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I ran into this a while back. I had this issue with my own 7700K. From what I have seen, it's purely about the generation—Microsoft requires 8th Gen Intel or newer for the security features. You're not alone; it's a hard stop for a lot of us with otherwise great PCs.

Yeah, and for that CPU, you might be out of luck—the FX series doesn't officially support TPM 2.0.

This. Got it, so "Committed" is the total memory your system has promised to processes, including what's in RAM and what's on standby in the page file.

You could also check out a free tool like CPU-Z, which gives a detailed breakdown of your processor's architecture right on the main screen.

Yeah, that's a great suggestion. Also, make sure Secure Boot is enabled in your BIOS, as that's a common trip-up even with TPM 2.0.

I’m trying to enable Secure Boot in my BIOS, but the option is grayed out and I can’t select it. I recently upgraded some hardware and now Windows 11 says my PC doesn’t meet the security requirements. Could this be because my new motherboard needs a specific setting changed first, or is there a step ...