Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's why and what to do if your old PC doesn't have one. When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 in 2021, its new, stringent hardware ...

TPM processors come in two versions - an older and less secure 1.2 version and a more secure 2.0 version, which is a requirement for Windows 11. Since 2013, Intel and AMD added firmware TPM technology ...

Among all the fanfare surrounding Microsoft’s unveiling of Windows 11 to the general public, a note provided in the official system requirements for the new operating system piqued the interest of ...

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, ...

Microsoft’s strict hardware requirements for Windows 11 continue to confuse users in 2025, especially now that official support for Windows 10 ended in October 2025 ...

The company has updated its documentation to say that its previous guidance on the minimum TPM security requirements was incorrect, and that TPM 1.2 is no longer considered to be sufficient. Microsoft ...

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.

Rich is the Content Director of XDA, MakeUseOf, and How-To Geek, and I've been reporting on all things consumer tech since 2013. More recently, I've had more of a focus on Windows, and I've reviewed ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Windows 11 system requirements mention a new requirement that wasn’t present in past versions of the operating system: a Trusted Platform Module (TPM ...