On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I think the official EOL is sometime next year.
>
> MS got themselves into a bit of a pickle from what I can tell. Win11
> requires some security thing in a separate chip or inside of Intel CPUs
> built after some point. They’ve played a hard line saying nothing will work
> on Win11 without that bit of hardware. By EOLing all Win10 machines and
> forcing them to upgrade to Win11, they’ll turn a LOT of hardware into
> bricks. Last week they announced they’re going to back-down on that and
> will allow Win11 to be installed on older hardware without that chip. And
> ... they just announced they’ll even offer a subscription to keep Win10
> updated with security patches for another 5 years or so, like they’ve been
> doing with Win7 for a while now.
>
> Yes, lately MS has been flip-flopping on the TPM h/w module as mandatory
for a Win11 install.
The workaround (bypassing TPM) is to use Rufus <https://rufus.ie/en/> to
create a bootable Win11 install media (8GB USB drive) that bypasses the TPM
check.
You will need to download the Win11 ISO from Microsoft.

Your Win10 lic key is good for a Win11 install.

HTH,
--
Arun Khan