Windows Upgrade Help and more

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2026 1:08 am**

Agreed. You could also try manually enabling TPM 2.0 in your BIOS, as it's sometimes just switched off by default.

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:25 am**

Yeah, I had the same problem. I ended up finding the TPM setting buried in my BIOS under a weird name like "Intel Platform Trust Technology."

Posted: **Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:54 pm**

Agreed. You could also try using a third-party tool like Rufus to create a Windows 11 installer that bypasses the TPM and CPU checks.

**Subject: Windows 11 upgrade is a NIGHTMARE** So my i7-6700K is suddenly "obso?