Running Windows 11 on a Mac Discussion [Merged]

[newtomacbookpro]

Look for CirrusAudio in Boot Camp drivers folder. Worked on my 27" iMac.
Good luck

Thanks, read something about cirrus but you are the first one to tell me where to look. Many thanks from Sydney Australia

 

[Kent W]

The TPM 2.0 hard requirement means it won't be available for Intel Macs (unless you are virtualizing, of course).

That's not a real hard stop at all. I successfully installed it through legacy boot via bootcamp on an old iMac 27 2011. It worked flawlessly. I upgraded from W10 and used the tutorial in the Youtube channel Macintosh Men. Later it was found out that you can easily bypass the artificial requirements by a setup /product server command. Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2103104/windows-11-simple-trick-bypasses-cpu-tpm-lockout.html

Big Corp. with huge numbers of Windows clients couldn't migrate to W11 ready PC's in just a swoop so MS had to leave doors open so that Big Corp. could stay compatible. My combo of a legacy boot, old processor and no TPM at all works just fine. The requirements are all artificial for now. If it works with W10, W11 will work in reality.

 

[marzer]

That's not a real hard stop at all. I successfully installed it through legacy boot via bootcamp on an old iMac 27 2011. It worked flawlessly. I upgraded from W10 and used the tutorial in the Youtube channel Macintosh Men. Later it was found out that you can easily bypass the artificial requirements by a setup /product server command. Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2103104/windows-11-simple-trick-bypasses-cpu-tpm-lockout.html

Big Corp. with huge numbers of Windows clients couldn't migrate to W11 ready PC's in just a swoop so MS had to leave doors open so that Big Corp. could stay compatible. My combo of a legacy boot, old processor and no TPM at all works just fine. The requirements are all artificial for now. If it works with W10, W11 will work in reality.

That’s terrific. Have you noticed any issues with stability or Windows updates as noted in the article? I’m thinking of trying it on my 2019 Mackbook Pro.

 

[Kent W]

No, it works exactly like W10 did that I upgraded from. No problems that I encountered.

 

[newtomacbookpro]

You guys are running Win with macos using bootcamp or Win natively without macos at all? I am interested in the latter. I can install Win11 on MBP late-2011 very easy but still trying to overcome lack of audio.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

You can use packages like Winclone to install Win 10/11 onto an external USB drive without touching your internal drive at all, and it bypasses the T2 requirements.

 

[marzer]

You guys are running Win with macos using bootcamp or Win natively without macos at all? I am interested in the latter. I can install Win11 on MBP late-2011 very easy but still trying to overcome lack of audio.

Have you attempted to install the audio driver from the Boot Camp drivers?

 

[marzer]

You can use packages like Winclone to install Win 10/11 onto an external USB drive without touching your internal drive at all, and it bypasses the T2 requirements.

Have you done this recently? I used to be able to do it with Windows 7 but couldn’t get it to work with Windows 10.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

Have you done this recently? I used to be able to do it with Windows 7 but couldn’t get it to work with Windows 10.

Yes, not so much with Win 10, but Win 11 certainly

 

[Kent W]

You guys are running Win with macos using bootcamp or Win natively without macos at all? I am interested in the latter. I can install Win11 on MBP late-2011 very easy but still trying to overcome lack of audio.

Bootcamp in my case. Bootcamp ensures that installation on older Macs becomes a legacy boot setup. This is key to get Audio working with the Bootcamp audio drivers. W11 is officially not supporting legacy boot (or sometimes called BIOS boot), but in reality, no problem.

 

[newtomacbookpro]

Have you attempted to install the audio driver from the Boot Camp drivers?

Yes I have but the drivers are too old, Win11 refuse to install it.

 

[newtomacbookpro]

Bootcamp in my case. Bootcamp ensures that installation on older Macs becomes a legacy boot setup. This is key to get Audio working with the Bootcamp audio drivers. W11 is officially not supporting legacy boot (or sometimes called BIOS boot), but in reality, no problem.

Just to be sure, you mean installing windows 11 via bootcamp from within macos?

 

[Kent W]

Yes I have but the drivers are too old, Win11 refuse to install it.

I started with W10 and then upgraded to W11. I didn't get any problems with the audio drivers.

 

[newtomacbookpro]

I started with W10 and then upgraded to W11. I didn't get any problems with the audio drivers.

Maybe that is the trick - install win10 and upgrade to win11.

 

[startergo]

Later it was found out that you can easily bypass the artificial requirements by a setup /product server command

This has been utilized at least since December 2021 in the MediaCreationTool:

Skip TPM Check v6 · AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat@a445ddd

For a more reliable and future-proof experience, clean installation is still handled via winsetup.dll patching in boot.wim upgrade is now handled only via auto.cmd with the /Product Server trick Ju...

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