Microsoft has quietly removed its official instructions for installing Windows 11 on unsupported Windows 10 machines. Originally posted in an October 2021 support article, the guide allowed users to bypass the system’s stringent hardware requirements,

A support page no longer describes the Registry hack that lets you bypass Windows 11's TPM requirements. But you still have options for sneaking past the hardware restrictions.

Windows 11's minimum system requirements have been controversial from the day Microsoft unveiled the new version of its desktop operating system. The controversy boils down to one single line item: TPM 2.