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Tips and Tricks

Common

Choose edition during installation

Some laptops will not allow you to choose the Windows edition to install if the machine has a Windows key embedded in the BIOS/UEFI. To get around this, use a modified Windows installation media.

Steps to modify the .iso:

  • Unpack the .iso file with something like 7-Zip
  • Inside the Sources folder, create a ei.cfg file with the following contents:
[Channel]
Retail

_Note: if you want to just set the edition permanently and not allow choosing the edition during installation, add the following lines at the top as well, substituting Professional with your desired edition ID.

[EditionID]
Professional
  • Recreate the .iso file with something like ImgBurn.
  • In ImgBurn, drag the extracted files and folders with the modified ei.cfg file included into the source box on the left. Then set the appropriate options:
    • Under "Options", change "File System" to "UDF".
    • Under "Advanced > Bootable Disc", check "Make Image Bootable", then set the following options:
      • Boot Image: Set it to this file efi\microsoft\boot\efisys.bin inside the extracted contents you extracted earlier
      • Platform ID: UEFI
      • Developer ID: Microsoft Corporation
      • Load Segment: Leave as default at 07C0
      • Sectors To Load: 1

Windows 11

Install on "Unsupported" devices

  • Boot the installer
  • On the "Install now" page, do not click on the button.
  • Press Shift+F10
  • Type regedit
  • Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup
  • Right click on the Setup key and select "New > Key"
  • Name the new key LabConfig
  • Inside the new key, right click on the empty white space and select "New -> DWORD (32-bit)"

Then do the following:

For machines without a TPM module

  • BypassTPMCheck -> 1

For machines with less than 4 GB of RAM

  • BypassRAMCheck -> 1

For machines with no secure boot support

  • BypassSecureBootCheck -> 1

Once you're done, close out of regedit and the command prompt and proceed with the installation as usual.