Sticking the latest version of Windows onto an old PC is a great way of making it feel up to date. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't quite see it that way.
It turns out a workaround that allowed Windows 11 to be installed on older machines lacking the latest security hardware has been removed from Microsoft's website.
This could be more than a minor inconvenience given the Microsoft has also announced the end of Windows 10 support is inked in for later this year.
The hardware in question is the TPM or Trusted Platform Module version 2.0. TPM is a security technology that protects critical data such as encryption keys and ensures the authenticity of hardware and operating systems.
While it was introduced two years before Windows 11 in 2019, plenty of PC's lacked support when Microsoft debuted its latest operating system.