Windows 11 available on October 5

MorganBilbo said:

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.

If your computer is less than 5 years old it probably has TPM. However, even if it does it may not be enabled. Run tpm.msc to see if TPM is enabled.

I had to enable it on my desktop computer in the BIOS. Some motherboard manufacturers have released new BIOSs to automatically turn on TPM. I see that my desktop's motherboard has a new BIOS to do that.

If I run tpm.msc on my laptop I see that it has TPM 2.0 enabled.

I did run and TPM 2.0 is NOT THERE. I've repeatedly said so. What else can I do? It does go on to say I need to go into BIOS. I'm not about to mess with something I don't know nothing about. So, how can I "go into BIOS"? That sounds GURU talk to me. Same as "go into your register". Yes, a lot of people do it or can do it. But I can't. I have never. And as a typical normal human being - why do I need to? Why does MS make this so hard for the normal customer or Windows 10 user? Like I said. W 8.1 to W 10 was a simple upgrade.

MorganBilbo said:

I did run and TPM 2.0 is NOT THERE. I've repeatedly said so. What else can I do? It does go on to say I need to go into BIOS. I'm not about to mess with something I don't know nothing about. So, how can I "go into BIOS"? That sounds GURU talk to me. Same as "go into your register". Yes, a lot of people do it or can do it. But I can't. I have never. And as a typical normal human being - why do I need to? Why does MS make this so hard for the normal customer or Windows 10 user? Like I said. W 8.1 to W 10 was a simple upgrade.

How old is your computer? If it was built since 2015 it probably has TPM 2.0. Even if it has TPM whether it is enabled is another matter.

What is the exact model number for your computer.

MisterEd said:

How old is your computer? If it was built since 2015 it probably has TPM 2.0. Even if it has TPM whether it is enabled is another matter.
What is the exact model number for your computer.

Hi,
2015 would likely only have tpm 1.2
A bios update might be able to update it to 2.0 though if not eol which most are after three years aka my x99 system is eol.

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
2015 would likely only have tpm 1.2
A bios update might be able to update it to 2.0 though if not eol which most are after three years aka my x99 system is eol.

@MorganBilbo has not said what computer he has but according to his profile he has a Lenovo desktop with an AMD A10-6700 CPU. That computer probably came out about the same time as TPM 2.0 which was finalized in 2015 so chances are it only has TPM 1.2. Still it may not matter because the CPU is not on the supported CPU list for Windows 11. However, @MorganBilbo should continue to follow these threads because you won't know for sure until Windows 11 comes out and people find out what hardware will or will not work with it.

MisterEd said:

@MorganBilbo has not said what computer he has but according to his profile he has a Lenovo desktop with an AMD A10-6700 CPU. That computer probably came out about the same time as TPM 2.0 which was finalized in 2015 so chances are it only has TPM 1.2. Still it may not matter because the CPU is not on the supported CPU list for Windows 11. However, @MorganBilbo should continue to follow these threads because you won't know for sure until Windows 11 comes out and people find out what hardware will or will not work with it.

That's exactly my intent. To watch and see. I did verify that my Lenovo is not ready for W11. I'm not sure, but it has TPM 1.2. That don't matter because I must wait until MS tells us what we can do when the time comes around. They have their schedule and will follow it. So it's just a matter of time. Thanks to y'all!

I am currently getting the components for a new pc together and will run W10 pro 64 on it until Microsoft offers W11. It will be plenty powerful enough for my uses.

Ryzen 3 3200G *
Gigabyte GA-A320M-H
2 x 4 Gb Corsair VengenceLP DDR4 *
Akasa Vegas Chroma AM cpu cooler
WD Black SN750 500 Gb M2
Be Quiet semi modular 500W 80+Gold psu
Centurian 550 case *
New parts except *