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Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware

From	Oliver <ollie@invalid.net>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware
Date	2025-02-04 15:36 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<vnu4oh$21sir$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<vnsiae$1p6eq$1@dont-email.me> <m0ed7iFrtquU2@mid.individual.net>

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On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 11:50:05 +0000, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote 

>> The "ways to install" the operating system have recently been
>> revised, and there are now no official workarounds for installing
>> the latest Windows release to unsupported, older machines.
> 
> None of the workarounds were ever official (on Home and Pro editions of 
> Win11).

The referenced article used the word "official" so I repeated it.

I suspect they meant the word "official" to indicate that the instructions
how to port legacy machines to Windows 11 came directly from Microsoft. 

They're warning us, I guess, that Microsoft doesn't publish how to do it.
https://www.techspot.com/news/105894-microsoft-now-officially-allows-windows-11-installation-unsupported.html

Microsoft even apparently published how to remove the persistent watermark.
https://www.techspot.com/news/97748-how-remove-unsupported-pc-watermark-windows-11.html

The problem I have, of course, is that my legacy BIOS has no TPM hardware.
https://www.techspot.com/news/105834-microsoft-windows-11-requirement-tpm-20-chip-non.html

But luckily I'm not the only one who is still "stuck" on the Windows 10 OS.
https://www.techspot.com/news/105801-market-share-surprise-windows-10-popularity-increasing.html

As Windows 11 users are finding more & more hardware that's not compatible.
https://www.techspot.com/news/105736-windows-11-24h2-now-incompatible-usb-scanning-devices.html

It seems more than half of Windows users are like me, still on Windows 10.
https://www.techspot.com/news/106223-end-windows-10-support-year-threatens-over-60.html

However, slowly but surely, people are giving up & going to Windows 11.
https://www.techspot.com/news/106617-windows-11-reaches-highest-market-share-windows-10.html

I won't purchase security updates, but they last only 1 year anyways.
https://www.techspot.com/news/105391-microsoft-consumers-purchase-security-updates-windows-10-after.html

For now, this is the official way supported by Microsoft to install Win11.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e

Notice that's the same link (but different text) as in the archives.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240929145620/https:/support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e

Anyway, I will likely have to finally learn how to use Rufus I guess.
https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6062-rufus.html

Or maybe Ventoy?
https://www.techspot.com/downloads/7286-ventoy.html

The procedure has to be well documented for me to even try to risk it.
Where if there is critical missing hardware, I am doomed to fail at it.

Which is why I'm asking what is the critical hardware for Windows 11?

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What is critical Windows 11 hardware Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2025-02-04 01:15 -0700
  Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-04 06:39 -0500
  Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-04 11:50 +0000
    Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Oliver <ollie@invalid.net> - 2025-02-04 15:36 -0700
  Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-04 07:35 -0500
    Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-04 08:39 -0500
      Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-04 14:09 +0000
        Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2025-02-04 21:13 +0000
          Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-04 19:49 -0500
            Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-05 03:53 -0800
              Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-05 04:02 -0800
              Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-05 09:28 -0500
              Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-05 17:55 -0600
          Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-04 19:13 -0600
            Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-05 12:10 +0000
              Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-05 12:55 +0000
  Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-06 13:26 +0000
    Re: What is critical Windows 11 hardware Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-06 17:04 +0000

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