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Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨moe90@feddit.nl⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-cracking-down-people-upgrading-windows-11-unsupported-hardware/

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  • dmtalon@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And here I am with windows 11 compatible hardware refusing that upgrade. I’m primarily in Linux on my desktop these days, but it dual boots into windows 10.

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  • Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The year of the Linux Desktop is coming!!!

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    • Darkenfolk@dormi.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Soonish™

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      • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        😂

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  • buddascrayon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I guess it’s a good thing I am switching to Linux.

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    • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mint. There you forgot to finish your sentence.

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      • Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m installing Mint! I also had an eye on EndeavourOS, but I’m thinking I can first switch to mint and once I have some time in it switch to the more involved EndeavourOS tweaking process.

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    • MonkeyBrawler@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t say, do.

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  • lazynooblet@lazysoci.al ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How is this cracking down? The article says the documentation for the registry edits have been removed and an automated approach of removing restrictions is now a false positive for windows defender.

    I’m assuming the registry edits still work (article doesn’t say) in which case where am I meant to point my outrage?

    Now if they block windows 11 from running and the registry entries do nothing, that would be a worthy news article.

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  • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    While this article is about upgrading to Win11, not necessarily a clean install, I found the best way to bypass the requirements is to make an autounnatend with Schneegans.de . Make a Win11 installation USB, generate an autounnatend to bypass the requirements, remove bloat, allow offline install (local account instead of Microsoft account), and a couple other little tweaks like dark mode etc. Drop the xml on the root of the flash drive, and boom.

    Or… You know… Install Linux.

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    • macgyver@federation.red ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Rufus can do this too

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  • DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is just going to push people who aren’t locked into Windows, away from Windows, and Linux is making a pretty good argument for itself as a viable alternative atm, particularly for gaming.

    Although another option would be to virtualize Windows on a Linux host too, that’s what I’m doing right now /w Win10 LTSC for general apps that aren’t entirely WINE-friendly, and then Win8.1 for some older games that aren’t entirely WINE-friendly, and the Win8.1 VM has my R9 270 being passed through to it over vfio-pci for graphics for that reason.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The update claims that Windows Defender now identifies the app as potential malware. Flyby11 is a popular third-party tool that allows people to dodge the TPM 2.0 requirement and install Windows 11 on any machine, so Defender suddenly taking a dislike for the app does raise a few eyebrows.

    Well, it was only a matter of time until MS abuses their malware scanner for software they don’t like.

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    • OrderedChaos@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I swear they do that already.

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  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This isn’t the story. All that’s changed is that a 3rd party script is being flagged my Defender as malicious. You can still update unsupported machines like always.

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  • cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was really considering getting a new laptop and now I want it to be a Debian laptop. :^

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    • SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How do you choose a Linux OS?

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      • cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Personal preference really but Debian is pretty much just Ubuntu without the bloat. You can also try a lot of them on a live disk without installing (Mint is a good option too).

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  • Zacryon@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am using Linux for work anyway and used Windoof just for gaming. I have hear good things about gaming on Linux recently, so that’s a good incentive to make the full switch.

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  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And here I am trying NOT to install on my PC.

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