Was there a 'before' before the big bang?

Yes, your ancient grandad was slime!

There are some references on the forum to a TPM hard limit of TPM 1.2 and a soft TPM limit of TPM 2.0. There is some chance TPM 1.2 might be OK but my CPU also doesn't make the grade.

I have no PMs since 3 June

Same for me. I have a i5-3570K CPU on a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard. The system is still snappy and runs demanding games like Flight Simulator 2020 OK using a RTX 2060 Super GPU. It's unkind to...

I have no new notifications? I have a shortlist of X570 Gigabyte and Asus boards to build a new PC but the TPM 2.0 modules are not in stock in the UK. Fortunately these boards have firmware TPM...

I wouldn't risk inserting that TPM unless you wish to endure the resulting pain

Indeed. My 2012 Gigabyte motherboard has a 20 pin TPM 1.2 connector but the approved Gigabyte TPM module is no longer available. I did find a Foxconn 20 pin TPM module on eBay but there are some...

Same for my 2014 Dell laptop. My 2019 HP Laptop has TPM 2.0 though.

That's what I have. Seems genuine.

I clean installed it in Hyper V and was asked for a product key which I declined so my installation is not activated

I installed it a Hyper V VM and it works fine. I'm underwhelmed since I can't spot any useful new features. I only tried it to check whether MS Money 2005 (UK) works so I don't lose 25 years of...

I couldn't get Classic Shell to work with it. Open Shell only worked when the Win key was assigned. I couldn't get Open Shell to open on mouse hover which I normally use but this might be due to...

That explains a lot!

That's the one I installed in Hyper V. I'm underwhelmed so far.

Very flaky paint since the UI I've seen is worse

The centred taskbar items are horrendous plus I can't get Open Shell to work with mouse clicks in Hyper V.

I installed W11 in Hyper V and was underwhelmed since there re no obvious benefits over W10. Fortunately MS Money 2005 still works but I couldn't configure Open Shell to work with the mouse.

A great example of that is file associations where only simplistic changes can now be made from Setttings instead of the former CP method

If true then there will be a new elevenforums.com and we will lose out hard earned points and badges here

Your post is premature since April 1st is 2 weeks away