How to Bypass CPU, TPM, Secure Boot, RAM, and Windows 11 Online Account Requirements

January 7, 2023

Ever since Microsoft announced the new system requirements for Windows 11, users have been looking for a workaround to bypass the restrictions. In fact, Microsoft itself has loosened the rules somewhat. If you have TPM 1.2, you can bypass TPM 2.0 and CPU checking with an official Microsoft registry hack. Not to mention, there are several other ways to bypass Windows 11 CPU, TPM, Secure Boot, RAM, and Online Account requirements. So, in this guide, we present a detailed guide to skip all minimum system requirements and install Windows 11 on unsupported systems. On that note, let's move on to the tutorial.

Bypass Windows 11 CPU, TPM, Secure Boot, and RAM requirements (2022)

In this article, we have mentioned all the steps to bypass the minimum system requirements of Windows 11. You can use Rufus to clean install Windows 11 by removing all restrictions. You can also apply Windows Update even on incompatible computers. Finally, we have also included the official workaround from Microsoft. You can expand the table below and jump to any section you want.

Bypass all Windows 11 system requirements with Rufus

Rufus is a free and open source formatting utility used to create a bootable USB drive for Windows 11 and Linux operating systems. It is a great tool that also allows you to bypass all Windows 11 system requirements. The latest version of Rufus allows you to bypass TPM, secure boot, 4GB RAM limit and even online account requirement recently introduced in Windows 11 Pro and Home. .

On that note, let's go ahead and find out how to skip all the Windows 11 minimum system requirements.

1. First, download the latest version of Rufus (3.18 or higher, free) from the link here .

2. Then download the official Windows 11 ISO from the Microsoft website ( visit ) for free. Follow our linked guide for detailed instructions.

3. After that, connect the USB drive to your computer and launch Rufus. It will automatically detect the USB drive. Now click "Select" to download the Windows 11 ISO image.

4. Here, select the Windows 11 ISO you downloaded recently.

5. After that, click "Start" to create a bootable Windows 11 USB drive.

6. A pop-up window will instantly appear on the screen as soon as you click "Start". Here you can disable all Windows 11 requirements including TPM, 4GB RAM, Secure Boot, and a Microsoft online account. In addition, you can also turn off data collection and other such things. Finally, click "OK" and the bootable flash drive will be ready in a few minutes.

Note. Rufus does not bypass the CPU requirements, for which we have mentioned the extra steps below.

7. Now connect the USB drive to the target machine and perform a clean install of Windows 11 as usual. You won't run into errors. If you have an unsupported CPU, continue to the next step.

Additional Steps to Bypass Windows 11 CPU Requirements

1. For users who do not have a processor supported by Windows 11 and receive the error "Windows 11 cannot run on this computer", do not worry. Just press "Shift + F10" to open a command prompt window. Here, type regedit and press Enter.

2. The registry editor will open. Now follow the path below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMSetup

3. Here, right-click "Setting" and select "New" -> "Key".

4. After that, rename it to "LabConfig" and press Enter.

Note. If LabConfig is already present in the Configuration section, skip to step 5 immediately.

5. After creating the LabConfig key, select it and right-click on an empty space in the left pane. Here select "New" -> "DWORD Value (32-bit)".

6. Rename it to BypassCPUCcheck and press Enter.

7. Now double click on it and change the data value to 1. Click OK to close the Registry and Command Prompt Editor window.

8. After that, click on the back button in the top left corner.

9. Now click next and this time you won't encounter the error. Here is how you can bypass the CPU check in Windows 11.

How to Bypass TPM Verification During Windows 11 Updates

Although users managed to install Windows 11 on non-qualified PCs, official Windows updates cannot be installed due to system requirements check during dynamic updates. Well, this is to be expected as Microsoft has previously stated that it cannot guarantee future updates on non-compatible PCs.

Therefore, if Windows updates are not installing on your Windows 11 PC due to missing some requirements, this method will help you fix the problem. A developer named AveYo has developed a script that automatically bypasses the installation requirements using the Product Server trick. Here's how it works.

1. Open GitHub page the script's . Here click "Code" -> "Download ZIP" in the top right corner.

2. Next, extract the ZIP file on your Windows 11 PC and open the folder.

3.Now go to "bypass11" folder and right click on "Skip_TPM_Check_on_Dynamic_Update.cmd". Here select "Run as administrator" from the context menu. If you receive a security prompt, click More Details -> Run Anyway.

4. A command prompt window will open informing you that the bypass has been applied.

5. Now check for updates on your Windows 11 PC and you should be able to install them without problems. Before installation, the installation wizard may prompt you to accept the risk before installing updates on an incompatible computer. Accept it and you are ready to go. In case this doesn't work, restart your computer and try again.

6. If you want to remove the bypass patch from your system, run the same script again and it will be removed immediately.

Windows 11 CPU and TPM Bypass (Microsoft Official Method)

Third-party tricks aside, Microsoft also has detailed instructions on how to bypass the CPU and TPM requirements when upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11. That being said, you need at least a 1.2 TPM chip for this method to work. Here's how to do it.

1. Press the Windows key and type "regedit". Now open the registry editor.

2. Here, paste the path below into the address bar of the registry editor and press Enter. This will take you straight to the next path.

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMSetupMoSetup

3. Then right-click "MoSetup" on the left sidebar and select "New" -> "DWORD Value (32-bit)".

4. Rename it to AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU and press Enter.

5. Now double click on the new key to open it. Here, enter 1 in the value data field and click OK.

6. You can now close the Registry Editor and restart your computer for the changes to take effect. If you have already downloaded the Windows 11 ISO image, right-click on it and choose Mount.

8. The Windows 11 ISO image will be mounted as an external drive. Then open File Explorer and navigate to the mapped drive. Here, double click "setup.exe" to start the upgrade process.

9. Click Next and accept the warning that you are about to run Windows 11 on an incompatible PC. That's all. You can now officially upgrade to Windows 11 bypassing the CPU and TPM checks.

Remove Windows 11 system restrictions on unsupported PCs

So, these are three easy ways to skip the minimum system requirements from Windows 11. With the first method, you can perform a clean install of Windows 11, and the second method allows you to apply future updates on your Windows 11 PC. The third method allows you to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 on incompatible computers. However, this is all from us. If you want to enable or disable fast startup in Windows 11, follow our linked article. For installing Android apps on Windows 11, we have a dedicated guide. Finally, if you have any questions, please let us know in the comments section below.