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How to bypass the Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirement

How to bypass the

Windows 11 TPM 2.0
requirement

By Lawrence Abrams

July 2, 2021 11:22 AM 7

Microsoft now requires a computer to have

a TPM 2.0 module to install Windows 11.
However, new Registry entries have been
discovered that allow you to bypass the
TPM requirement and minimum memory
and secure boot requirements.

With Windows 11, Microsoft added

new minimum system requirements that
all devices need to have a TPM 2.0 security
processor to power some of the operating
system's security features.

"The following Windows features require

TPM 2.0: Measured Boot, Device
Encryption, WD System Guard, Device
Health Attestation, Windows Hello/Hello
for Business, TPM Platform Crypto
Provider Key Storage, SecureBIO, DRTM,
vTPM in Hyper-V," Microsoft told
BleepingComputer.

For most people running CPUs created in

the past 5-6 years, a firmware-based
TPM (fTPM) is built into the CPU and can
be enabled in the BIOS.

To enable the fTPM, simply boot your

computer into the BIOS and enable the
Intel Platform Trust Technology (Intel
PTT) or the AMD Platform Security
Processor, depending on your CPU.

For those who do not have this feature, you

may be able to install a discrete TPM 2.0
processor on the motherboard. However, if
your processor is old enough that it does
not have one built-in fTPM, your
motherboard's module will likely be TPM
1.2, which is not compatible with Windows
11.

This requirement is frustrating for users

running Windows 10 on older equipment,
as now they are being forced to purchase
new hardware to install Windows 11.

Furthermore, as Microsoft has stated in

documentation that OEMs can get
permission to disable the TPM
requirement in Windows 11 for their
devices, the question becomes: Do you
really need a TPM 2.0 processor to use
Windows 11?

How to bypass the TPM

requirement in Windows 11
If you are attempting to install Windows 11
and receive a message stating, "This PC
can't run Windows 11," it is likely that you
do not have a TPM 2.0 installed or
enabled.

The good news is that Microsoft includes a

new 'LabConfig' registry key that allows
you to configure settings to bypass the
TPM 2.0, the 4GB memory, and Secure
Boot requirements.

Based on the name of this registry key, it is

likely used by Microsoft or OEMs to set up
a "lab" environment to test the Windows 11
on older equipment or when testing new
features.

To bypass the TPM 2.0 requirements when

installing Windows 11, please follow these
steps:

1. Install Windows 11 via an ISO or the

Windows 11 Insider Program. While
installing Windows 11, if your
computer does not meet the hardware
requirements, you will see a message
stating, "This PC can't run Windows
11."

Windows 11 setup blocked due to

missing hardware requirements
2. When you see the above message,
press Shift+F10 on your keyboard at
the same time to launch a command
prompt. At this command prompt,
type regedit and press enter to
launch the Windows Registry Editor.

Opening command prompt in

Windows Setup
3. When the Registry Editor opens,
navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
Setup, right-click on the Setup key
and select New > Key.

When prompted to name the key,

enter LabConfig and press enter.

Now right-click on the LabConfig key

and select New > DWORD (32-bit)
value and create a value named
BypassTPMCheck, and set its data
to 1. Now create the
BypassRAMCheck and
BypassSecureBootCheck values
and set their data to 1 as well, so it
looks like the following image.

Configuring the Registry to bypass

hardware requirements
4. Once you configure those three
values under the LabConfig key, close
the Registry Editor, and then type exit
in the Command Prompt followed by
enter to close the window.
5. You will now be back at the message
stating that the PC can't run Windows
11. Click on the back button in the
Windows Setup dialog, as shown
below.

Press the back button in Windows

setup
6. You will now be back at the screen
prompting you to select the version of
Windows 11 you wish to install. You
can now continue with the setup, and
the hardware requirements will be
bypassed, allowing you to install
Windows 11.

Hardware requirements are now

bypassed

It is important to note that disabling these

features could affect the performance or
stability of Windows 11, so be sure to only
use them on a virtual machine or test box
that are you are ok with working in an
unsupported environment.

Furthermore, by disabling the TPM 2.0

requirement, you are effectively reducing
the security in Windows 11.

Finally, running Windows 11 on anything

less than 4GB will not be an optimal
experience and is not recommended.

H/T Albacore

Related Articles:
Windows 11 makes TPM Diagnostics tool
its first optional feature

Windows 11 may support Intel 7th gen,

AMD Zen 1 CPUs in the future

Windows 11 preview build installs failing

due to system requirements

Windows 11 won't work without a TPM -

What you need to know

Microsoft publishes the Windows 11 system

requirements

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS MICROSOFT

REGISTRY TPM WINDOWS 11

LAWRENCE ABRAMS

Lawrence Abrams is the creator and owner

of BleepingComputer.com. Lawrence's
area of expertise includes malware
removal and computer forensics. Lawrence
Abrams is a co-author of the Winternals
Defragmentation, Recovery, and
Administration Field Guide and the
technical editor for Rootkits for Dummies.

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Comments

Some-Other-Guy - 22 hours ago

So an old school BIOS and

MBR partition are also quite
possible

noelprg4 - 16 hours ago

except MS may eventually

block this workaround when
Windows 11 reaches final
(aka RTM)

3213 - 17 hours ago

TPM 2.0 is so useless for

me...

Phonetrips - 16 hours ago

These registry changes

worked to the point that I
could join the Preview
Program for Windows 11.
However when the 11
installer downloads, it gives a
message: "The PC must
support Secure Boot.""

So this doesn't really seem to

work.

SeedyTV - 11 hours ago

Is there one for bypassing the

CPU check as well?

Amigo-A - 10 hours ago

An interesting way, but most

will spit on these tambourine
dances and will not use these
"drumsticks" (11).

redwolfe_98 - 8 hours ago

we need a
"bypassCPUCheck," too.

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