Windows 11 upgrade tool that bypasses Microsoft´s requirements

https://github.com/coofcookie/Windows11Upgrade

by donutloop • 5 years ago

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peakaboo• 5 years ago

Nice :) Feature request : Make windows a proper operating system where you are not the product being exploited.

superkuh• 5 years ago

That's the slipstreamed, highly modified pirate versions with spying/updates disabled. You'll have to torrent it and put in a bit of working keeping it up to date but it's the least worst way.

No doubt MS will have their subsidiary Github remove coofcookie's Windows11Upgradetool and soon it will only be available for pirate users.

zamadatix2• 5 years ago

No doubt MS will have their subsidiary Github remove coofcookie's Windows11Upgradetool and soon it will only be available for pirate users.

Extreme doubt really considering they haven't even removed MAS https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts after nearly 2 years.

noxer5• 5 years ago

The tool is useless. Bypass instruction for the TPM checks etc. are on MS website since release day. Anyone with basic windows knowledge could do it since the win11 iso leaked.

AndrewDucker• 5 years ago

I'd be worried about Microsoft's comment that unsupported copies might not get security updates...

vladvasiliu3• 5 years ago

I wonder how this will play out. It was my understanding that the whole forced updates on Windows 10, free upgrade from 7 / 8, etc were meant to cut down on the number of people running old, unpatched versions.

For what it's worth, I installed Win 11 on an unsupported computer (4th gen Xeon, no tpm) out of curiosity and I did get updates. Of course, that doesn't mean it will happen forever.

OldTimeCoffee• 5 years ago

I'd assume long term they're going to do more with TPMs. Once they start pushing patches that require a TPM, unsupported configurations won't be able to receive that update.

nly3• 5 years ago

I bypassed the checks and installed in a Virtualbox a month or so ago, and it's been updating just fine.

I don't see them seriously blocking non-conforming installs as it would essential rule out all virtual machines.

londons_explore2• 5 years ago

There are various 'passthrough' approaches to let a virtual machine have access to the hosts TPM. In the future, that may become mandatory.

jpalomaki• 5 years ago

Microsoft provides also their own instructions on bypassing some of the requirements: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-...

Looks like you by-pass CPU family and model check and go with TPM 1.2 instead of the required 2.0.

kevinoid• 5 years ago

Interesting. If I understand correctly, the "bypass" is https://github.com/coofcookie/Windows11Upgrade/blob/1.0.0/Wi... which is a copy of https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/blob/main/MCT... which appears to be intentionally cryptic.

It sets HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU=1 which is mentioned by Microsoft in https://support.microsoft.com/windows/ways-to-install-window... which seems reasonable.

According to the comment, the rest of the script "uses IFEO to attach to Virtual Disk Service Loader process running during setup, then erases appraiserres.dll [...] it must also do some ping-pong renaming of vdsldr in system32\11" Could anyone explain this in more detail?

Also note, according to https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/issues/11 it skips the CPU and TPM checks, but not the Secure Boot checks.

denysvitali• 5 years ago

As you mentioned, you'll still need Secure Boot (or at least, UEFI boot) + GPT.

anaisbetts• 5 years ago

The Image File Execution Options's "Debugger" key works in an extremely simple way - it literally intercepts process creation, takes whatever's in the "Debuggers" key, and prepends it to the command-line to run. If that thing is not a Debugger, it means you effectively get to hook whenever a process is created and Do Something.

This is a great way to nerf a program You Don't Like (i.e. corporate antivirus), because you can write `Please Die` (or literally anything really) in the Debuggers line, and because the resulting command-line is invalid, the CreateProcess call simply fails, yet every integrity check for verifying the file still exists and its ACLs are set still pass.

loeg• 5 years ago

I don’t think I understand what the motivation is for consumers to install Windows 11. It seems like exclusively new requirements and zero new features over Windows 10. With that understanding, other than for a fun intellectual exercise, I’m not sure why you would try to install it by bypassing Microsoft’s requirements list.

invokestatic• 5 years ago

I actually completely agree after upgrading. Very trivial differences over 10. At least it forced me to upgrade from MBR to GPT and UEFI boot.

Someone1234• 5 years ago

I'm running it right now, and I cannot tell you why.

