Check if your PC can Run Windows 11. While the event was done with, the PC Health Check app was made available on the Microsoft Store, everyone rushed to check and see if their systems would be compatible. Unfortunately, the app just throws an error for most users and says your system isn’t compatible with Windows 11. Now, this has put a lot of people in a fix and people were worried about having to get a brand-new system just to use Windows 11. But the TPM can be a culprit here in your case. So you need to make sure TPM is enabled with the required version. With that being said, let’s take a look at what it is, how it is beneficial and does your system has it.
What is Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
TPM is a technology for the security of your Windows system at a hardware level. It is a security chip that is implemented in a lot of computers, mostly the newer ones. It has cryptographic keys that protect all your sensitive data. You could say it’s like how security software works around to protect all your data and files. These cryptographic keys are difficult and almost impossible to crack or break into, which helps in giving you maximum security.
Use of Trusted Platform Module
TPM is used in most of the security features that are built right away in your Windows system. such as the Windows Hello face recognition, fingerprints, and even Bitlocker which you can use to encrypt your hard drives. Without this chip you will not be able to store sensitive information and neither will you be able to make use of such encryption software.
How to Check TPM Version
Well, the TPM chip is available on almost all systems that have been launched since 2015. Systems that came in pre-installed with the Windows 10 operating system have this security chip. But you can’t find it on your windows, it is like a registry, so you will need a guide to check if TPM is installed as hardware and it is running with which version. Checking the TPM version is important as you know the minimum requirement is TPM 2.0. To know if you have a TPM chip in your system there are two ways to get it done.
1. Via Windows Security app
2. Via the Run command
How to Enable TPM from BIOS
Now, it could also be that even if you have a new system, it might not show up. Your system manufacturer might have disabled it. And if it is disabled, your PC will not pass the requirement for Windows 11. So, if the PC health check application shows your PC is not supported for Windows 11, follow these steps to enable TPM on your Windows PC.
Supported TPM version
If you have a system running Windows 10 version 1607 you will be having TPM version 1.2. The same goes for the Windows server 2016 version as well. TPM 2.0 is enabled by default on all the latest Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 versions.
Remove TPM 2.0 missing warning to install Windows 11
Well, there is one way that you will be able to enable and run Windows 11 without the TPM 2.0 needed message. However, for this, you will be required to have the ISO files of Windows 11 (the official versions are yet to be released) and make a few changes to some files in the setup folder of Windows 11. Apart from that, there is no other way to get TPM onto your system except installing the hardware.
Conclusion
Looking at the minimum required specs as well as the supported processor list of Intel and AMD, it sure looks like a lot of systems might not be able to install Windows 11, unless Microsoft decides to relax a few of these system requirements and also making TPM 2.0 as an option for devices that only have it. We could see these changes drop in at a later date before the official build of Windows 11 is ready for the public. So now you know how to check the TPM version and how to enable TPM if it is disabled by default. Many users have reported that after enabling the TPM from BIOS, the PC health check now shows the green sign. Let us know if your PC is eligible after enabling the TPM. If it’s not then your CPU may not be supported. Also Check:
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