this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2025
506 points (98.8% liked)

Technology

75069 readers
3049 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
L4s@hackingne.ws
506
Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 (htxt.co.za)
submitted 16 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
230 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37265606

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

You can just bypass those hardware requirements fairly easily. There are a bunch of guides out there.

Here's one from Tom's Hardware. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement

It even shows how to make a install media that doesn't require the checks so you can just install it no issue.

Though fair warning that some of those requirements they have are good for security purposes so your installs may not be as secure without them.

Win 11 is still pretty ass though and bloated to hell. I instead got myself a LTSC version of Win10 instead which will get updates until 2032 or something like that. That gives me enough time to figure out if I want to install Linux or IDK I'll just die before that, either one is fine.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

You can just bypass those hardware requirements fairly easily.

Microsoft specifically warns people not to bypass Windows 11 requirements:

Installing Windows 11 on a device that doesn't meet Windows 11 minimum system requirements isn't recommended. If Windows 11 is installed on ineligible hardware, your device won't receive support from Microsoft, and you should be comfortable assuming the risk of running into compatibility issues.

Devices that don't meet these system requirements might malfunction due to compatibility or other issues. Additionally, these devices aren't guaranteed to receive updates, including but not limited to security updates.

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the links. I recall reading that installing windows 11 with bypasses might break after some future update? I just didn't want to offer a solution that might cause issues as well.

For some linux was a good option, but for some I said you can either get a new computer or pay for the LTSC. Thankfully I was able to find some affordable win11 compatible laptops for their usecases.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Go visit massgraves.dev and run the ESU patch; that’ll get them another 3 years of security patching in W10.

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

That's useful, thanks for the recommendation! I'll have to check this out. Especially nice for those who can't afford new PC's atm.