In this video I show you how to bypass the TPM and SecureBoot checks so you can run Windows 11 as a virtual machine without needed to encrypt the VM and install a virtual TPM device. In this example I am using a VMWare ESXI host but this method can be used with other hypervisors as well.
Step by Step Guide
Press Shift + F10 on the keyboard in the Windows 11 installer to bring up the command prompt. Then, type in regedit and press Enter.
1. Inside of the registry editor, navigate to
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup.” Then, right-click on the “LabConfig” folder with the mouse. Click “New” followed by the “key.” Name the key “LabConfig.”
2. Click on the “LabConfig” key (aka folder).
Then, right-click on the blank white space and select “New” followed by “DWORD (32-bit) Value”. You must create three new “DWORD (32-bit) Value” entries in the “LabConfig” area.
These values must be:
1
2
3
BypassTPMCheck
BypassRAMCheck
BypassSecureBootCheck
3. Select each of the values with the mouse
right-click on them and choose the “Modify” option. Change the value from “0” to “1”. Then, close the registry editor and the command