"In the weeks and days leading up to Windows 10's loss of support on Oct. 14, I experienced first-hand the pop-ups and notifications from Microsoft nudging me that "It's time to buy a new PC." Microsoft is hoping consumers will forgo dealing with the potential headache of an upgrade and just fork over the money for a new PC to "get up to speed" with Windows 11."
"But if you're like me and have a PC that would otherwise run Windows 11 just fine, don't give up so fast. There are workarounds, and we've covered them extensively at ZDNET. Senior Editor Ed Bott wrote a comprehensive guide on how to upgrade your "incompatible" PC to Windows 11, and it's helped many of our readers (just take a look at the comments) upgrade systems that were initially deemed ineligible -- myself included."
Many desktops built around 2020 with midrange Asus motherboards and Intel Core i9-9900 processors still perform well in 2025 but often lack TPM 2.0 and are deemed ineligible for Windows 11. The Trusted Platform Module provides a secure cryptoprocessor that mitigates security risks and handles encryption keys. Windows 10 support ended on Oct. 14, prompting system notifications urging users to buy new PCs. Microsoft’s strict hardware checks mark many otherwise-capable machines as incompatible. Practical workarounds exist to bypass these checks and install Windows 11 on such systems, and community guides and user reports confirm successful upgrades.
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