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.
Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware
Submitted 1 week ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
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dmtalon@infosec.pub 1 week ago
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I guess it’s a good thing I am switching to Linux.
OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
Mint. There you forgot to finish your sentence.
Tangent5280@lemmy.world 4 days 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.
MonkeyBrawler@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Don’t say, do.
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 1 week 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.
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 6 days 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.
macgyver@federation.red 6 days ago
Rufus can do this too
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 6 days 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.
OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I swear they do that already.
DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 1 week 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.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
I was really considering getting a new laptop and now I want it to be a Debian laptop. :^
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 5 days ago
How do you choose a Linux OS?
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days 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).
Zacryon@feddit.org 5 days 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.
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
And here I am trying NOT to install on my PC.