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A comment on Windows 11.

Re:Windows 11 by neogodless on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:16PM (#27620780)
> Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0

This is something that is often disabled by default in your BIOS (assuming you have one included/connected, you can enable it - check UEFI settings.)

Here's the tool to check your hardware: https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/d/d/1dd9969b-bc9a-...

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Re:Windows 11 by Solocomplex on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:22PM (#27620872)
Most gaming boards don't come with a TPM chip right?
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Re:Windows 11 by neogodless on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:30PM (#27621018)
No idea about "most", but for example, I have an Asus Prime X470 Pro. It has a 14-pin TPM connector, but the module is separate. Looks like they are not expensive[0], but... sold separately.

However there is also an fTPM setting available (apparently built in, but I haven't tested that yet.)

[0] https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1237446-REG/asus_tpm_...

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Re:Windows 11 by anon9001 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @01:45PM (#27621287)
I've only ever seen gaming mobos with those 14-pin TPM connectors and no module. There's also really no reason to use a TPM module, as far as I can tell.
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Re:Windows 11 by jasdine817 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:37PM (#27622007)
Full disk encryption for one thing.
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Re:Windows 11 by hulitu on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:52PM (#27623597)
> Full disk encryption for one thing.

Full disk backdoor. TPM has a long history of backdoorig.

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