Microsoft account as in Outlook account or something else? Also, what is TPM?

it basicly activates the windows 11 license on your account and not on the hardware.

what already happens with windows 10 afaik

EDIT: well had a quick check i activated it personally, but it isn't required

Nerds do what Microsoft don't... Someone has made a tool that will give you more details as to whether or not your PC is ready for Windows 11 Upgrade

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1350354-windows-11-readiness-check-whynotwin11/

Here is what it looks like on my Dell XPS 17:

I think it does both things, to be honest.

When I build my father's PC, I activated the copy of Windows during the installation with a MSoft account. Then, we found out that one of t he components was faulty and had to ask replacements for them (the faulty bit turned out to be the RAM). When I installed Windows again, I got the message that the licence was already in use in another system. Long story short, a call to MSoft did nothing and I had to buy another windows license.

So yeah, it doesn't matter if it's a MSoft account or a local account, if you get new hardware, you'll need a new license.

At least I learned the lesson, skip the activation (which you can) until all is done and I know the system works fine.

And here i assumed using the account you could remove/transfer the license... good to know

I tried the compatibility check on my Laptop... and it says my 7700HQ is not supported.

After checking the compatibility list, it's true; only 8xxx and up can upgrade to Win 11. On the AMD side of things, only Zen+ and up made it.

Sounds a bit like a weird cutoff if you ask me. The only good reason I could think of to not include Zen 1/Skylake/ Kaby Lake would be some spectre/meltdown mitigations that are missing on the older chips but integrated in the newer ones, as otherwise they're basically the same architecture than some chips that are on the list.

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.

My cheap generic HP notebook:

Nice. Yours should be good to go other than the CPU which MS is being weird about. If MS puts a hard lock on it, then your CPU won't be able to upgrade to windows 11 as I believe it is Zen 1 based even though it has 2000 series name. But MS would be insane to do that by the time Windows 11 comes out.

AMD Radeon RX 6600XT and RX 6600 with Navi 23 GPU appear in the drivers

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-6600xt-and-rx-6600-with-navi-23-gpu-appear-in-the-drivers#disqus_thread

AMD launches 4700S Desktop Kit featuring Zen2 APU from Xbox Series?

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-launches-4700s-desktop-kit-featuring-zen2-apu-from-xbox-series

It has the same CPU as the Series X paired with GDDR6X but no GPU. And the list of compatible GPUs are pretty limited.

Intel LGA18XX socket spotted, is it for Meteor Lake?

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-lga18xx-socket-spotted-is-it-for-meteor-lake

Microsoft is doubling down on their stupidity by now requiring TPM 2.0 instead of 1.4 like previously listed and emphasizing that you will need a newer CPU

https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/8/8/788bf5ab-0751-4928-a22c-dffdc23c27f2/Minimum%20Hardware%20Requirements%20for%20Windows%2011.pdf

I still do not believe they will go through with this. I think (but don't quote me on this) they try to do this every generation but they end up backpaddling. Apparently they are going to have a blog post about this sometime next week. Least some of the memes are funny.