Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's why and what to do if your old PC doesn't have one.

Trusted Platform Module or TPM is a specialized and dedicated chip which stores cryptographic keys. It acts as endpoint security for the devices that support it. When someone owns a device, it ...

Both it and WhyNotWin11 are smart enough to check which version of TPM is active in the Windows runtime environment. Thus, they correctly identify the TPM as meeting the “version 2.0 or higher” ...

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How to activate TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot in Windows 10 Your email has been sent While the most obvious changes coming with the release of Microsoft Windows 11 involve new graphics and an updated user ...

The Windows 11 setup program will no longer check for a TPM 2.0 security processor or compatible CPUs when added. However, you will still require a TPM 1.2 security processor, which many will not ...

Microsoft revealed Windows 11 this week with a PC Health Check update and a confusing point of order. Some users are checking their high-powered Windows PC, finding that "this PC can't run Windows 11" ...

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Sometimes, as you try to sign in to Microsoft Teams or Outlook, you may encounter the TPM error 80284001. So, even though you are connected to the network, you may ...

What just happened? Windows 11 was finally announced yesterday, confirming much of what we already knew about the next version of Microsoft's OS. We also found out ...

One of the big things that makes Windows 11 different from every previous version of Windows is that it requires the PC to be equipped with a TPM 2.0 module. Being that this requirement has thus far ...