The requirements to install Windows 11 on the VMware Workstation are the same as when we install it on our physical computer (host machine). TPM 2.0, secure boot, and a minimum of 4 GB of RAM are of the most concern to most users. Fortunately, we can easily enable secure boot and add hardware for TPM on VMware Workstation. We can also bypass RAM requirements using the Registry Editor. These topics make up the content of this article to bypass Windows 11 requirements on VMware Workstation.

To be more specific, we will step through the following topics.

• Creating a new Windows 11 Virtual Machine on VMware Workstation
• Enabling Secure Boot and TPM on Windows 11 virtual machine
• Bypassing Windows 11 4 GB RAM requirement

If you already know some, skip to the next part for which you are seeking an answer.

You may also want to read How To Bypass Windows 11 requirements to install it on your physical machine.

Create a New Windows 11 Virtual Machine on VMware

To create a new Windows 11 Virtual Machine on VMware Workstation, follow the following steps.

• Open VMware Workstation software. Go to the File tab and select New Virtual Machine.

• Check the Typical option on the next wizard, and click on Next.

• On the next page where you choose the Windows 11 ISO image, choose the third option. We can select the ISO image later.

• Choose Microsoft Windows from the first section. From the Version drop-down menu, select Windows 10 or later if there is not a Windows 11 option available.

• Type your virtual machine name, in my case, Windows 11. Use the Browse button to specify the location where you want to save your virtual machine’s files. Finally, click on Next.

• Specify the amount of disk space for your virtual machine, and check the second option. Click on Next, afterwards.

• Now, almost everything is set for your new virtual machine. You can scroll down the box and read the summary of the settings on the last page. You can edit the setting using Customize Hardware button if anything went wrong or is not appropriate. One thing we did not specify is the Windows 11 ISO image. Click on Customize Hardware button to do so.

• Choose the New CD/DVD (SATA) option. Check the Use ISO image file, and use the Browse button to select the Windows 11 ISO image. Then, click on close at the bottom, and Finish on the next page.

To this point, we have created a new Windows 11 virtual machine. You must see it under My Computer on the left panel of the VMware home page. You can select it and edit the settings, or power it on.

Enable Secure Boot and TPM on VMware

Now that we have created a new Windows 11 virtual machine, we can edit its settings. We can increase the memory amount, expand the disk space, and do lots of other settings. Amongst all, what we are going to do is to enable TPM and secure boot for our Windows 11 virtual machine.

Follow the steps below.

• Select the Windows 11 virtual machine and click on Edit virtual machine settings, as shown in the below picture.

• Go to the Options tab and select Advanced. Check the UEFI option on the right, and Check the Enable secure boot sub-option. Finally, click on OK. See the below picture illustration. That’s all with enabling secure boot.

• To enable TPM, there are two prerequisites. First, to enable the secure boot that we did in the previous step, and the second, to encrypt our virtual machine. To encrypt our machine, choose the Access control option, and click on encrypt. Set the password and click on Encrypt. Check the below picture.

• Go to the Hardware tab, and click on Add button. Choose the Trusted Platform Module, and click Finish afterwards. Click on OK, finally.

We have successfully enabled UEFI secure boot and, consequently, added TPM to our windows 11 virtual machine. Now, we can power it on and install it. However, we still need to consider the minimum RAM requirement. If we dedicate 4 GB of RAM to our Windows 11 virtual machine, there will not be an issue. What if we do not have a sufficient amount? Obviously, we need to bypass that too.

Bypass Windows 11 RAM requirement on VMware

When we do not have 4 GB of RAM, we can not bypass Windows 11 RAM requirement using the virtual machine settings. For this purpose, however, we can use the Registry Editor window. Below are the steps to bypass this requirement using Registry Editor.

• Power on the Windows 11 virtual machine.
• On the startup, when it asks to press any key, press a key on your keyboard to boot.
• Wait until it opens the Windows Setup window. On this page, press the Shift + F10 keys on your keyboard to open the command prompt. Type the Regedit command on the command prompt and press enter. It opens the Registry Editor page.

• On the Registry Editor window, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder, and then expand the SYSTEM sub-folder. Right-click on the Setup folder, and select New and Key as shown in the below picture. Name the key LabConfig and press enter.

• Select the LabConfig folder you created. Right-click on the empty space on the right side. Click on new and choose the DWORD (32-bit) Value option from the sub-menu as illustrated below. Name this file BypassRAMCheck and enter to save.

• Now, double-click on the file to open the modification. Change the Value data to 1 and press OK.

