| green_sky said: Microsoft account as in Outlook account or something else? Also, what is TPM? |
Yea an outlook or if you are old like me, hotmail account.
TPM stands for Trusted Platform Modules and it's purpose is to protect encryption keys, user credentials, and other sensitive data behind a hardware barrier so that malware and attackers can’t access or tamper with that data.
There are two ways to enable TPM. You can either go out and buy a TPM module for $20 if your motherboard supports the header and is compatible with TPM 2.0 or you can enable it in the BIOS if your CPU supports the firmware based version. Technically the firmware based version is "less" secure but none of that really matters cause it's still more secure than not having it enabled which most PCs don't.
If you are going to buy the module, you need to make sure it's by the same vendor as your motherboard. So Asus motherboard means Asus TPM module.
Edit: Don't buy the module if you don't have a supported CPU.
Last edited by Jizz_Beard_thePirate - on 26 June 2021 
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