Windows 11 is the necessary revulsive that Microsoft‘s operating systems were needing. Although it has more of an evolution than a revolution, mixing the base and the latest news from Windows 10 and the development work carried out for Windows 10X (now discontinued), there is no doubt that it has been a pleasant surprise and you are surely waiting for it to update your computer . . But how to do it without any restrictions?
Windows 11 has strict requirements
We are talking about Windows 11 as the new version of the most used computer operating system in the world. To update it, we can wait for the update to arrive on our Windows 10 computer, install it from the previous version on our own, or directly make it be on our PC from scratch.
But in any case we can also have problems with some restrictions that can prevent our version from being completely up to date. In those, it requires a computer that is compatible with TPM 2.0 and that in turn has Secure Boot.
However, and through a series of steps , it is possible to bypass these requirements and install Windows 11 on computers that, in theory, do not support it. And it is that, unlike previous versions, Windows 11 has some installation requirements that are, to say the least, strict. This has caused controversy, although if your computer is modern, you should be able to run the new version of the operating system without any major problems. These are the basic requirements :
- Processor. 1 GHz or faster, with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit chip or System on a Chip (SoC). It can be Intel 8th generation or later or AMD Ryzen 2000 series or later. Microsoft has a complete list of supported processors on its website.
- RAM. 4 GB, if your computer is less than 4 GB, you can consider adding additional RAM. Check with your PC manufacturer first.
- Storage. 64GB or more.
- System Firmware – UEFI with Secure Boot capabilities.
- TPM : Version 2.0.
- Graphics Card : DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver.
- Display : High-definition (720p) monitor larger than 9 inches diagonal, 8 bits per color channel.
- Internet – Windows 11 Home edition requires an Internet connection and a Microsoft account. It is necessary at least for the installation, later you can use a local account.
Rufus, the best alternative
To run Windows 11, your system must meet Microsoft’s minimum requirements. In any case, and in case it does not fit what we mention here, you can do it in another way, as we will show you below.
This is not something other than the unofficial way, but by the Rufus tool. An application that has long been used by IT departments to quickly create bootable Windows installers. In those, and with the latest version in beta, as reported by Ars Technica, we will now have the ability to remove the requirement for a Microsoft account, as well as other circumventions. Among them, bypassing systems that lack TPM 2.0, or those that have less than 4 GB of RAM or 64 GB of storage.
Simply download the Windows 11 ISO image; create the installation media with the new Rufus options and install taking care not to be connected to the Internet so that the installer offers you the possibility to use a local account.
- The first thing is to download and install the Rufus tool ( latest version ).
- Now we will proceed to download the Windows 11 ISO from the official Microsoft repository .
- we open the latest version of Rufus.
- We select the Windows 11 ISO that we just downloaded.
- And in the Extended installation of Windows 11 section we are going to choose Create extended installation of Windows 11 (No TPM, No Secure Boot, 8GB – RAM).
- Finally Start.
Easier for an installation from scratch
It is true that using a tool like Rufus to perform a clean installation from scratch for Windows 11 without having to edit anything by hand to skip those requirements is much more comfortable depending on the case. However; we can’t say it’s safer than doing it the ‘official’ way.
The only thing to keep in mind is that you have to accept the risk that something could go wrong because your PC is technically unsupported, as well as the fact that Microsoft keeps its promise and threatens not to allow installing updates on Windows 11 PCs that are not supported. are officially supported.