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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Great.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So what about this?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Microsoft is testing a desktop watermark for unsupported Windows 11 PCs</span><br></div><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">https://www.windowslatest.com/2022/02/22/microsoft-is-testing-a-desktop-watermark-for-unsupported-windows-11-pcs/</a> <span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><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></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div>
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On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 03:08:01 AM EDT, Drew King <dking65@kingconsulting.us> wrote:
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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>
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<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">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>
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<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>
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<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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