Rufus and Windows 11 - 24H2

Now that Windows 11 - 24H2 is available, I take another look at Rufus to see if it is still possibe to install the newest version of Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.

Rufus, isn't just about getting Windows 11 on to unsupported hardware though, there are a couple of other good reasons why you might want to use Rufus to install Windows 11 even if your hardware does meet the minimum requirements.

In this video, I attempt a clean install to install a fresh copy of Windows 11 but also try an In-Place upgrade from Windows 10.

As of version 24H2, anyone who wants to carry out an In-Place upgrade onto unsupported hardware will first need to run the two commands below to modify the registry to allow the installation to begin.

Open a command prompt (Run as Administrator), then copy and paste both the commands below.
Then run the Windows 11 Setup application as normal.

reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\HwReqChk" /f /v HwReqChkVars /t REG_MULTI_SZ /s , /d "SQ_SecureBootCapable=TRUE,SQ_SecureBootEnabled=TRUE,SQ_TpmVersion=2,SQ_RamMB=8192,"


reg.exe add "HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup" /f /v AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU /t REG_DWORD /d 1