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 ...

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 ...

As the end of life is fast approaching for Windows 10, Microsoft is pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11. However, one barrier to entry is the company's requirement ...

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 ...

I clearly recall all the hue and cry around Windows 11's compatibility when the iteration was first released in October 2021. At the time, a significant number of PCs were rendered ineligible for the ...

Microsoft has published a detailed guide on how to meet the requirements of Windows 11 TPM 2.0 when moving and migrating virtual machines. Microsoft today has published a detailed guidance for IT ...

TPM sniffing attacks, which we have covered before, are possible even on modern Intel-powered hardware running the latest Windows 11. Such attacks may however be preventable by Microsoft's Pluton.

Want to upgrade to Windows 11 but your computer lacks TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, or has an unsupported CPU? This guide will help you do just that. This guide will show you how to perform an in-place ...

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 ...