wOOdy,

Thanks for this! I've tried to upgrade my older PC a couple of times but

couldn't get past the TPM check. Your command line trick did it!

Much appreciated.

Ken Watkins

------ Original Message ------

From: juergen@wondzinski.de

To: "ProFox Email List" <profox@leafe.com>

Sent: 7/22/2025 4:44:52 AM

Subject: RE: Win11 Deadline & FoxPro Apps!

>First: you can upgrade almost any decent PC to Win11 if it has Win10

>running. (Win 7 & 8 may not do an automatic licensing anymore, depends on

>your Bios; but can also get upgraded this way)

>

>Copy the Win11.ISO (download from Microsoft directly!) onto the PC, mount it

>with Doubleclick. Then open CMD with Admin-privilege, change to the mounted

>drive and then do

>SETUP /PRODUCT SERVER

>This switch disables all checks for TPM etc and then installs a Win11 Home

>or Pro (depending of your existing Windows variant).

>Works with all x64 CPUs from 2008 onwards.

>This commandline switch doesn't work with Win11 version 27xxx anymore, thus

>grab your Win11 ISO now!.

>Even if you install an older ISO, the regular Win-updates will still get you

>to the current version.

>

>If there are problems with the Upgrade, Windows either reverts itself to the

>original version, or you can manually go back.

>If everything is working ok, then run CleanMgr with Admin-privilege, and

>select all options to get rid of that OldWin-backups..

>

>I have successfully upgraded more than 10 PCs (even 15 year old DELLs) this

>way; sometimes added RAM to get at least 4GB and changed to an SSD, those

>boxes are then still useful for Students and Officework.

>

>wOOdy

>

>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

>Von: ProFox <profox-bounces@leafe.com> Im Auftrag von Kurt Wendt

>Gesendet: Montag, 21. Juli 2025 23:02

>An: ProFox Email List <profox@leafe.com> <profox@leafe.com>

>Betreff: *** Spam *** Win11 Deadline & FoxPro Apps!

>

>So, here at work - my IT guy let us know there is this big Looming Deadline

>by Micro$oft - to kill off a bunch of older applications.

>

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