It has a lot of incomplete ideas and feels really unfinished. I think Windows 11 could be worthwhile next year after it is more finished/polished and the Amazon/Android app store is available; but as of today you're just volunteering to be an unpaid tester for unfinished software.

Pretty obvious Microsoft just rushed it out in time for Christmas, so their OEM partners could sell "Windows 11 Compatible" PCs. Feels like they didn't learn much from Vista in that the stigma an OS ships with hangs around its neck forever.

jhanschoo• 5 years ago

Going on a tangent here, the decision for a consumer whether to adopt Win11 aside, it seems to me the whole raison d'être for Win11 rather than continuing to build on Win10 is exactly the additional requirements. They likely want laptops being sold running Win11 to have sane security capabilities for corporate use out of the box. Other that that there's no reason why they can't continue building on Win10.

__s• 5 years ago

Update last night updated Outlook's UI, now the top bar is taking up way too much vertical space that I had to configure ribbon to autohide to not have 20% of vertical space eaten up. Just adds on to start bar being stuck at bottom as opposed to the left where I liked it. No respect for vertical space

comeonseriously3• 5 years ago

They have to keep up the streak of flubbing up every other release of Windows.

ricardobayes5• 5 years ago

What's really frustrating, is it broke most games. Valorant straight out doesn't run, csgo crashes like crazy. It feels like a beta.

filiphorvat• 5 years ago

From my perspective, it has some great new features. WSLg and WSA, for example.

chayleaf• 5 years ago

WSLg worked just fine on Win10

ChuckNorris892• 5 years ago

It seems like exclusively new requirements and zero new features over Windows 10.

I'm confused by your statement. Were you trying to be snarky or were you commenting without actually informing yourself regarding the two OSs? Because the difference in features between Win 10 and 11 is just a quick Google search away.

Most proeminent features for Windows 11 are an updated scheduler tailored to big.little architectures like the new Alder Lake from Intel and Direct Storage for games, a rebranding of the same feature from Xbox One and PS5.

Yes, Windows 11 is pretty useless over Windows 10 if you have a previous gen system, but if you're buying a brand spanking new PC with Alder Lake or Direct Storage and are a hardcore gamer then it makes sense to go directly to Windows 11 to get the new shiny features (provided you experience no bugs on 11 that haven't been ironed out yet).

There are some other nice touches in Win11 like WSLg and the OS restoring your windows positions on multi monitor setups as they were between an undock - dock cycle of your laptop.

_Understated_3• 5 years ago

Most proeminent features for Windows 11 are an updated scheduler tailored to big.little architectures like the new Alder Lake from Intel and Direct Storage for games, a rebranding of the same feature from Xbox One and PS5.

Let's be honest here though: those could easily have been added to Windows 10 as they will be on the same kernel... they added them to Windows 11 so that people would buy the new shiny!

I'm not saying it's wrong, companies need to get new money in to keep going, but those features hardly merited a "new" OS :)

vanchor32• 5 years ago

I installed it exclusively for WSL2 CUDA/GPU support (for ML). This was previously only available in an Insiders build of Windows 10, and I got tired of waiting over a year for Microsoft to keep delaying it.

It probably wasn't worth it, since now I just have a worse version of Windows 10.

idatum• 5 years ago

My laptop was capable of upgrading to Win11 and WSLg was my main motivation. I like the mix of Windows and Linux and having Linux graphics and pulseaudio mixed in with native Windows. This most likely wouldn't be described as a "consumer feature". More important for me are some opencv projects I have: You get access to your GPU compute. I can install CUDA+DNN on my WSL2 Debian. This is compelling IMO.

An option you can consider by sticking with Win10 is to either wait for Win10 21H2 or join the Insider Program Preview to get it now. Win10 21H2 gives you GPU compute access (no graphics or pulseaudio). On an older machine, I was able to build opencv-4.5 and leverage CUDA+DNN just like on Win11.

EDIT: Win10 21H2 should be released this month. The fact that it is in the Preview Channel means it's most likely a final build.

lostmsu• 5 years ago

Why can't you just do ML in Windows? All common Python packages are supported. WSL2 CUDA probably gonna come with some overhead.

zamadatix2• 5 years ago

Auto HDR is nice. New Microsoft Store isn't doomed to fail like the original "new app types only" mess but it's severely limited in increased utility until they finish the Android portion they promised which didn't make the initial release. The native window tiling and set options are much improved, especially for larger displays. The redesigned Settings app feels like an actual improvement on Control Panel rather than just a touch focused replacement. Also support for new hardware designs like performance/efficiency core sets coming out now.

