One of the big stories surrounding the announcement of Windows 11 was that it would require support for TPM 2.0, or Trusted Platform Module, to run. This takes the form of an on-board cryptographic ...

Turns out that thing that stopped everyone upgrading Windows 11 is really useful.

For those who do not have this feature, you may be able to install a discrete TPM 2.0 processor on the motherboard. However, if your processor is old enough that it does not have one built-in fTPM, ...

Four researchers from the National Security Research Institute of South Korea have figured out (PDF) that there are some exploitable flaws in the Trusted Platform Module 2.0, which has been around ...

If you are getting The PC must support TPM 2.0 error while upgrading to Windows 11, here are a couple of things you need to check to bypass this issue. It is a common ...

Windows 11 is right around the corner, and Microsoft made sure to include security requirements for anyone who wants to upgrade. This means millions of Windows 10 ...

Editorial When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. During yesterday's announcement, one of the most controversial changes to Windows 11 ...

The company reiterated it’s unwilling to lower hardware requirements for Windows 11 as Windows 10 end of support looms in less than a year. With Windows 10 end of support on the horizon, Microsoft ...

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 ...

I have an ASUS Maximus IX Hero motherboard working very well with an existing Win10 Enterprise install. That install is from an older machine I since sold, and migrated to a M.2 NVMe SSD. In other ...

With the announcement of Windows 11 last Thursday, the humble Trusted Platform Module (TPM) has gotten more attention than ever. Home users are suddenly interested in this esoteric security tech.

For the majority of PC users, the answer is no. Either your PC already meets Windows 11’s hardware requirements or you’ve decided to buy new hardware (or a whole new PC) that does. Both scenarios mean ...