Install Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware — Safe Guide

1. Download XI 23H2 from https://os.click.
2. UUP dump from uupdump.net.
3. Download the official ISO from Microsoft: Windows 11 ISO. Choose language and download.
4. Download Rufus from rufus.ie. The portable EXE is fine.
5. Prepare a USB drive (8GB+). All data will be erased — back it up first.
6. Open Rufus, select the USB, then select the Windows 11 ISO.
7. When Rufus detects Windows 11 it will present additional options. Check the boxes to remove the TPM / Secure Boot / CPU / RAM requirements as needed. You may also see options to skip online account requirement or set up a local account.
8. Click START and let Rufus build the USB. When finished, reboot the target PC and boot from USB (use your BIOS/boot menu key — e.g., F12, F9, Esc).
9. Install Windows normally. The setup will no longer block unsupported hardware checks.

Rufus performs the bypass by creating an install image that skips the pre‑install requirement checks. This avoids editing the registry mid‑install and avoids downloading unofficial ISOs.

1. Install Ventoy to a USB drive (it creates a multi‑ISO boot environment).
2. Copy the official Windows 11 ISO file directly onto the Ventoy USB like a normal file.
3. If needed, use a ventoy.json plugin or the recommended Ventoy plugin configuration that instructs Windows setup to skip checks (Ventoy docs describe how to configure bypass plugins).
4. Boot the PC from the Ventoy USB and choose the Windows 11 ISO to start setup. Proceed with the installation.

Ventoy is powerful when you maintain multiple ISOs; it’s slightly more technical than Rufus but avoids re‑writing the USB for every ISO.

If you prefer not to use Rufus or Ventoy, you can use Microsoft’s official ISO and perform a registry tweak during the setup process. This is more manual:

1. Boot from the official ISO/USB to the installer until you see the message that the PC does not meet requirements.
2. Press Shift + F10 to open a command prompt, run regedit, and create the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig.
3. Add DWORD (32‑bit) values inside LabConfig such as: BypassTPMCheck=1, BypassSecureBootCheck=1, BypassRAMCheck=1, BypassCPUCheck=1. Alternatively create AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU=1 under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\MoSetup.
4. Close regedit and continue setup; the checks will be bypassed.

This is the same technique many community guides reference; it uses the official ISO and modifies setup behavior at runtime.

• Unsupported configuration: Microsoft considers Windows 11 on unsupported hardware to be unsupported. You may not receive all updates and Microsoft may restrict feature updates in the future.
• Security protections tied to TPM (hardware root of trust) may be partially unavailable on older hardware.
• Third‑party tools like Rufus and Ventoy are widely used and trustworthy when downloaded from their official sites, but never download modified ISOs from untrusted pages.
• Safer approach: use the official ISO + Rufus/Ventoy + avoid unofficial modified ISOs. Keep full backups before proceeding.

• Restore Old Right-Click WXI

:: Restore Old Right-Click WXI
:: Set "Old" Explorer Context Menu as Default
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /ve /f
:: Remove Explorer "Command Bar"
reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{d93ed569-3b3e-4bff-8355-3c44f6a52bb5}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

:: Restart Windows Explorer. (Applies the above settings without needing a reboot)
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe




• Rufus — bootable USB tool
• Ventoy — multi-ISO USB tool

• Microsoft — Windows 11 ISO download
• Rufus — bootable USB tool
• Ventoy — multi-ISO USB tool