Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's why and what to do if your old PC doesn't have one.

Trusted Platform Module or TPM is a specialized and dedicated chip which stores cryptographic keys. It acts as endpoint security for the devices that support it. When someone owns a device, it ...

Microsoft has an exciting Windows update ready for you to try out, as long as you sign up for the Insider beta program. But the Windows 11 announcement and release comes with a big controversy ...

Facepalm: The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) secure crypto-processor became a topic for public debate in 2021 when Microsoft forced TPM 2.0 adoption as a minimum ...

The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 specification is affected by two buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to access or overwrite sensitive data, such as cryptographic keys.

As the end of life is fast approaching for Windows 10, Microsoft is pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11. However, one barrier to entry is the company's requirement ...

If you’re like most people, you didn’t think about whether your computer had a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) until Microsoft made it part of its system requirements to run Windows 11. Now that Windows ...

This post features solutions to fix Your computer’s Trusted Platform Module has malfunctioned, Encryption failed, Error 80090034 Microsoft 365 apps Activation error ...

When Windows 11 was introduced in late June of 2021, many were excited by its revamped user interface -- and countless PC enthusiasts rushed to download the Windows Insider Developer Channel builds of ...

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 ...

Until the release of Windows 11, the upgrade proposition for Windows operating systems was rather straightforward: you considered whether the current version of Windows on your system still fulfilled ...

Microsoft has added a Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM) chip to the list of things computers need in order to run Windows 10 — meaning hardware encryption is now a requirement for Windows 10 systems.