I am also planning to hang on to Windows 10 till very the end. But I do not want to panic at the last moment either. Those installation of Windows 11 is a kind of insurance for my future computer needs.
[How to bypass the Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirement]
Option 1 for in-place update
- Copy and paste the following in text editor and save it as win11bypass.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig]
"BypassTPMCheck"=dword:00000001
"BypassSecureBootCheck"=dword:00000001
Double click win11bypass.reg to add entry to the registry
- Download the latest Windows installer:
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Unzip and place aria2.exe (https://aria2.github.io/) in the same folder to create installer ISO file
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Mount installer ISO file, copy its content
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Replace appraiser.dll (not appraiserres.dll, the instruction in the page below has a mistake) in the sources folder
- For in-place update, double click install.exe
Option 2 for fresh install
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Create ISO file from modded installer files using K3B
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Use Rufus to create installer USB
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Follow instruction below:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-bypass-the-windows-11-tpm-20-requirement/
After the error 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.
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.
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.
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.
Start over from selection of Windows edition.