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Bypass TPM and Secure Boot when Installing Windows 11
On Install Bypass Trusted Platform Module chip
So I came across a problem when installing Windows 11 inside a Virtual Machine the other day which stumped me for a while.
The install went as you would expect until you selected the edition of Windows you wanted to install, after pressing next on that window the below error was displayed…
This PC can’t run Windows 11. This PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows. For more information, visit aka.ms/WindowsSysReq
My fist thought was that maybe it needed to have more resource CPU core, RAM etc. but this did not cure it either.
So when you click next on the edition part of the install, windows then checks the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip which securely stores passwords, certificates and enryption keys, it also then checks your RAM etc to see if your machine is up to par to run Windows.
Just for your reference Windows 11 requires a minimum system requirement of…
- 4GB RAM
- 1GHz Dual Core CPU
- TPM 2.0
So to get around the issue I was having, I had to edit some registry keys to tell the installer to skip the RAM and TPM checks, this then…
