Microsoft is tightening control over unsupported installations of Windows 11.

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      A support document providing instructions on how to install Windows 11 on unsupported PCs was removed within the last two months. Its absence, which was noted by Neowin, aligns with Microsoft’s recent messaging about a “year of the Windows 11 PC refresh,” pushing (or compelling) users to purchase new PCs that comply with Windows 11's hardware requirements.

      When Windows 11 was released in 2021, Microsoft announced the addition of TPM 2.0 as a mandatory hardware requirement — a decision that faced significant pushback. To mitigate the backlash, Microsoft previously published a support document explaining how users could modify their registry key values to bypass the TPM 2.0 requirement.

      Despite containing multiple warnings indicating that users would be using the workaround at their own risk, the removal of the document suggests that Microsoft no longer supports this registry key method.

      The requirement itself remains contentious, and with support for Windows 10 ending this year, Microsoft has had to clarify that this will not alter the hardware criteria for Windows 11. Once support concludes, many individuals may continue using Windows 10 on older computers, which, lacking critical security updates, will be at greater risk of malware and viruses, potentially making older users more susceptible to cybercrime.

      If you still wish to attempt the TPM 2.0 bypass, the archived support article can be accessed via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. It is uncertain whether the workaround has been disabled or if Microsoft simply wants to stop promoting it, but it could be worth trying.

      Willow Roberts has been a Computing Writer at Digital Trends for a year and has been writing for around a decade.

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