Nothing I? can do about it. I did get 12 years of use out of the system though. I can still use it for things like browsing, email, word processing, managing photos, etc. The system does not have the needed TPM chip. No TPM. I can only upgrade with the published hacks. Sort of furious with Microsoft.
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I have a new W11 Desktop. It is really fast . It is a Ryzen processor.
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I do have DXLABS and other Ham programs running now.
Before tossing a perfectly good computer look into upgrading your win10 computer to win11, some computers will and some (with the wrong processor) will not, lot cheaper than a new computer.
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On Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 12:43:53 PM CDT, Gilbert Baron W0MN via groups.io <w0mn00@...> wrote:
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I hate to risk the security exploits and I hate to throw away a perfectly working set of hardware. OTOH at my age (86) I am not sure I want to start learning Linux since I really would need to learn a lot of? new apps too. Maybe I will just keep the machine with W10 as long as I can and just use for word processing, photos, email, and etc. Sad but asi es la vida I guess.
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike - W1MI via groups.io Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 10:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DXLab] Considering upgrading to Windows 11
From that page, I've tried "How to Bypass Windows 11's TPM Requirement Using Rufus" on a laptop with an i7-4700mq CPU and a v1.2 TPM. It seemed to work fine. I have it on a spare hard drive and haven't decided whether to make it permanent yet. 73, Mike - W1MI
Among other results from a Google search for "Windows 11 without TPM" is this one: <>
There are also many other links/hacks although Microsoft have been closing some of those exploits.
However, given the significant number of mini pc systems with significant CPU/RAM/SSD capability that run Windows 11 for under $500 (at least pre tariffs), I don't know that I would rely on 10 year old technology for my primary system (I may try the bypass on a 10+ year old laptop with an I7-4xxx CPU and no TPM just to have a Win11 laptop in case I need something on the go).