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Windows 11 upgrade tool that bypasses Microsoft´s requirements
- smackeyacky 5y agoI have a laptop that has secure boot and a tpm 2 chip, but microsofts tool said the cpu was too weedy to run windows 11. Switching to the dev track in windows update seemed to change their mind and it updated to 11 anyway. I would try that first if you are just stuck on the cpu requirement.
- tomc1985 5y agoWhy? What is the benefit of upgrading to Windows 11? It seems like literally more of the same.
- foepys 5y agoWSL2 got a big upgrade they developed for Windows 10 initially but then pushed to Windows 11.
- Nyra 5y agoWSL2 is undoubtedly the most exciting addition with 11... and the vast majority of users do not care or even know about it. I would hardly call that a benefit worthy of a major new operating system version. That same audience also probably doesn't have the necessary hardware to even upgrade so who is this OS for?
- totony 5y agoYeah WSL2 and the promised android apps support seem really interesting.
- AshamedCaptain 5y agoSo the benefit of upgrading to Windows 11 is .... Linux ?
- int_19h 5y agoAnd the (upcoming) Android app support, for double irony.
- peakaboo 5y agoNice :) Feature request : Make windows a proper operating system where you are not the product being exploited.
- superkuh 5y agoThat's the slipstreamed, highly modified pirate versions with spying/updates disabled. You'll have to torrent it and put in a bit of working keeping it up to date but it's the least worst way. No doubt MS will have their subsidiary Github remove coofcookie's Windows11Upgradetool and soon it will only be available for pirate users.
- zamadatix 5y ago> No doubt MS will have their subsidiary Github remove coofcookie's Windows11Upgradetool and soon it will only be available for pirate users. Extreme doubt really considering they haven't even removed MAS https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts after nearly 2 years.
- encryptluks2 5y agoDon't forget about https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd which is extremely lightweight and mimics a KMS activation server. You can even run it in a Docker image.
- noxer 5y agoThe tool is useless. Bypass instruction for the TPM checks etc. are on MS website since release day. Anyone with basic windows knowledge could do it since the win11 iso leaked.
- AndrewDucker 5y agoI'd be worried about Microsoft's comment that unsupported copies might not get security updates...
- vladvasiliu 5y agoI wonder how this will play out. It was my understanding that the whole forced updates on Windows 10, free upgrade from 7 / 8, etc were meant to cut down on the number of people running old, unpatched versions. For what it's worth, I installed Win 11 on an unsupported computer (4th gen Xeon, no tpm) out of curiosity and I did get updates. Of course, that doesn't mean it will happen forever.
- OldTimeCoffee 5y agoI'd assume long term they're going to do more with TPMs. Once they start pushing patches that require a TPM, unsupported configurations won't be able to receive that update.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y agoMy 10yo notebook (TPM 1.2) wound up with it via insider. Since updating, my security updates went from 1-3/wk to 1/mo.
- vladvasiliu 5y agoAre you still on insider? Isn't that more related to the fact that it went from "beta" / preview to "ready"? I used to be on the Win10 insider ring for a few months a while back, to try WSL2 and I seem to remember updates were more frequent. Otherwise, I seem to get one update per month for a regular win10 pro install.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y agoI think I was kicked out because my T430 doesn't meet the requirements of Win 11 (that I was duped into installing).
- jpalomaki 5y agoMicrosoft provides also their own instructions on bypassing some of the requirements: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-... Looks like you by-pass CPU family and model check and go with TPM 1.2 instead of the required 2.0.
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- kevinoid 5y agoInteresting. If I understand correctly, the "bypass" is https://github.com/coofcookie/Windows11Upgrade/blob/1.0.0/Windows11Upgrade/win11_installSystem.cs#L13-L28 https://github.com/coofcookie/Windows11Upgrade/blob/1.0.0/Wi... which is a copy of https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/blob/main/MCT/no_11_setup_checks_on_dynamic_update.cmd https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/blob/main/MCT... which appears to be intentionally cryptic. It sets HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU=1 which is mentioned by Microsoft in https://support.microsoft.com/windows/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e https://support.microsoft.com/windows/ways-to-install-window... which seems reasonable. According to the comment, the rest of the script "uses IFEO to attach to Virtual Disk Service Loader process running during setup, then erases appraiserres.dll [...] it must also do some ping-pong renaming of vdsldr in system32\11" Could anyone explain this in more detail? Also note, according to https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/issues/11 https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/issues/11 it skips the CPU and TPM checks, but not the Secure Boot checks.
- denysvitali 5y agoAs you mentioned, you'll still need Secure Boot (or at least, UEFI boot) + GPT.
- anaisbetts 5y agoThe Image File Execution Options's "Debugger" key works in an extremely simple way - it literally intercepts process creation, takes whatever's in the "Debuggers" key, and prepends it to the command-line to run. If that thing is not a Debugger, it means you effectively get to hook whenever a process is created and Do Something. This is a great way to nerf a program You Don't Like (i.e. corporate antivirus), because you can write `Please Die` (or literally anything really) in the Debuggers line, and because the resulting command-line is invalid, the CreateProcess call simply fails, yet every integrity check for verifying the file still exists and its ACLs are set still pass.
