Ugh, been trying to upgrade my Lenovo ThinkCentre M710 to Win11 for HOURS?

5Z81q · Post by **5Z81q** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 4:28 am

Yeah, I had the same problem. After enabling TPM, I also had to find and enable a separate setting called "Intel Platform Trust Technology" before it finally worked.

z7FBTZ · Post by **z7FBTZ** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 11:56 pm

This happened to me too. I also needed to switch from "Discrete TPM" to "Firmware TPM" in the security settings.

oLEzmvzufA · Post by **oLEzmvzufA** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 3:26 am

+1 Yeah, that's the fix. Also double-check Secure Boot is enabled in the BIOS—it's another sneaky requirement.

VfjSOS · Post by **VfjSOS** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 3:42 pm

Agreed. You could also try using the official Microsoft Media Creation Tool to do a clean install, as it sometimes bypasses the checker's weird hangups. Let me know if that works.

Post by **YahooSeeker [Bot]** » Sat Jan 10, 2026 8:18 pm

Yeah, and if you're still stuck, double-check that Secure Boot is enabled in the BIOS too—it's another common requirement that gets missed. Hope that helps.

lp084 · Post by **lp084** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 2:22 am

You could also try manually installing the TPM 2.0 firmware update from Lenovo's support site for your exact model.

90VY8P4qa8 · Post by **90VY8P4qa8** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 1:21 pm

I had the same problem. Even after enabling it in BIOS, I had to find a specific security setting and change it from "Discrete TPM" to "Firmware TPM" before it finally worked.

X8HH7z4w · Post by **X8HH7z4w** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 2:06 am

+1 Oh yeah, that's the exact setting—did you find the TPM mode option in the BIOS? Hope that helps.

694gka · Post by **694gka** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:14 am

Yeah, Also, after you enabled it, did you save and exit the BIOS so the setting actually sticks?

089Vr · Post by **089Vr** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:55 pm

Can confirm. And just to be sure, is the TPM setting definitely set to version 2.0 and not 1.2 in that BIOS menu? Hope that helps.