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Rufus makes it easy to install Windows 11 24H2 on older PCs

Rufus makes it easy to install Windows 11 24H2 on older PCs

Microsoft has made it difficult to install Windows 11 on computers whose hardware doesn't meet the high requirements. For example, the company recently stopped a trick that easily bypassed hardware requirements by typing the command Setup Server/Product At the command prompt.

With 24H2, Microsoft has also started making it difficult to update an already installed system. The so-called in-place upgrade places the same requirements on the hardware as a regular installation, and the update does not appear in Windows Update on computers that do not meet the system requirements.

Now report Newen The developers of Rufus, the popular program for creating installation media for Windows, have released a New trial version This makes it easy to force an in-place upgrade from a previous version on a computer that lacks, for example, a TPM 2.0 module. However, the absolute system requirements such as the processor containing Popcnt and SSE4.2 instructions cannot be exceeded.

Rufus 4.6 Beta is also getting a few other changes, including one that makes using a local account a little easier. Local account passwords should typically be reset every 42 days. It can be turned off using the tool lusrmgr.mscBut Rufus saves users from messing with it.

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