Danny Moran

Install Windows 11 without TPM and Secure Boot

Published October 01, 2021 by Danny Moran

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Introduction

To install Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 11, you will need to have a computer with a TPM chip, capable of Secure Boot, and a supported CPU. Without meeting these requirements, you will be greeted with an error saying This PC can’t run Windows 11.

Although the steps in the guide work and enable you to install Windows 11, it is an unsupported setup that may cause some issues. Microsoft has previously said that installations that don’t meet the minimum requirements won’t get updates, but at the moment that doesn’t seem to be the case. However, this may change in the future.

Download the Windows 11 installation media

  1. Go to the following link and download the Create Windows 11 Installation Media tool.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows11

  2. Run the Installation Assistant tool, MediaCreationToolW11.exe, and follow the on screen wizard to download the latest version of Windows 11 and create a bootable USB drive.

    Note: The USB needs to be larger than 8GB in capacity, and any data that is on the drive will be lost as the drive will be formatted.

Perform a clean installation of Windows 11

  1. Boot your computer from your bootable USB drive that you have created.

  2. When the computer has booted from the USB drive and you are greeted with the Windows Setup wizard, press SHIFT + F10 to open a CMD window.

  3. Type regedit and press enter to open the Windows Registry Editor.

  4. Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup

  5. Right-click the Setup folder and press New then Key.

  6. Call the key LabConfig

  7. Inside of the LabConfig key, right-click the blank space and press New then DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it BypassTPMCheck

  8. Again, inside of the LabConfig key, right-click the blank space and press New then DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it BypassSecureBootCheck

  9. Right-click BypassTPMCheck and select Modify… and set the Value Data to 1 and press Okay.

  10. Right-click BypassSecureBootCheck and select Modify… and set the Value Data to 1 and press Okay.

  11. Close the Windows Registry Window and CMD window.

  12. Press Install Now on the Windows Setup window.

  13. If you have a Windows Product Key, enter it in this screen now or press I don’t have a product key

  14. Select the correct version of Windows 11 that you want to install and press Next.

  15. Tick the box to accept the licence terms and then press Next.

  16. Select the partition that you want to install the operating system on and then select Install.

  17. Windows 11 will now start to install.