Microsoft wants to encourage usage as much as possible Windows 11Although its latest operating system has a number of restrictions implemented as requirements that prevent many from using it officially.

However, the company stands by its commitment and published a Out-of-band update for Windows 10, KB5020683to “enhance the out-of-the-box experience (OOBE)” in the 2004, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2 and 22H2 versions in their Home and Professional editions, in addition to providing “suitable devices with option to upgrade to Windows 11 as part of the OOBE process. This update will only be available if the OOBE update is installed.”

As we can see, the Redmond giant is aware of the restrictions it has implemented in Windows 11, which is compounded by the fact that KB5020683 only made it to the Home and Professional editions of Windows 10. When we talk about “eligible devices”, it is clear that it concerns those , which have motherboard-level features like TPM 2 that are required to run Windows 11 on a computer, at least officially.

The use of features like TPM 2 in Windows 11 is Microsoft’s attempt to improve system security using mechanisms that have been implemented in motherboards over the years, especially after consolidation. from UEFI. This policy has led some voices to accuse the corporation of conducting planned obsolescence (or rather forced obsolescence) practices to force people to buy new equipment when what they have is more than capable of matching it in terms of power. Here, the most famous case is the recommendation to buy a new computer as the best way to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 11.

On the other hand, and although Microsoft is taking all the sticks under its feet, the use of TPM 2 is also being promoted in Linux as a way to strengthen security, although in the open source system, at least for now, it is only a recommendation and not a storage.