When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 in 2021, its new, stringent hardware compatibility test included checking for the presence of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) -- specifically, one that meets the ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is again defending the stipulation to have TPM 2.0 to upgrade to Windows 11, laying out the benefits of the bolstered security it brings in a fresh blog post. However, environmental ...

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 ...

Upgrading your operating system usually isn’t urgent — until you see the price drop to $12.97 (MSRP: $199). At 90% off, ...

Users on Reddit have uncovered a new workaround for running Windows 11 on older computers. They've found that Windows 11 IoT Enterprise can be installed on hardware that doesn't meet Microsoft's ...

There was an era when a 2 year old PC was considered ancient too. Now the PC market is "mature" and for most people there's not much that a 2024 PC can do that a 2015 PC cannot. The cell phone market ...

Would you want to run Linux on a non-TPM2 machine? TPM isn't security, at least on its own. Remember how every flipped out over how insecure Microsoft implemented their AI Recall feature, despite it ...