A support document on Microsoft's website no longer details how to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, but here are the instructions.

Microsoft previously offered details on installing Windows 11 on an unsupported PC That workaround has been removed from the support document that hosted it This could be to do with the release of the 24H2 update,

Microsoft has quietly removed its official instructions for installing Windows 11 on unsupported Windows 10 machines. Originally posted in an October 2021 support article, the guide allowed users to bypass the system’s stringent hardware requirements,

When Windows 11 launched in 2021, Microsoft provided an official method for installing the operating system on devices that didn't meet its stringent hardware requirements. However,

Microsoft has been caught scrubbing its own documentation outlining a process users could take to install Windows 11 on an unsupported machine.

Microsoft’s current stance is clear: users looking to upgrade to Windows 11 should purchase a new PC that meets the hardware requirements. It’s evident that the company is no longer encouraging or supporting updates on unsupported devices. Microsoft’s hardware partners, such as Dell and AMD, also seem to align with this perspective.

Microsoft has quietly removed official guidance for bypassing Windows 11's hardware requirements from its support documentation, as reported by Neowin. You can still see what the instructions looked like before the purge on the Internet Archive.

You'll upgrade that aging piece of kit and you'll like it updated For the past three years, Microsoft documented a way to run Windows 11 on PCs that lack Trusted Platform Module 2.0 hardware - but that workaround has now disappeared from its help page.