Although this was clearly not Microsoft’s intentions, Windows 11’s technical requirements have been a source of controversy even before starting the deployment of the operating system. And it is not surprising, because in addition to the increase in demand for the processor, RAM memory and storage capacity, which is understandable under these circumstances, Redmond decided to introduce the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to guarantee the security of the system. the fact that several vulnerabilities have already been discovered.

Although in their early days they acted a little more left-handedthey became stricter over time, which aims to say goodbye to more than 240 million Windows PCs in about a year and a half (yes, the perfect time to encourage affected users to give Linux a shot). And while we’re still not sure when Windows 12 will be released, nothing makes us think it will be more lax than Windows 11 in this regard.

Now let Microsoft try to prevent Windows 11 from being used on computers without a TPM chip. It doesn’t mean I’ve achieved it.. A few months ago we told you how to bypass this limitation with a simple command, a trick that exploits the need on the part of Microsoft to ensure that its operating system remains compatible with systems (not PCs) that have TPM, UEFI and other herbs. And if it seemed simple to you, now we will see that there is another method that makes it even simpler, and this is for the TLSC version, which recently leaked its first ISO.

As we already told you in the news about this ISO, we will find in it at least one compilation aimed specifically at the IoT ecosystem, and there is a backdoor, as we see in tweet released by Bob Pony, which shows us that he was able to do it Bypass Windows 11 LTSC technical requirements during installation by selecting Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC. In this sequence, he shows us how he previously tried to select Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC, only to be told by the wizard that the system does not meet the minimum requirements.

So again we find a backdoor, again due to Microsoft’s interest in allowing Windows 11 to be installed on systems in certain contexts, in this case IoT infrastructure, an environment in which it’s common to find devices that are older than average (which reminds me of the floppy disk news in San Francisco this afternoon). So Microsoft will have to give up on reaching these devices with Windows 11, otherwise it looks like it will continue to be easy to get around the restrictions it’s trying to put in place for PCs.