Installing Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware

How to run Windows 11 on a computer without a compatible processor and/or TPM 2.0. Tutorial includes both an upgrade from Windows 10, and a clean installation.

NOTE: Please do read the notes in my pinned comment. 🙂

Web resources referred to in the video are as follows:

Microsoft Windows 11 health check:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11?r=1#pchealthcheck

Windows 11 page for downloading Windows 11 ISO:
https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

Rufus imaging software:
https://rufus.ie/en/

Microsoft page with the warning about installing Windows 11 on systems that don’t meet minimum requirements:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/installing-windows-11-on-devices-that-don-t-meet-minimum-system-requirements-0b2dc4a2-5933-4ad4-9c09-ef0a331518f1

Microsoft page with the Windows 11 upgrade Registry hack:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e

Other useful pages include:

Windows 11 hardware requirements:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications

Intel processors that Windows 11 actually supports:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-22h2-supported-intel-processors

AMD processors that Windows 11 actually supports:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-22h2-supported-amd-processors

My video on “PC BIOS Settings” is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezubjTO7rRI

And if you want to manually implement the Registry changes needed during a Windows install from standard media, this is covered in my video “Windows 11: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH0bAeEm1Jw

Finally, you may be interested in my video about Windows 11 configuration and privacy settings here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqLbk-PmX2Q

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:09 The State of Play
05:19 Warning!
04:03 Download Windows 11 ISO
05:07 Clean Install with Rufus
10:23 Upgrade via Registry Hack
15:14 Avoiding e-Waste (wrap)

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