For some, Microsoft's insistence that PCs be equipped with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 support is irritating, especially since the company has done a poor job explaining why it is suddenly such ...

Microsoft’s strict Windows 11 requirements have turned a routine upgrade into a referendum on who deserves modern software.

Microsoft didn't really do a good job of communicating the minimum system requirements it set for Windows 11. It has botched that job so bad that it even had to pull out its own utility for checking a ...

Interest in Microsoft's next big Windows release immediately turned into confusion over the hardware requirements to run Windows 11. One of the most controversial parts of that requirement is TPM or ...

While Windows 11 still requires that your PC support TPM 2.0, there is a workaround for computers without the required hardware, and Microsoft itself has offered up the solution. If you are hoping to ...

The pending release of the next generation of Windows is not without a bit of controversy. Microsoft has been receiving some backlash for requiring that PCs embrace the latest Trusted Platform Module ...

Using TPM to enforce anti-cheating provisions is an interesting idea, but it could come with some significant downsides for user privacy and anonymity. Riot can do more than ban a user's account or IP ...

A hot potato: The Trusted Platform Module standard describes a dedicated cryptography chip designed to manage many security-related tasks in a computer. The standard was introduced in 2009, but ...

Windows 11 caused quite a stir when it was officially revealed last June 24, though not entirely in the way Microsoft planned it. When the official system requirements were revealed for their upcoming ...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) has announced the availability of the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0 library specification. TPM 2.0 provides a critical technology ...

Windows Server hardware products will be required to include certain security implementations by default, starting in January, Microsoft announced this week. After Jan. 1, 2021, new Windows Server ...