One of the big stories surrounding the announcement of Windows 11 was that it would require support for TPM 2.0, or Trusted Platform Module, to run. This takes the form of an on-board cryptographic ...

This post features solutions to fix Your computer’s Trusted Platform Module has malfunctioned, Encryption failed, Error 80090034 Microsoft 365 apps Activation error ...

Four researchers from the National Security Research Institute of South Korea have figured out (PDF) that there are some exploitable flaws in the Trusted Platform Module 2.0, which has been around ...

If you are getting The PC must support TPM 2.0 error while upgrading to Windows 11, here are a couple of things you need to check to bypass this issue. It is a common ...

TPM processors come in two versions - an older and less secure 1.2 version and a more secure 2.0 version, which is a requirement for Windows 11. Since 2013, Intel and AMD added firmware TPM technology ...

I have an ASUS Maximus IX Hero motherboard working very well with an existing Win10 Enterprise install. That install is from an older machine I since sold, and migrated to a M.2 NVMe SSD. In other ...

The Trusted Platform Module is a hardware component built into PCs and laptops. It's designed to securely generate and store encryption keys, passwords, and digital certificates. The Trusted Platform ...

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With the announcement of Windows 11 last Thursday, the humble Trusted Platform Module (TPM) has gotten more attention than ever. Home users are suddenly interested in this esoteric security tech.

One of the big things that makes Windows 11 different from every previous version of Windows is that it requires the PC to be equipped with a TPM 2.0 module. Being that this requirement has thus far ...

Windows 11 requires a Trusted Platform Module 2.0 as part of its hardware requirements, but only a very select handful of people will ever need to buy a physical module for their motherboard. Chances ...

Why it matters: Windows 11 is coming, but it won't be coming to just any PC. Microsoft says the next generation of Windows requires the use of a system with Trusted Platform Module 2.0, and most ...