Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's why and what to do if your old PC doesn't have one.

Windows 10 has reached end of life. But you can upgrade unsupported PCs to Windows 11 by bypassing TPM and RAM checks without ...

Microsoft really doesn't want customers to upgrade older PCs to Windows 11, but there are workarounds for all but the oldest devices. Now that Windows 10 support has officially ended, here's ...

Just insert it, enter the UEFI (BIOS) to change the boot device to the USB drive, and follow the installer's prompts. Best of ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 earlier this month.Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass ...

Windows 10 officially reached the end of support on October 14, 2025.That means Microsoft no longer provides security updates, bug fixes, or technical support for it.

Microsoft will no longer be offering free security updates for Windows 10. If you're not ready to upgrade to Windows 11, here ...

In a surprising reversal, Microsoft has published new guidelines for installing Windows 11 on devices that do not meet the operating system's minimum requirements. This decision came less than a week ...

The TPM hardware requirement for Windows 11 was one of the biggest barriers to initial upgraders three years ago. And while that’s become less of an issue, it’s ...

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 ...

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 ...