I logged on the insider website and downloaded the ISO:
Windows 11 Build 22000.132
Windows11_InsiderPreview_Client_x64_en-us_22000.iso
5.11 GB (5,487,515,648 bytes)
None of my computers are compliant so I have decided that it is not even worth trying to install it.
You could try it in a VM (virtual machine) just to get a feel. My 8-year-old Lenovo t440s can run it in a VM.
I see no practical advantage personally, so don't feel you've lost out. (I guess someone will do a Win 11 theme for Win 10!).
I first installed the leaked version in a Hyper V VM. That then updated itself to the first official Insider release. I then mounted the Hyper V VM drive and copied the W11 files over to a new partition to dual boot with W10. All drivers were updated by W11. I then joined the Insider program and have the latest build. All unofficial but it works fine,
Windows 11 on VMware Workstation 16 Player. I am posting this from the VM.
I may try to install the Windows 11 Pro release version on October 5 to see if Microsoft lets it install on a VM. Will MS let it install on a VM since there is no way the VM is compliant with Windows 11?
Given MS's intention to allow manual installations to circumvent the installer-applied restrictions, and people's experience to date with VMs, very probably.
If I had VMware Workstation Pro I could add TPM to the VM. Unfortunately, I only have VMware Workstation Player which doesn't support that. Also, Running WindowsPCHealthCheck on the VM shows the CPU for the host machine which is not Windows 11 compliant. How does one get around that? Here are the results WindowsPCHealthCheck on the VM:
I think TPM can be enabled with using Hyper V Generation 2. I have yet to try it so I’m not positive.If I had VMware Workstation Pro I could add TPM to the VM. Unfortunately, I only have VMware Workstation Player which doesn't support that. Also, Running WindowsPCHealthCheck on the VM shows the CPU for the host machine which is not Windows 11 compliant. How does one get around that? Here are the results WindowsPCHealthCheck on the VM:
I got the same as bree. Same result. My PC is not ready for Windows 11. I just updated to 21H1. The opportunity to get Windows 11 is from October 5th and on. And that's only for PC's that are ready. That means to me that I'm not going to get an invite. So: How do I prepare my PC with TPM 2.0? That is something that I assume Must Be Done before I can get Windows 11. Now - yes, there's no immediate rush. But I'd like to be prepared. And why wait till October 25th? I expect to try to get W11 sometime between the 5th and the 25th. That's 20 days. ? So, can someone start telling us "non-compliant" Windows 10 users how to get this TPM 2.0. Whatever the heck that is? To me, just another MS gimmick. When I went from 8.1 to 10, it was as smooth as butter and had no issues or problems whatsoever. Why can't MS do the same with W11? Just because some user idiot screwed something up? Most users are not idiots. We are for the most part, intelligent people that are NOT GURUS.
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