Windows 11 has been on the market since October 2021. Since then, it has coexisted with Windows 10but it will stop doing so in October 2025, when this version stops getting love from Microsoft. From this date, you will no longer receive security updates, making all computers that continue to use it vulnerable, since Microsoft will not dedicate any resources to it unless you go through the checkout by hiring a extended support for a maximum duration of 3 years.
Windows 10 was launched in July 2015, so it will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year. support and updatesa more than sufficient lifespan for any operating system. However, especially among companies, many have not yet made the necessary investment to renew their equipment, since one of the fundamental conditions to upgrade to Windows 11 is to have a TPM 2.0 chip.
What is the TPM chip and what is it for in Windows 11
This requirement is intended to increase the operating system securitysince he is responsible for encrypt the content of the equipment at the hardware level mainly in addition to any data encryption operations.
This chip is available in processors Intel of the 8th generation (currently we are in the 15th generation with the Intel Core Ultra 200) and in the processors Ryzen2000 (with the Ryzen 9000 presented a few months ago). Not all previous processors have this chip, and although in some models you can add a TPM chip to the motherboard, it's not really worth it.
The market share of Windows 10 and Windows 11 is practically the same today, which is why many users wonder if the company founded by Bill Gates is considering the possibility of remove this requirement to allow users to upgrade to Windows 11.
This would remove one of the critical security features introduced with Windows 11, as it plays a vital role in protecting the data stored inside. In case anyone had any doubts, Steven Hosking, senior product manager at Microsoft, published an article stating:
TPM 2.0 is essential for a secure and scalable Windows 11, as it plays a crucial role in improving identity and data protection on Windows devices as well as maintaining the integrity of your system.
Additionally, it states that it was designed as a standard non-negotiable for the future of Windows. It is currently integrated not only with Windows 11, but also with Windows Hello, the BitLocker disk encryption utility, and Credential Guard, among others.
Since its launch, many users have ignored the TPM requirement to install Windows 11 because Microsoft did nothing to prevent it. However, as the end of support date approaches, any possibility of doing so has been blocked with the release of the 24H2 update.
If you are not considering changing your PC or do not have the budget to do so, if you want to continue using your PC safely, the only way to do so is to upgrade to a Linux distribution as Ubuntu. Otherwise, if other people's friends detect a vulnerability in Windows 10 (which it surely will) will take full advantage of it and Microsoft will only fix it among users who pay for the extended support plan.
