I’ve formatted and installed W11 on dozens of computers and never had it fail once. My gaming rig is an Optiplex from 2014, runs 11 just fine.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not actually eWaste you can buy a TPM chip for it, or ya know Linux.
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Don’t do that
If anything run the long term support version of Windows 10
Steve@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Whats it called?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Lstc/iot
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Windows 11 doesn’t actually need the tpm. They just check: “oh it’s Intel 6th gen, it’s trash from the last decade, sorry incompatible”
Their marketing told us the lie “it needs tpm and secure boot” but they actually check if it has introduced to the market after 2018 or not
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Just block W11 updates entirely.
www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-8/
It’s mostly bullshit that one absolutely needs the latest Windows updates; if you use uBlock Origin in your browser and don’t download/run random .EXE/.MSI shit from the internet you’ll be fine. Keep Windows Defender up to date once a month just in case as well.
But really the best option is to switch to Linux.
SomeKindaName@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah… No. Update your software.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This.
Also, upgrade to Linux.
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
There is a lot of misinformation regarding the security of older OSes.
There are some people online fabricating videos of older Windows (moslty XP and 7) “getting hacked by idling”, with one of these videos even clearly having a web browser open in the taskbar with the title “virus download”. And when it is pointed out that this doesn’t happen, they get defensive that it will if you are raw connected to the internet. But pretty much everyone owns a modern router that would block direct connections by default, and most ISPs gift one even.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
On the other hand, there were some exploits without user interaction even in the last few months.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
But indeed it you expose all the ports to internet (not just connect under nat) windows XP, you gonna get infected by blaster within 5 minutes
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Thank you.
If you’ve ensured your home network’s firewall is sane first, there’s no big issue.
If you dual-boot to Windows occasionally to run that one stupid program that can’t run under Linux, and you aren’t downloading stuff willy-nilly from the wild internet, and you haven’t previously installed all sorts of dodgy call-home programs, you can still be safe running while you’re in Windows. Hell, I have a Windows 7 box that runs just fine from my home network to the internet, thankyouverymuch. I even download stuff from there gasp, but I check the files first! Imagine that.
Most people aren’t knowledgeable enough to maintain proper security however so I guess I should just stop commenting on posts like this, as I always get flak from people stating it’s impossible to run an OS more than 2 weeks old on the Internet without being instantly hacked :p.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yes it does
Anything else isn’t supported by Microsoft. You really don’t want to screw around since you need security updates from Microsoft.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Ok read the documentation: …microsoft.com/…/windows-11-24h2-supported-intel-…
Where does it say that you can use a 6th gen Intel CPU if you install a tpm chip?
The tpm is definitely not used as you can install it on a supported system, then go to the bios, disable secure boot and tpm and it still works (if the automatic “ransomware” bitlocker encryption didn’t start)
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
…microsoft.com/…/windows-11-system-requirements-8…