How to bypass TPM 2.0 requirements when installing Windows 11

On Windows 11, Microsoft requires the computer to have the TPM 2.0 feature. Without TPM 2.0, or not activated, you will not be able to install Windows 11.

A. Bypass TPM 2.0 by editing Registry Editor during Windows 11 installation

During the installation of Windows 11 on a computer without or without TPM 2.0 enabled, you will receive the message This PC can't run Windows 11 as shown below.

Step 1: Press Shift + F10 to open a command line window (CMD)

Step 2: On the CMD window, type regedit.exe and press Enter

Step 3: On the Registry Editor window, access:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup

Step 4: Right-click Setup and select New > Key to create a new key named LabConfig

Step 5: Create two new DWORD values ​​in the newly created LabConfig key by right-clicking on LabConfig and then selecting New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the 2 new values ​​BypassTPMCheck and BypassSecureBootCheck

Step 6: Double-click the two newly created values ​​and then enter 1 in the Value data box then press Enter

B. Bypass TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot by editing Windows 11 installation files

In addition to editing the Registry Editor, you can also edit the Windows 11 installation file to bypass the TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements.

Before you start, you need to prepare the following:

• USB install Windows 10
• Windows 11 ISO file (currently no official file)

Step 1: Mount the Windows 11 ISO file to the virtual drive by right-clicking the ISO file > Open with > Windows Explorer

Step 2: Go to the sources folder, find and copy the install.wim file of the Windows 11 installer

Step 3: Paste the install.wim file into the sources folder of the Windows 10 USB installation. Choose to overwrite the old file (Replace the file in the destination). In other words, you replace the install.wim file of the Windows 11 installer with the Windows 10 installer

Note: If there is an install.esd file in the source folder of the Windows 10 installer, you must delete it. Then paste the install.wim file of Windows 11

That's it, you can use that USB to install Windows 11 normally, bypassing the TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements.

Above are the two simplest ways for you to bypass the TPM 2.0 requirement and install Windows 11 normally. Good luck!