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Yeah, that slmgr trick can help. Also, double-check your Microsoft account is linked to your digital license in Settings > Activation.

I had the same problem. Even after enabling it in BIOS, I had to find a specific security setting and change it from "Discrete TPM" to "Firmware TPM" before it finally worked.

Yeah, that's solid advice. Also, double-check that your Microsoft account in Settings actually shows your old Windows 10 device as linked—that trips people up sometimes.

Yeah, This happened to me too. After switching to UEFI, I also had to go back in and load the default Secure Boot keys before it would actually work.

Same here. Yeah, and if you're on Windows 11, Task Manager's "Performance" tab also shows a graph that splits them into P-cores and E-cores.

Yeah, I had the same problem with an older AMD chip. I ended up having to use a workaround to bypass the TPM check completely. Let me know if that works.

You can bypass the TPM check by using Rufus to create a Windows 11 install USB with the right options. Just make sure your PC meets the other requirements, like having a 64-bit CPU and Secure Boot capability. Should do the trick.

**Subject: Windows 11 upgrade is a NIGHTMARE**

So my PC meets the RAM and storage checks, but the Win 11 installer keeps blocking me. The error says: “This PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows. For more information, visit aka.ms/WindowsSysReq”

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