Zero day? Yeah, we’ll get to it. Running Windows 11 on old CPUs? OMG WE MUST FIX THIS NOW!
Microsoft has accidentally turned off its controversial hardware compatibility check, thus offering Windows 11 to computers not on the list. Windows 11 does not install on computers that lack a recent TPM-equipped CPU, although there are exceptions (notably for some of Microsoft’s own hardware, which failed to make the cut in the original list). It is possible to circumvent this limitation, although there is no guarantee that a future version of Windows 11 won’t slam the door permanently.
