- For security and lab testing during windows 11 install, you have the ability to bypass some security requirement, during the install you will see a message stating, "This PC can't run Windows 11." Windows 11 setup blocked due to missing hardware requirements.
- When you see the above message, press Shift+F10 on your keyboard to launch a command prompt. Now type regedit and press enter to launch it.
- When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup, Right-click on the Setup key and select New > Key.
- When prompted to name the key, Type LabConfig and press enter.
- Next right-click on the LabConfig key and select New > DWORD (32-bit) value and create a value named BypassTPMCheck, and set its data to 1.
- Also create a DWORD 32 for (BypassSecureBootCheck) and set its value to 1. ( older machine that have no secure boot option, pre year 2010 ).
- For very OLD CPU's add this: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup then create DWORD 32 (AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU) then set to 1, would not install on a machine with less than a 2nd gen I5.
- Now close all the new screens, press back, select the correct OS home/Pro etc. And you will no longer see the screen with the "This PC can't run Windows 11."
