Hardware & Technical Windows 11 : are you ready?

[Rubbernuke]

Neither of these are MS' problem.

Well, it looks bad- and in this climate can be used against it PR wise.

Also lot of people simply can't afford new kit and use perfectly good PCs, (I'm using an old ex workstation now) and its only ED that requires a real Windows box to play. So, after 2025 this PC will most likely go Linux and bypass Windows altogether.

 

[GuruNot]

I have an i7 5930K running on an Asrock X99 WS which I built in 2015. The CPU is not compatible with Windows 11 and the Motherboard does not have a TPM fitted, so for me to "upgrade" to Windows 11 I would need to build a new rig.

I was planning on doing this this year, changing over to an AMD CPU for the first time ever, although I did come close with the K6. But the CPU/GPU shortage scuppered that plan.

I will now be sitting tight until AMD release their AM5 Sockets and associated CPU, which means by the time I manage to get hold of the components I should be upgrading my rig and moving to Windows 11 sometime in 2023.

 

[bangermsuk]

yes m8 you will like me needed to build a new rig.

 

[lysan]

Nope my MOBO is not TPM ready, so I need a new MOBO.

 

[bangermsuk]

@GuruNot

tpm 2.0 - Bing video

www.bing.com

there is a software bios version of tpm 2.0 check your hardware.

check the vid? above
or

in windows mode : search mode : and type tpm.msc
you will get one of the screens above.
BUT DON'T WORRY
now restart the pc.and enter bios mode.
goto your bios Advance mode
in there goto Advance tab
look for This : pch_fw configuration
and you should have two options : Discreet mode and tpm mode.

This is my version for the intel chip set i5-7600k.

two screen belows show the mode on/off
LEave off for the moment has the software Windows 11 update isn't availble current.has microdoft have removed the leak compatibility checker.until wins 11 is ready later this year

 

[Manticore]

My rig is ready however I've read nothing good about this W11 that you speak of. I'll pass for the moment.......

 

[bangermsuk]

what are you saying....it another ED? on a large scale.
you talking about the bug testers are you. they want to start win 11. now they can tested it for you before the release.

 

[Gully Foyle]

Already got the Win11 beta ISO from uucp

when windows 10 is dead then I guess I will have to buy a new pc

the 17 pin TPM module is 25 bucks and the header for it is on my 2 year old MB.
New ones have it on board.
I will get a new GPU however, 2G ain't cutting it with Ody.
DirectStorage designed for NVME PCIe4, SATA is slower.

 

[Gully Foyle]

My rig is ready however I've read nothing good about this W11 that you speak of. I'll pass for the moment.......

its fun to play with new toys! Even half baked ones lol

This registry hack lets you bypass the TPM 2.0 requirement and install Windows 11

As excitement builds around the launch of Windows 11, eager computer users are scrambling to use utilities such as WhyNotWin11 and Win11SysCheck to see if their system is compatible and up to the job.

betanews.com

 

[starman]

Windows Xp is still being used by many.. In fact Winsows Xp saved my Windows 10 installation by allowing me to repair a non booting machine via a winxp partition i had forgotten about.

Windows is still split between the needs of the corporation and the home users needs.

Anyone remember this ?

 

[bangermsuk]

nope, never saw that

 

[Robert Maynard]

After installing build .51, then .65 then .100 and finally .120 I realised that my "over the top" installation was comprehensively borked - so used a tool available online to create a clean installation ISO, put the contents on a USB stick then performed a clean install yesterday - which went, thankfully, flawlessly (and I even remembered to back up all relevant data to reinstate before running the game again).

 

[Manticore]

its fun to play with new toys! Even half baked ones lol

This registry hack lets you bypass the TPM 2.0 requirement and install Windows 11

As excitement builds around the launch of Windows 11, eager computer users are scrambling to use utilities such as WhyNotWin11 and Win11SysCheck to see if their system is compatible and up to the job.

betanews.com

I'm still holding off.............

 

[Gully Foyle]

I'm still holding off.............

I ordered the TPM2 module for my asus. 17 pin 36$
I have to update my CPU to a 16 core so I’m getting a 3800 X gpu as well

 

[Robert Maynard]

No idea how to activate or to check if this TPM is there or not.

On my X570 board there was a setting to enable the onboard TPM rather than use a plug-in one (that I don't have).

 

[Morbad]

I thought my new system should pass the check but it didn't. If I understood correctly, it has something to do with a special chip that provides some means of secure authentication on hardware level. But feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

I just did a test which says: TPM missing or deactivated.
No idea how to activate or to check if this TPM is there or not.

Most of the time it's disabled by default, but any modern platform should have fTPM than can be enabled in the UEFI settings.

 

[Sunyavadin]

Anyone remember this ?

I shall never in my life understand how anyone in the entire history of UX design considered this a remotely worthwhile idea, let alone convinced MS to put money into making it.

 

[LeoBartlet]

Gave it a try on my laptop and wasn't impressed if im honest in terms of the UI.

Feels like they're trying to emulate MacOS to a certain extent and I don't see why they're getting rid of the star menu tiles and splitting of some of its functionality into a separate widget panel I know I'll never open.

 

[starman]

What will happen to all the pc that cant run Windows 11? Landfill?

 

[Morbad]

What will happen to all the pc that cant run Windows 11? Landfill?

They'll keep running whatever they are running.

Windows 10 will be supported until at least mid 2025 and plenty of people continue to use OSes that are no-longer supported. Windows 7 is still hovering around 16% share, despite support ending 19 months ago.