For some, Microsoft's insistence that PCs be equipped with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 support is irritating, especially since the company has done a poor job explaining why it is suddenly such ...

Microsoft said my PC can't run Windows 11, but I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway - here's how ...

Microsoft’s strict Windows 11 requirements have turned a routine upgrade into a referendum on who deserves modern software.

Microsoft didn't really do a good job of communicating the minimum system requirements it set for Windows 11. It has botched that job so bad that it even had to pull out its own utility for checking a ...

Unlike with Windows 10, Windows 11's upgrade woes started even before it landed on any hardware, including those of testers. The operating system's list of requirements left many users, both experts ...

Due to this requirement, some users couldn't proceed with the update via official ways. While there were alternative methods to flash Windows 11, most of them left ...

A hot potato: The Trusted Platform Module standard describes a dedicated cryptography chip designed to manage many security-related tasks in a computer. The standard was introduced in 2009, but ...

In context: With the release of Windows 11 right around the corner, Microsoft continues its TPM requirement campaign, seemingly extending the need for the security ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is again defending the stipulation to have TPM 2.0 to upgrade to Windows 11, laying out the benefits of the bolstered security it brings in a fresh blog post. However, environmental ...

Microsoft's much-awaited Windows 11 is generally available starting today (check out our review here) and there has been a lot of buzz around the integrated security features and the rather strict ...

Using TPM to enforce anti-cheating provisions is an interesting idea, but it could come with some significant downsides for user privacy and anonymity. Riot can do more than ban a user's account or IP ...

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 ...