Turns out that thing that stopped everyone upgrading Windows 11 is really useful.

TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module. It is a technology designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions to the supported devices. A TPM is a chip and is one of the required hardware ...

If you've kept up-to-date with your Windows news, you'll know that . In its piece, the Redmond giant explained why Windows 11 has TPM 2.0 as part of its system requirements, including data encryption, ...

Microsoft has introduced TPM troubleshooter in Windows 11 build 25905, as of now which is available only in Canary version of Windows 11. If you use the Stable version of Windows, you have to wait ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is again defending the stipulation to have TPM 2.0 to upgrade to Windows 11, laying out the benefits of the bolstered security it brings in a fresh blog post. However, environmental ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft is investigating a bug triggering security alerts on systems with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) processor after enabling BitLocker. BitLocker is a Windows security feature that encrypts ...

Windows 11 is not the only thing that mandates TPM and Secure Boot. Some modern games also require these features, and Valve makes it easier for you to check if your PC has them. In 2021, with 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 ...

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 ...