MediaCreationTool.bat

> my CPU (which is supported) isn't supported Could it be that TPM is disabled in the bios? Could just be that the machine has all the supported hardware, just that the hardware is inaccessable in software. There are ways to bypass the TPM and Secureboot checks and install 11 even on unsupported CPUs / lack of TPMs (Saying its an i7 so it should be supported doesn't help because the first i7 was release in 2008 iirc) by using things like https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat to skip windows 11 upgrade checks. You just don't get support for the features requiring TPM/secure boot and no guarantees that things won't break in the future.

Interesting. If I understand correctly, the "bypass" is https://github.com/coofcookie/Windows11Upgrade/blob/1.0.0/Wi... which is a copy of https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/blob/main/MCT... which appears to be intentionally cryptic. It sets HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU=1 which is mentioned by Microsoft in https://support.microsoft.com/windows/ways-to-install-window... which seems reasonable. According to the comment, the rest of the script "uses IFEO to attach to Virtual Disk Service Loader process running during setup, then erases appraiserres.dll [...] it must also do some ping-pong renaming of vdsldr in system32\11" Could anyone explain this in more detail? Also note, according to https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/issues/11 it skips the CPU and TPM checks, but not the Secure