The story goes that late one night, Batard realized: "Windows 11's installer checks for TPM and Secure Boot during setup , but if I modify the USB's boot loader to skip those checks before Windows even starts…"

The post went viral. Soon, technicians, students, and budget builders were reviving old hardware. Schools extended the life of computer labs. Gamers kept their overclocked 6th-gen Intels running. One commenter joked: "Microsoft says my PC is e-waste. Rufus says 'hold my beer.'"

A few days later, a Reddit user with a 2015 Dell Latitude tried it. He created a Windows 11 USB using Rufus, checked the boxes "Remove requirement for 4GB+ RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0" —and installed Windows 11 on his unsupported Core i5-6200U laptop. It worked perfectly.

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The story goes that late one night, Batard realized: "Windows 11's installer checks for TPM and Secure Boot during setup , but if I modify the USB's boot loader to skip those checks before Windows even starts…"

The post went viral. Soon, technicians, students, and budget builders were reviving old hardware. Schools extended the life of computer labs. Gamers kept their overclocked 6th-gen Intels running. One commenter joked: "Microsoft says my PC is e-waste. Rufus says 'hold my beer.'" windows 11 bypass tpm rufus

A few days later, a Reddit user with a 2015 Dell Latitude tried it. He created a Windows 11 USB using Rufus, checked the boxes "Remove requirement for 4GB+ RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0" —and installed Windows 11 on his unsupported Core i5-6200U laptop. It worked perfectly. The story goes that late one night, Batard