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 ...

Sitting at the core of Windows 11's modern security suite, TPM 2.0 also directly influences Teams and OneDrive. Device attestation, which relies on TPM 2.0, is a nifty feature tha ...

As the end of life is fast approaching for Windows 10, Microsoft is pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11. However, one barrier to entry is the company's requirement ...

I clearly recall all the hue and cry around Windows 11's compatibility when the iteration was first released in October 2021. At the time, a significant number of PCs were rendered ineligible for the ...

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 ...

When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 in 2021, its new, stringent hardware compatibility test included checking for the presence of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) -- specifically, one that meets the ...

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 unveiled Windows 11 on Thursday, but it didn't answer a lot of low-level questions about the operating system or why it changed the minimum system requirements. Said requirements are trivial ...

TPM isn't security, at least on its own. Remember how every flipped out over how insecure Microsoft implemented their AI Recall feature, despite it being exclusive to Windows 11, which requires TPM ...

There was an era when a 2 year old PC was considered ancient too. Now the PC market is "mature" and for most people there's not much that a 2024 PC can do that a 2015 PC cannot. The cell phone market ...