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Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs


Microsoft has quietly removed the official Windows 11 system requirements bypass that allowed users to upgrade on unsupported PCs.

Back in October 2021, when Microsoft made the original Windows 11, version 21H2, generally available, the company, perhaps unimaginably, had also provided a workaround that bypassed the system requirements which would allow users on unsupported PCs to upgrade too. The workaround that Microsoft had published involved tweaking a Registry key that would allow a Windows 11 upgrade on unsupported PCs by bypassing CPU and TPM checks: However, Neowin noticed today while browsing that the support article which hosted this information has been edited since and the above workaround has been deleted.

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