MS posts how to work around Win11 system requirements!

[mikeymikec]

Ways to install Windows 11 - Microsoft Support

Learn how to install Windows 11, including the recommended option of visiting the Windows Update page in Settings.

support.microsoft.com

I wonder whether the registry key can simply be added while running Win11 setup, ie. at the first opportunity that one can do Shift+F10, run regedit). I might try it on a spare PC.

I also wonder if MS posted this information because they're feeling sad that Win11's adoption rates are pretty embarrassing

 

[mxnerd]

Ventoy with ventoy plugin ventoy.json

Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

www.ventoy.net

chage the value VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_CHECK to 1

Best multiple OS USB installer ever - Ventoy!

Super easy and amazing installer and much better than YUMI mutiboot. Windows/Linux/ESXi, etc. You name it! https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html Run Windows install and let it format your USB flash drive. Then just copy iso/img etc. files onto the flash drive. The ISO/IMG files can be in...

forums.anandtech.com

 

[Zoozuu]

cool. have you done this? I tried installing windows an linux from a program called rufus. most of the time is just doesn't work right...been using balenaetcher to just install images directly most of the time other than windows as it uses its own tool.

 

[mxnerd]

Yep. Ventoy with that ventoy.json file and VTOY_WIN11_BYPASS_CHECK =1 entry in /ventoy directory skipped the hardware requirement check.

YUMI also supports multiboot, but Ventoy is much easier and elegant.

Rufus supports Win11 hardware bypass as well since v3.16 but only supports one OS on a flash drive so I switched to Ventoy.

rufus/ChangeLog.txt at master · pbatard/rufus

The Reliable USB Formatting Utility. Contribute to pbatard/rufus development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Steltek]

USB installer tool removes Windows 11’s Microsoft account requirements (and more)

Tool can also patch out the CPU, TPM, and Secure Boot install requirements.

arstechnica.com

The Rufus 3.19 beta release is the first version of Rufus to include this feature.