Installing Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware

How to run Windows 11 on a computer without a compatible processor and/or TPM 2.0. Tutorial includes both an upgrade from Windows 10, and a clean installation.

NOTE: Please do read the notes in my pinned comment. :)

Web resources referred to in the video are as follows:

Microsoft Windows 11 health check:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windo...

Windows 11 page for downloading Windows 11 ISO:
https://www.microsoft.com/software-do...

Rufus imaging software:
https://rufus.ie/en/

Microsoft page with the warning about installing Windows 11 on systems that don't meet minimum requirements:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/w...

Microsoft page with the Windows 11 upgrade Registry hack:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/w...

Other useful pages include:

Windows 11 hardware requirements:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windo...

Intel processors that Windows 11 actually supports:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/win...

AMD processors that Windows 11 actually supports:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/win...

My video on “PC BIOS Settings” is here:
   • PC BIOS Settings  

And if you want to manually implement the Registry changes needed during a Windows install from standard media, this is covered in my video “Windows 11: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly”:
   • Windows 11: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly  

Finally, you may be interested in my video about Windows 11 configuration and privacy settings here:
   • Windows 11 Configuration: Privacy, De...  

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:09 The State of Play
05:19 Warning!
04:03 Download Windows 11 ISO
05:07 Clean Install with Rufus
10:23 Upgrade via Registry Hack
15:14 Avoiding e-Waste (wrap)

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