be installed/updated on computers that don't 
> have T.P.M. or an encrypted drive!
>
>
>
> -- 
> Drew King
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