• This file bypasses the Windows 11 4 GB of RAM requirement. Close the Registry Editor and the Command Prompt windows. You can now continue installing windows 11 with no requirement of 4 GB of RAM.

Summary

We are at the end of this article. So far, we stepped through creating a Windows 11 virtual machine on the VMware workstation. Then, we discussed in a step-by-step wise how to enable secure boot and how to add TPM to our Windows 11 virtual machine. Last but not least, we covered how we can bypass the minimum 4 GB RAM requirements for windows 11. Shortly saying, we discussed how we could bypass Windows 11 requirements on VMware Workstation.

I hope you find this article helpful. If there is any question, please feel free to share us in the comment section.

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Windows 11 has some additional security features that require specific hardware requirements. Due to the hardware incompatibility of most of the old PCs, users are facing issues installing this operating system on their machines. If your computer is not capable, you must face the below error window while installing Windows 11. There are easy solutions I will cover here to bypass those requirements

Out of all the requirements, the three most common ones that stop most users are the following.

• Minimum 4 GB of RAM
• UEFI Secure Boot capability
• Trusted Platform Modul (TPM) version 2.0

This article will discuss how to bypass the above requirements using two simple methods. If your computer does not meet one or even all of the above prerequisites, you can still bypass them and install Windows 11 by following one of these two methods. Before bypassing the requirements, ensure that your computer doesn’t have the above capability. If your computer does have the capability and may not be enabled, try to enable them rather than bypass them. Check the below links to verify and enable secure boot.

• Fix This PC Must Support Secure Boot Correctly
• How To Verify Secure Boot Is Enabled?

Please note that you are not using Windows 11 in a standard manner with all its capabilities when you bypass these prerequisites. That is obvious! So, it is good to bypass the requirements only when you use it for testing, not for professional uses.

Bypass Windows 11 Requirements Using Registry Editor

The first method is using the Registry Editor window.

• Prepare your Windows 11 bootable media, whether bootable USB or a Windows 11 CD/DVD.

• Boot your PC with the Windows 11 media.

• Press the Shift + F10 keys to open Command Prompt on the Windows Setup window.

• Type the RegEdit command and press enter to open Registry Editor on the Command Prompt.

• On the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then the SYSTEM folder, and finally the Setup.

• Right-click on the Setup folder, select New from the menu, and Key from the sub-menu.

• Name the key LabConfig with the right spelling. Select the folder and right-click on a space on the right side. Select New, and choose the DWORD (32 bit) Value option.

• This file is to bypass the TPM check while installing windows 11. Name the file BypassTPMCheck, and press enter. Then, double click on it and change the Value data from 0 to 1.

• Please create a new DWORD (32 bit) Value file, name it BypassSecureBootCheck, and change its Value date from 0 to 1. Create one more for RAM requirement with the BypassRAMCheck name if you do not have 4 GB of RAM installed on your PC.

That is all with the settings. Close the Registry Editor and CMD windows, and continue with the installation.

Bypass Windows 11 Requirements With Rufus

The second method is by using Rufus software. Using this method, you should create a new Windows 11 bootable USB flash using Rufus. So, you should have both Rufus software and the ISO image of Windows 11. Follow the steps below.

• Download the latest version of Rufus from here if you do not have it.
• Download the Windows 11 ISO file from the Microsoft website here.
• Insert the USB flash to create a Windows 11 bootable media.
• Open the Rufus program and select the right USB flash under the Device section.

• Under Boot Selection, choose Disk or ISO image. Click on the Select button and browse for the Windows 11 ISO image. The Image Options section will pop up when you select the ISO file. Select Extended Windows 11 Installation (no TPM / no Secure Boot) from this section.

• Choose the right partition scheme according to the partition of your Disk. Let all other options as default and click on the Start button at the bottom. Consequently, you will receive a warning message from Rufus saying, “all your data from the selected USB will be erased”. If you have important files there, you must copy them before this operation. To continue the operation, click on OK.

Note: You can bypass only the TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements using the second method. If you have less than 4 GB of RAM installed on your computer, you can bypass this requirement using the first method.

Conclusion

We walked through two simple methods on how we can install Windows 11 on a computer with no TPM 2.0, secure boot, and a minimum of 4 GB RAM. It is too easy to bypass these requirements and has our Windows 11 installed on unsupported hardware. Once more, I want to mention that these types of uses are not standard. It is good to try these methods for testing Windows 11, but to use it with full capabilities and security features, you must always consider those requirements.

I hope you find this article helpful, and if you have any questions, let me know in the comment section below.

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