Bypass Windows 11's Minimum System Requirements

Windows 11 is blocked from installing on many PCs by its minimum system requirements. Fortunately, these can be bypassed; allowing you to install Windows 11 with an unsupported processor or without a TPM.
Doing so does incur some risk. In this video I show you how to bypass the restrictions and install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, as well as what features you'll be giving up and the security risks you might be exposing yourself to (including a brief overview of virtualisation-based security and secure boot).
Here's how to bypass the dreaded "This PC Doesn't Currently Meet the Minimum System Requirements to Run Windows 11" message!

➡️ Download Windows 11 (Image/Media)

➡️ Official Documentation for Older CPU/TPM Bypass

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Video timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:14 - Why the minimum requirements exist
3:02 - Hardware requirements & security benefits
5:16 - Does it really matter?
6:12 - The risk of being unsupported
7:41 - You might have a hidden TPM
9:11 - Upgrading with an older CPU/TPM
11:22 - Upgrading without a TPM
13:10 - Removing the watermark
13:39 - One final option

#Windows11 #TPM #VBS #Upgrade

[cyberlizardcouk]

My system has NO tpm (either 1.2 or 2.0) and a 4th generation i5 processor. It seems that windows 11 runs absolutely fine on it. Thank you Rufus.

[ryo]

How does this channel not have more subscribers? These videos are great.

[DalmationProductions]

Honestly I agree of what you said in the video
I was really disappointed about the TPM 2.0 requirement when I first saw it

[MagnusPaul]

Thank you very much for your insights on Windows 11.

My laptop is in any case way too old to be doing this upgrade.

Even if I could have overridden my system"s settings, I would not want to play russian roulette with the security aspect of the system.

In May 2020, I upgraded to an SSD and performed a factory reset installation and have original Windows 8 copy running on the system with all updates deactivated and a reputable complete Antivirus to keep the system safe.

I kept the other HDD with the Windows 10 version 1909 copy in storage for over two years and decided to swop this back yesterday.

Immediately updates commenced and automatically bypassed older versions of Windows 10 (the ones after 1909) and downloaded the most current version of 21H2.

I am happy with the system as it is now.

Bear in mind, I have an i3 processor, 8GB of RAM and 2.5GHz processor speed and this is dated at nine years now.

So, honestly, I do not think I should take a chance with Windows 11 and place my laptop at a high security risk.

[segunphilips]

One of the best videos on YouTube, this video should have nothing less than a million comments and 5 millions liks

[georgekarampatsos]

Thank you! I just installed windows 11 on unsupported system as Insider to Vbox! It worked perfect! TY again.

[Jamesaepp]

Important to note that the disk encryption with TPM is only appropriate if you have a strong password protecting your account. If you're a home user without a password on your account, it's game over.

[pernellskeet]

I have the same issue as Justin with the "secure Boot message."
I also agree this channel should have more subscriber's so I have subscribed.

[notdan]

Word. This finally helped me install Windows on this brand new machine I built, I'm stunned you only have 45K views. I guarantee many more will come!

[Kylian]

Very much a underrated channel! Thank you. I am trying out Win11 in a VM and to make a image out of it and this helped a lot.

[bobolito]

Unfortunately, this did not work for me. After making the registry changes, it will stop saying my PC does not have TPM 2.0.

[justinseyer]

I still keep getting the "PC must support Secure Boot" message even after adding the DWORDs and "BypassSecureBootCheck" to the MoSetup key while trying to use the ISO file and mounting it to the DVD drive. Is there any way to bypass this as well?

[Mr_Wise]

You are amazing, thank you so much!!!

[darkslayerd]

It said my CPU wasn't supported but it have tpm 2.0 enabled so I followed the instructions on this video to install it anyways and is working perfectly fine Thanks!

[AccountClosed]

MOST Computers dont have open source and do NOT have Registry Editor. you cant just open it like that. you must buy software to do that now. he left out that little detail, just FYI

[downthecrop]

Why technology enthusiasts would want to "upgrade" to W11 is beyond my understanding.

[guessimissedthelz]

it still says "sorry, we're having trouble determining if ure pc can run windows 11, please close setup and retry"

[laatshabharpit]

I think if anyone have only a laptop which is old or new that doesn't matter using this method why we have to take risk with security or laptop.
But Video is Good for education purpose👍👍👍

[eccentreak]

Dude, this was incredible. I love you as much as I love myself; and trust me, I love me very much.

[chuyocaca]

So, my TPM shows it. is a 2.0 but says it's not supported? while trying to upgrade to windows 11(running windows ten) so will try to enable it following your instructions,