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Windows 11 Surface Pro 5
I have a question about the compatibility and hoping you might be able to answer or steer me in the correct direction.
I have a surface pro 1796, surface pro 5, 2017, what ever they want to call it. According to MS I'm not compatible for W11, is there a way around this? I looked at my requirements and it seems it the processor is not currently supported. Is that to say it will be in the future or is that just a nice way to say "get a new computer"?
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300U CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2712Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Is there somewhere/some way this might be upgradeable?
I can readily afford a new machine but I really LOVE this surface pro.
thanks for any insight you can give.
-Mike
BroMikeBos It looks like Microsoft allows you to add a registry key to get around the TPM 2.0 and CPU compatibility check (though I think TPM 1.2 is still required). Haven't tried this myself, but one of the IT guys at my office has upgraded several otherwise incompatible machines this way.
- Would you be able to find out from your coworker if he or she is giving security patches/updates after installing and working around the tPM. My machine actually does have TPM 2.0 and it is enabled. I believe my roadblock is the processor. That processor does not show that it is compatible.
Sorry, that is supposed to read “ If he or she is getting security patches/updates after installing and working around the TPM.”
BroMikeBos He said he's upgraded quite a few machines and they're all receiving updates with no problem at this point.
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