*** Microsoft Windows 11 Thoughts & Discussion Thread ***

opethdisciple said:
Hang on a min.

I don't think things are as bad as they seem. Here you can see a hard and soft floor:

There are new minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11. In order to run Windows 11, devices must meet the following specifications. Devices that do not meet the hard floor cannot be upgraded to Windows 11, and devices that meet the soft floor will receive a notification that upgrade is not advised.

Hard Floor:

  • CPU: Core >= 2 and Speed >= 1 GHz
  • System Memory: TotalPhysicalRam >= 4 GB
  • Storage: 64 GB
  • Security: TPM Version >= 1.2 and SecureBootCapable = True
  • Smode: Smode is false, or Smode is true and C_ossku in (0x65, 0x64, 0x63, 0x6D, 0x6F, 0x73, 0x74, 0x71)
Soft Floor:

  • Security: TPMVersion >= 2.0
  • CPU Generation
So as long as you meet the Hard Floor windows 11 will be installable.
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Well I have all that apart from possibly smode whatever that is. It still says no to W11 though. I think the health checker is having a laugh. My TPM settings in Windows shows a funny make rather than AMD so maybe it's to do with that. If your system is not too old there will probably be a BIOS update.
 
thenewoc said:
Well I have all that apart from possibly smode whatever that is. It still says no to W11 though. I think the health checker is having a laugh. My TPM settings in Windows shows a funny make rather than AMD so maybe it's to do with that. If your system is not too old there will probably be a BIOS update.
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The system I'm concerned about is my 3570k Z77-UD3H PC.
 
Not sure why there is a requirement of TPM anyhow - there have been a couple of side-channel attack methods floating about which render all existing implementations insecure.
 
TPM 2.0 Windows 11 Error Fixed here: https://itsubuntu.com/tpm-2-0-windows-11-error-fixed/
TPM or Trusted Platform Module for starters is a hardware-based security built inside the processor. During Windows 11 installation, you might see the following error “This PC can’t run Windows 11. The PC must support TPM 2.0.”

Users having processor other than Intel’s 4th gen or above are having this issue but don’t worry here is the solution for this error.

Simple way to fix TPM 2.0 error is by replacing the appraiserres.dll file. You need to download the appraiserres.dll file from this site: https://www.dllme.com/dll/files/appraiserres_dll.html

Now, you need to mount the Windows 11 ISO and go to the sources folder. Find the appraiserres.dll file in the sources folder and delete it. Now, copy the appraiserres.dll file that you downloaded from the link above and paste it into the Windows 11 ISO. After replacing the file, you need to make the ISO file bootable and start installing from it without any issues.

For all Windows users, if you are using Windows 10 then the support for Windows 10 would be ending in 2025. If you are worried about the license fees, and other issues then there is multiple option waiting for you in Linux based ecosystem. You can try using Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop OS, Solus and so on.
 
TPM needed is bad enough, but the W11 check still throws out 6700K and I bet 7700K too which are barely 5 years old - they seem to be leaning towards selling pre-built systems now.

I'm normally a fan of MS and W10 has been really robust across h/w changes but the requirements for W11 are just too much - once the tech media understand it MS will surely change their minds with the feedback.
 
jwsg said:
TPM needed is bad enough, but the W11 check still throws out 6700K and I bet 7700K too which are barely 5 years old - they seem to be leaning towards selling pre-built systems now.

I'm normally a fan of MS and W10 has been really robust across h/w changes but the requirements for W11 are just too much - once the tech media understand it MS will surely change their minds with the feedback.
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Yep sack the intern that made this decision. :cry:
 
I can prob get a TPM module if the last ones haven't had the solder reclaimed from them in some Indian back street. Who'd have thought TPM modules we're about to sky rocket in value. If it rejects based on CPU model though that seems odd that older CPU's are not listed as it has some virtualization stuff on it and the TPM is on the mobo.
 
opethdisciple said:
Hang on a min.

I don't think things are as bad as they seem. Here you can see a hard and soft floor:

There are new minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11. In order to run Windows 11, devices must meet the following specifications. Devices that do not meet the hard floor cannot be upgraded to Windows 11, and devices that meet the soft floor will receive a notification that upgrade is not advised.

Hard Floor:

  • CPU: Core >= 2 and Speed >= 1 GHz
  • System Memory: TotalPhysicalRam >= 4 GB
  • Storage: 64 GB
  • Security: TPM Version >= 1.2 and SecureBootCapable = True
  • Smode: Smode is false, or Smode is true and C_ossku in (0x65, 0x64, 0x63, 0x6D, 0x6F, 0x73, 0x74, 0x71)
Soft Floor:

  • Security: TPMVersion >= 2.0
  • CPU Generation
So as long as you meet the Hard Floor windows 11 will be installable.
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Phew, all this faffing around about TPM and it's not actually going to be a hard limit so this is a relief. I can rest at ease then and just leave things now as they are and update whilst ignoring the warning advising me to maybe not upgrade because of security waawaaawaaa :p

I am on WIndows 10 Pro though so what's this I am reading about WInd 11 Pro being able to disable the need for Bitlocker?
 
There's probably no need to get a TPM module - only processors from the last 3 years are accepted by the W11 and they all will allow firmware TPM

I upgraded from 6700K to 5800x - but the 6700K PC which I still want to use is too old for W11 according to MS now.
 
jwsg said:
There's probably no need to get a TPM module - only processors from the last 3 years are accepted by the W11 and they all will allow firmware TPM

I upgraded from 6700K to 5800x - but the 6700K PC which I still want to use is too old for W11 according to MS now.
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Unless that list is just not up to date yet and they're working back from most recent.
 
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