<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I have a couple 'old' Dell T30 servers that had an updatable TPM on the MB. With a simple firmware update the on-board TPM chip was upgraded to 2.0, and Win 11 could be installed without compromise.<div><br></div><div>I was very surprised to see that, as it breathed new life into those otherwise nice low-end servers...</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Ken</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 25, 2024, at 17:24, Mike Spooner via rescue <rescue@sunhelp.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto">It's worth pointing out that Microsoft notified all OEMs in January 2016 that from April 2016 onwards (ie 2 years after the TPM 2.0 spec was published), computers would only be able to be shipped with Windows preinstalled if they were TPM-2 capable, although for a couple of years OEMs would be allowed to have it default to disabled in BIOS (but that in all cases it *must* remain enable-able in the BIOS menus).<br><br>As always with OEMs, many flouted their contract with Microsoft regarding this. At least *some* of the TPM-requirements-anger should be directed at them. Admittedly, MS might have jumped slightly early, but they had been warning OEMs several times during 2015.<br><br>- Mike<br></div></div></blockquote><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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