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 ...

While Windows 11 is slowly gaining more popularity among users, Windows 10 still holds a sizeable chunk of the user base. To be specific, according to Statcounter, as of the data from March 2025, ...

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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 ...

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With Windows 10 end of support approaching, Microsoft says its TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11 is ‘non-negotiable.’ With Windows 10 end of support approaching, Microsoft says its TPM 2.0 ...

Users report that Windows 11 updates are being offered on older systems without TPM 2.0 enabled. Observations from private users and businesses indicate that Microsoft's upgrade mechanism currently ...

Microsoft made TPM 2.0 mandatory for Windows 11, but the average user doesn't care or even know about the technology. Microsoft might be selling the wrong story. Ever since Microsoft announced Windows ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

For most people, Windows 10 security updates are slated to stop on October 14, 2025, just over 10 months from today. That could end up being a serious security problem, given that Windows 10 is still ...

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 ...

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 ...