But if you're looking for groundbreaking features you just have to move over for there aren't any. It's really more a "standard 6 month Windows update that happens to represent the next compatibility/support group" than "a brand new Windows version after the last one sat stale for many years" type upgrade. As Windows 10 nears its end of life I suspect the disparity will grow more but as of now I'd take Windows 11 as heralding what is going to be supported for new features for the next 10 years not as an instant revolution in features you're missing out if you don't jump to it immediately at release.

As such these projects will become much more useful/interesting in about a year or two but it's good they have been started now.

eins1234• 5 years ago

The native window tiling and set options are much improved, especially for larger displays.

This is the killer feature IME. I'd pay for a new license even if this was the only new feature since I get so much mileage out of it in my setup.

gpm• 5 years ago

I installed it to be able to mount my Linux partition in wsl (note that this requires it to be on a separate disk btw).

It's been smooth sailing, apart from that they reorganized the UI a bit, mostly in nice ways, and upgrading didn't seem that much different from a normal windows update.

randombits02• 5 years ago

Microsoft isn’t certain they can leverage TPM the way they want so they are not inclined to spend money promoting it yet want to get it established as quickly and deeply as possible.

I expect they will end up with what they deserve, i.e. nothing.

rnd02• 5 years ago

Dear god, I hope you're right ...

anonymousab• 5 years ago

I've noticed a couple of bug fixes that were in Windows 10 insider builds were recently touted as Windows 11 exclusive improvements. So if one of those bugs affect you, that's a reason.

Otherwise, it's the same as it always is: new software or new modes for software will increasingly become incompatible with Windows 10 and earlier over the next few years. Some future directx feature will be win11 exclusive and will be critical to performance sooner or later.

rnd02• 5 years ago

I'm running it, and most of the things I like probably fall under "consumer" than not. The biggest things I like are cosmetic; the rounded windows, smoother (easier to read? seems like it) fonts, there's changes to the right-click menu and other places with explorer that make more sense (to me) than Windows 10 once you get used to them.

I thought I was going to be a die-hard 10-or-linux person but then when I learned that rufus has an install option to by-pass the checks I decided I wanted to try it out and I continue to use it because of cosmetics, and because I'm assuming it will be supported (at least for security -that's all I care about) longer than windows 10.

10 will expire before 11 so I'd rather get used to 11 now.

The WSL graphics capability is nice too -in theory. In practice I haven't used it ...yet.

comeonseriously3• 5 years ago

* It's different, so it's better.

* FOMO.

* "Modern"

habeebtc• 5 years ago

I mean. It goes to 11!

You might wonder, why they don't just make 10 louder.

But it goes to 11!

fortran77• 5 years ago

Well, I guess Windows 11 isn't for you! I'm glad you're happy with Windows 10, or perhaps another operating system that runs on Industry Standard platforms. For the rest of us, this is an interesting option.

farmin• 5 years ago

WSL available in Windows Explorer and other WSL related updates are nice.

ricardobayes5• 5 years ago

Pretty pixels

gertrunde• 5 years ago

And regarding the new features that are there (i.e. the stuff that's not pointless UI fluff), the most useful ones (for me personally, the WSL improvements) are being backported to 10 anyway.

jakebasile• 5 years ago

I installed it on my 4 year old top end gaming PC because Microsoft told me not to. Simple as that.

Anunayj• 5 years ago

Well I am quite happy with some new features, like WSLg, the inbuilt android emulator which isn't that great but works well enough, and possibility of future updates.

and then.. they changed the touch keyboard and it is WAY shittier now, the taskbar is constantly weird and ugh. I just wish I could choose what features I want without updating everything

13415• 5 years ago

Maybe I'd consider using such a tool in 2025 when Windows 10 runs out of support. Until then, the idea to install Windows 11 on an unsupported machine seems crazy to me. Who would do that? I haven't heard of a single feature Windows 11 has that would make using it desirable. Does it even have new features?

[Not that I'd need new features in any OS, just wondering what motivates people to upgrade voluntarily.]

Scharkenberg• 5 years ago

Does it even have new features?