- loeg 5y agoI don’t think I understand what the motivation is for consumers to install Windows 11. It seems like exclusively new requirements and zero new features over Windows 10. With that understanding, other than for a fun intellectual exercise, I’m not sure why you would try to install it by bypassing Microsoft’s requirements list.
- habeebtc 5y agoI mean. It goes to 11! You might wonder, why they don't just make 10 louder. But it goes to 11!
- invokestatic 5y agoI actually completely agree after upgrading. Very trivial differences over 10. At least it forced me to upgrade from MBR to GPT and UEFI boot.
- Someone1234 5y agoI'm running it right now, and I cannot tell you why. It has a lot of incomplete ideas and feels really unfinished. I think Windows 11 could be worthwhile next year after it is more finished/polished and the Amazon/Android app store is available; but as of today you're just volunteering to be an unpaid tester for unfinished software. Pretty obvious Microsoft just rushed it out in time for Christmas, so their OEM partners could sell "Windows 11 Compatible" PCs. Feels like they didn't learn much from Vista in that the stigma an OS ships with hangs around its neck forever.
- jhanschoo 5y agoGoing on a tangent here, the decision for a consumer whether to adopt Win11 aside, it seems to me the whole raison d'être for Win11 rather than continuing to build on Win10 is exactly the additional requirements. They likely want laptops being sold running Win11 to have sane security capabilities for corporate use out of the box. Other that that there's no reason why they can't continue building on Win10.
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- 13415 5y agoMaybe I'd consider using such a tool in 2025 when Windows 10 runs out of support. Until then, the idea to install Windows 11 on an unsupported machine seems crazy to me. Who would do that? I haven't heard of a single feature Windows 11 has that would make using it desirable. Does it even have new features? [Not that I'd need new features in any OS, just wondering what motivates people to upgrade voluntarily.]
- Scharkenberg 5y ago> Does it even have new features? To name just two examples: Windows Subsystem for Android, nested virtualization support for AMD processors.
- vladvasiliu 5y agoDon't know about new features. I installed it on an older machine purely out of curiosity. Subjectively, it feels snappier than Windows 10, and this was actually an upgrade (as opposed to a fresh install). I'm not sure the OS itself is quicker, it's possible they've only tweaked animation speed, but it does have an effect on my perception. Also, bonus points for the taskbar not popping up anymore when an app requires attention (say incoming chat message) while in auto-hide mode. This used to drive me up a wall under 10. Then again, I'm not a heavy Windows user, I basically only use it for gaming, so YMMV.
- 2Gkashmiri 5y agoi know two people in office who use win 10 non debloated version, the explorer "feels" slow to load. reminds me of days gone by
- lebrad 5y agoThe best technique to do this, which I just used tonight is to use the Windows 10 media creation tool to create a USB installer. Then use the Windows 11 media creation tool to download the Windows 11 ISO. Then copy the install.esd from the sources folder of the Windows 11 ISO over the one on the Windows 10 USB stick. That creates a Windows 11 installer that works on any PC that meets the requirements for Windows 10. At first this installer will even say that it's installing Windows 10, but it actually installs its esd payload, which is Windows 11.
- Tsiklon 5y agoa more esoteric version is to boot to the windows 11 iso and use the command prompt to bypass the install wizard and manually install the system through DISM and related friends.
- 2Gkashmiri 5y agowhy cant they have iso file links on their website like same humans? every hoarder should have the chance to hoard windows isos
- kenniskrag 5y agoif the user agent is linux, they provide the isos. Otherwise they want you to use their creation tool.
- aceazzameen 5y agoI feel like I should create this on a USB stick right now before it stops working (they could change the tools). But I also have no incentive to ever want to install Windows 11, unless they drop the TPM requirements.
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- elorant 5y agoImho Microsoft’s requirements are the perfect excuse not to install Win11. I have a 10th generation cpu, and I’ve purposefully disabled TPM so to avoid the OS upgrading by itself, or nagging me to update.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y agoDidn't work for us on the skip-ahead ring. WU queued up an update to Windows 10 22000 w/ no mention it was Windows 11. Installed on my 10yo T430.
- techload 5y agoAnother method is to download the iso from Microsoft using uupdump.net (you can download the Pro version, which lets you choose a local account while installing) and then prepare the bootable usb stick with Rufus, which now have the image option "Extended Windows 11 Installation (no TPM/no Secure Boot/8GB- RAM)". I tested it and it just works.
- Blueskytech 5y agoIt may come to Windows 10 but AAC Bluetooth support with proper microphone switching is a huge upgrade. If you have Sony XM4 headphones the switch to 11 is worth it.
- xet7 5y agoIs this embedding something to Win11 iso? Is this any different than setting those bypass registry keys manually, like in this article? https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/post/install-microsoft-windows-11-on-virtualbox https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/post/install-microso...
- jimnotgym 5y agoOne of our support guys asked me what we were doing about Windows 11. I said we should upgrade a machine and try our core applications out, but otherwise let's talk about it in a year or so. I keep asking myself what happened. I think it is age. New OS's used to be exciting