Microsoft Windows 11: Difference between revisions

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===Unnecessary Hardware Requirements===

When users tried switching from Windows 10 to 11, they sometimes couldn't due to the strict hardware requirements. One peculiar instance of this is the TPM 2.0 requirement. Older hardware that could run Windows 11 fine without this requirement was suddenly locked out, even the more recent hardware released before 2018 was suddenly incapable of running Windows 11, either entirely or just without a BIOS update. Due to most users not knowing about this specific requirement and due to most users not knowing how to meet this requirement, a lot of perfectly fine hardware got tossed out.

When users tried switching from Windows 10 to 11, they sometimes couldn't due to the strict hardware requirements. One peculiar instance of this is the TPM 2.0 requirement. Older hardware that could run Windows 11 fine without this requirement was suddenly locked out, even the more recent hardware released before 2018 was suddenly incapable of running Windows 11, either entirely or just without a BIOS update. Due to most users not knowing about this specific requirement and due to most users not knowing how to meet this requirement, a lot of perfectly fine hardware got tossed out.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enable TPM 2.0 on your PC - Microsoft Support |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-tpm-2-0-on-your-pc-1fd5a332-360d-4f46-a1e7-ae6b0c90645c |url-status=live |website=Microsoft Support}}</ref>

TPM 2.0 only protects users from advanced physical attacks that an every day user would never encounter in real life, due to the hardware needing to be stolen for such hacks to be feasible. For an every day user, this requirement made good hardware unusable on modern Windows without having a good reason for doing so. As TPM 1.2 was supported by most older hardware and had encryption that met most peoples security needs.

TPM 2.0 only protects users from advanced physical attacks that an every day user would never encounter in real life, due to the hardware needing to be stolen for such hacks to be feasible. For an every day user, this requirement made good hardware unusable on modern Windows without having a good reason for doing so. As TPM 1.2 was supported by most older hardware and had encryption that met most peoples security needs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brant |first=Tom |date=21 Jan 2025 |title=What Is a TPM, and Why Do I Need One for Windows 11? {{!}} PCMag |url=https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/what-is-a-tpm-and-why-do-i-need-one-for-windows-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/85hhk |archive-date=25 Feb 2024 |access-date=9 May 2026 |website=PCMag}}</ref>

This requirement was especially weird due to it only being needed for optional security features like BitLocker.

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 ===Unnecessary Hardware Requirements===
-When users tried switching from Windows 10 to 11, they sometimes couldn't due to the strict hardware requirements. One peculiar instance of this is the TPM 2.0 requirement. Older hardware that could run Windows 11 fine without this requirement was suddenly locked out, even the more recent hardware released before 2018 was suddenly incapable of running Windows 11, either entirely or just without a BIOS update. Due to most users not knowing about this specific requirement and due to most users not knowing how to meet this requirement, a lot of perfectly fine hardware got tossed out.
+When users tried switching from Windows 10 to 11, they sometimes couldn't due to the strict hardware requirements. One peculiar instance of this is the TPM 2.0 requirement. Older hardware that could run Windows 11 fine without this requirement was suddenly locked out, even the more recent hardware released before 2018 was suddenly incapable of running Windows 11, either entirely or just without a BIOS update. Due to most users not knowing about this specific requirement and due to most users not knowing how to meet this requirement, a lot of perfectly fine hardware got tossed out.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enable TPM 2.0 on your PC - Microsoft Support |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-tpm-2-0-on-your-pc-1fd5a332-360d-4f46-a1e7-ae6b0c90645c |url-status=live |website=Microsoft Support}}</ref>
-TPM 2.0 only protects users from advanced physical attacks that an every day user would never encounter in real life, due to the hardware needing to be stolen for such hacks to be feasible. For an every day user, this requirement made good hardware unusable on modern Windows without having a good reason for doing so. As TPM 1.2 was supported by most older hardware and had encryption that met most peoples security needs.
+TPM 2.0 only protects users from advanced physical attacks that an every day user would never encounter in real life, due to the hardware needing to be stolen for such hacks to be feasible. For an every day user, this requirement made good hardware unusable on modern Windows without having a good reason for doing so. As TPM 1.2 was supported by most older hardware and had encryption that met most peoples security needs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brant |first=Tom |date=21 Jan 2025 |title=What Is a TPM, and Why Do I Need One for Windows 11? {{!}} PCMag |url=https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/what-is-a-tpm-and-why-do-i-need-one-for-windows-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/85hhk |archive-date=25 Feb 2024 |access-date=9 May 2026 |website=PCMag}}</ref>
 This requirement was especially weird due to it only being needed for optional security features like BitLocker.