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<p>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? <br>
<br>
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be forced to run an out-of-date OS on their older computer if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?<br>
<br>
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!<br>
<br>
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?</p>
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<p>Drew.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/22/2022 11:53 AM, Robert Primak
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Great.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So what about this?</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Microsoft is testing a
desktop watermark for unsupported Windows 11 PCs</span><br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.windowslatest.com/2022/02/22/microsoft-is-testing-a-desktop-watermark-for-unsupported-windows-11-pcs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.windowslatest.com/2022/02/22/microsoft-is-testing-a-desktop-watermark-for-unsupported-windows-11-pcs/</a> <span><br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It is not prudent to keep
"playing chicken" with these requirements. Sooner or later,
everyone doing these things is going to get burned. <br>
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<div> On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 03:08:01 AM EDT, Drew King
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dking65@kingconsulting.us"><dking65@kingconsulting.us></a> wrote: </div>
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<p><font size="4">All,</font></p>
<p><font size="4">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.</font></p>
<p><font size="4">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!<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">I used the <u>free for non-commercial
use</u> 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:</font></p>
<p><font size="4"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html" class="yiv7626833050moz-txt-link-freetext
moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html</a></font></p>
<p><font size="4">VMware Player 16 is completely free
for non-commercial use so feel free to give it a go.<br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">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.</font><br>
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<p><font size="4">Proof of concept is complete! <br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="4">Windows 11 CAN indeed be
installed/updated on computers that don't have
T.P.M. or an encrypted drive!</font></p>
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Drew King</div>
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