Several months have passed since the release of Windows 11, and the latest Microsoft operating system is slowly gaining popularity. Although the market leader is still Windows 10, according to the information provided by the Statscounter service, in February the shares of “eleven” in the family of OSs from the Redmond company exceeded 18 percent.
One of the barriers that hinders Windows 11’s more dynamic growth are the high hardware requirements set by Microsoft. To install the system on a computer, it must have at least a processor Intel 8th generation (or AMD with Zen+ architecture),
Windows 11 with a watermark Windows 11
Windows 11. Seeing a strange watermark on your desktop? This is Microsoft’s “revenge”.
However, this is theory, because practice shows that Windows 11 can also be installed on devices that do not meet the minimum requirements. So far, this has not caused any inconvenience, but after the last update of the system, Microsoft decided to remind unruly users that they should use the older version of the system.
They have been appearing on the official Microsoft forums for some time entries of dissatisfied people who get irritatedthat a watermark appeared on their desktops. A message in the lower right corner of the screen informs you that the hardware does not meet the minimum requirements.
It is worth recalling that an almost identical watermark appears in people who have not activated their version of Windows or have a pirated version of the system. Interestingly, some users report that after clicking on the watermark, the system takes them to the settings menu, where another message appears suggesting returning to Windows 10.
Fortunately, the watermark – although it may irritate some – is the only inconvenience that users of computers that do not meet the hardware requirements for W11 have to face.
Got a new computer and Windows still shows the watermark? Do not panic
As it turns out, the unwanted message may also appear in the case of people who have new computers – with the TPM 2.0 module. It turns out that for some computers this module is deactivated by default and must be enabled in the BIOS settings.
To access the BIOS, we should start the computer and then press the DELETE key.
Later, things get a bit more complicated because different motherboard manufacturers hide the TPM settings in different places. For example, in the case of AsRock motherboards, the process is as follows:
- – AMD users: Advanced > CPU Configuration > AMD fTPM Switch > AMD CPU fTPM.
- – Intel users: Security > Intel Platform Trust Technology > Enabled.
Source: Gazeta
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