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If you used Rufus, that's what removed those restrictions. The official image, unaltered, enforces them.

by ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago

ChuckNorris89 5y ago
No, I used Balena Etcher and had no restrictions.
- ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
  Perhaps it does the same thing; I'm not sure. But on a clean install with unaltered media the limits are enforced.
  - ChuckNorris89 5y ago
    You are probably mistaken. Etcher doesn't do anything like that, it just writes byte-level data from ISO to target media. And even Microsoft themselves mention that HW requirements are not checked with fresh install but then at least TPM 1.2 is still needed [1] so maybe your CPU predates TPM 1.2 but then we're talking about some really old hardware as v1.2 dates back to 2011. On the Intel 6th series I tried it on from 2015, installation worked flawlessly. [1] "Important: An image install of Windows 11 will not check for the following requirements: TPM 2.0 (at least TPM 1.2 is required) and CPU family and model." [1] 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-...
    - ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
      The documentation you quote directly contradicts my own experience with installing from an untouched ISO, where I had to open Regedit during setup to bypass the TPM check. Maybe they spun new ISOs because of the blowback?
      - ChuckNorris89 5y ago
        >I had to open Regedit during setup to bypass the TPM check Wait, how do you open regedit during setup when you perform the installation by booting off the USB drive? AFAIK that installer has no access to the registry since the registry hasn't been configured yet as you're doing a fresh install from scratch so there is no registry on the blank HDD/SSD. Anyhow, I did this procedure 3 weeks ago on my 2015 intel chip and Windows did not complain using the unaltered official ISO.
        ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
        Shift+F10 is the trick; you're editing the registry of the live Windows system which is the install environment: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-bypass-the-windows-11-tpm-20-requirement/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-bypas... If the installer didn't complain, it was a supported configuration.

If you used Rufus, that's what removed those restrictions. The official image, unaltered, enforces them.

ChuckNorris89 5y ago

No, I used Balena Etcher and had no restrictions.

ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
Perhaps it does the same thing; I'm not sure. But on a clean install with unaltered media the limits are enforced.
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago
  You are probably mistaken. Etcher doesn't do anything like that, it just writes byte-level data from ISO to target media. And even Microsoft themselves mention that HW requirements are not checked with fresh install but then at least TPM 1.2 is still needed [1] so maybe your CPU predates TPM 1.2 but then we're talking about some really old hardware as v1.2 dates back to 2011. On the Intel 6th series I tried it on from 2015, installation worked flawlessly. [1] "Important: An image install of Windows 11 will not check for the following requirements: TPM 2.0 (at least TPM 1.2 is required) and CPU family and model." [1] 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-...
  - ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
    The documentation you quote directly contradicts my own experience with installing from an untouched ISO, where I had to open Regedit during setup to bypass the TPM check. Maybe they spun new ISOs because of the blowback?
    - ChuckNorris89 5y ago
      >I had to open Regedit during setup to bypass the TPM check Wait, how do you open regedit during setup when you perform the installation by booting off the USB drive? AFAIK that installer has no access to the registry since the registry hasn't been configured yet as you're doing a fresh install from scratch so there is no registry on the blank HDD/SSD. Anyhow, I did this procedure 3 weeks ago on my 2015 intel chip and Windows did not complain using the unaltered official ISO.
      - ThePowerOfFuet 5y ago
        Shift+F10 is the trick; you're editing the registry of the live Windows system which is the install environment: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-bypass-the-windows-11-tpm-20-requirement/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-bypas... If the installer didn't complain, it was a supported configuration.