To name just two examples: Windows Subsystem for Android, nested virtualization support for AMD processors.

vladvasiliu3• 5 years ago

Don't know about new features. I installed it on an older machine purely out of curiosity. Subjectively, it feels snappier than Windows 10, and this was actually an upgrade (as opposed to a fresh install).

I'm not sure the OS itself is quicker, it's possible they've only tweaked animation speed, but it does have an effect on my perception. Also, bonus points for the taskbar not popping up anymore when an app requires attention (say incoming chat message) while in auto-hide mode. This used to drive me up a wall under 10.

Then again, I'm not a heavy Windows user, I basically only use it for gaming, so YMMV.

2Gkashmiri2• 5 years ago

i know two people in office who use win 10 non debloated version, the explorer "feels" slow to load. reminds me of days gone by

lebrad• 5 years ago

The best technique to do this, which I just used tonight is to use the Windows 10 media creation tool to create a USB installer. Then use the Windows 11 media creation tool to download the Windows 11 ISO. Then copy the install.esd from the sources folder of the Windows 11 ISO over the one on the Windows 10 USB stick.

That creates a Windows 11 installer that works on any PC that meets the requirements for Windows 10. At first this installer will even say that it's installing Windows 10, but it actually installs its esd payload, which is Windows 11.

2Gkashmiri2• 5 years ago

why cant they have iso file links on their website like same humans? every hoarder should have the chance to hoard windows isos

kenniskrag• 5 years ago

if the user agent is linux, they provide the isos. Otherwise they want you to use their creation tool.

aceazzameen• 5 years ago

I feel like I should create this on a USB stick right now before it stops working (they could change the tools). But I also have no incentive to ever want to install Windows 11, unless they drop the TPM requirements.

Tsiklon• 5 years ago

a more esoteric version is to boot to the windows 11 iso and use the command prompt to bypass the install wizard and manually install the system through DISM and related friends.

tomc19852• 5 years ago

Why? What is the benefit of upgrading to Windows 11? It seems like literally more of the same.

foepys• 5 years ago

WSL2 got a big upgrade they developed for Windows 10 initially but then pushed to Windows 11.

totony• 5 years ago

Yeah WSL2 and the promised android apps support seem really interesting.

Nyra• 5 years ago

WSL2 is undoubtedly the most exciting addition with 11... and the vast majority of users do not care or even know about it. I would hardly call that a benefit worthy of a major new operating system version. That same audience also probably doesn't have the necessary hardware to even upgrade so who is this OS for?

AshamedCaptain• 5 years ago

So the benefit of upgrading to Windows 11 is .... Linux ?

elorant• 5 years ago

Imho Microsoft’s requirements are the perfect excuse not to install Win11. I have a 10th generation cpu, and I’ve purposefully disabled TPM so to avoid the OS upgrading by itself, or nagging me to update.

WarOnPrivacy3• 5 years ago

Didn't work for us on the skip-ahead ring. WU queued up an update to Windows 10 22000 w/ no mention it was Windows 11. Installed on my 10yo T430.

techload• 5 years ago

Another method is to download the iso from Microsoft using uupdump.net (you can download the Pro version, which lets you choose a local account while installing) and then prepare the bootable usb stick with Rufus, which now have the image option "Extended Windows 11 Installation (no TPM/no Secure Boot/8GB- RAM)". I tested it and it just works.

Blueskytech• 5 years ago

It may come to Windows 10 but AAC Bluetooth support with proper microphone switching is a huge upgrade. If you have Sony XM4 headphones the switch to 11 is worth it.

xet7• 5 years ago

Is this embedding something to Win11 iso?

Is this any different than setting those bypass registry keys manually, like in this article?

https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/post/install-microso...

jimnotgym• 5 years ago

One of our support guys asked me what we were doing about Windows 11. I said we should upgrade a machine and try our core applications out, but otherwise let's talk about it in a year or so.

I keep asking myself what happened. I think it is age. New OS's used to be exciting

smackeyacky• 5 years ago

I have a laptop that has secure boot and a tpm 2 chip, but microsofts tool said the cpu was too weedy to run windows 11.

Switching to the dev track in windows update seemed to change their mind and it updated to 11 anyway.

I would try that first if you are just stuck on the cpu requirement.

Windows 11 upgrade tool that bypasses Microsoft´s requirements

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