OK. i will bite.
why are you stuck on 22H2?
best of luck, Steve ..
Long answer:
The physical architecture of the intel 6900K CPU is such that the matter of simply tweaking a few entries in the registry isn't an option. Despite all Microsoft's instructions on the page where they don't recommend doing this, but provide the text and the steps involved with the caveat that I will be completely and legally liable for any harm to my PC as a result from choosing to alter the OS according to the steps provided by them ::: deep breath ::: the original attempt to install Windows 11 resulted in quirky consequences.
This is a Broadwell CPU. The link I posted about that fellow who was complaining to MS about paying $2500 for his little 6700K laptop was cute. The chip alone in this machine cost that much. Fortunately for me, I did not pay quite that much for my CPU as I got it directly from Intel, signed, sealed, and delivered. I will spare you the details regarding how I managed that but at the time that I received it the CPU was retailing at well over 2K USD. So boo hoo to poor little laptop owner with only 32G of RAM. My platform cost 10X as much so he can suck it up.
We are talking about a very extensive system here. It runs RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 simultaneously. It has more drives than there are letters in the alphabet. It has a server side and it has a regular, domestic end user side. It is what it's supposed to be: It's a real work station. In fact, it was a work of art until MS decided to make people's lives miserable with Windows 11.
I use this unit for everything. It's a family server, it's a work station, it's a gaming rig, it's an entertainment center, it's a repository for all our archives, and the bloody thing weighs over 80lbs. It does more than your average Xeon and it runs Windows 7 Ultimate smoother than greased lightning.
TPM2 is not the issue. This CPU has more versions of TPM2 than you can shake a stick at. The challenge is the architecture of the chip itself. The turbo boost is not really a big deal in this case because the chip has been clocked to run @ 4.1 GHz and that speed is locked in.
Alas, to make the unconventional installation I have to change several settings in my BIOS and it can be a real PITA to get them back after the installation. The quick and fast and dirty method would be to simply clone what I have, disconnect the drive currently using Win11, and then attempt to write over it with the new version. I attempted this already and during installation I get the "driver missing" message. I do not know which driver it is referring to as it does not specify. I suspect it is the driver for the turbo boost technology which isn't really needed.
When I consider all the hoops and hurdles I must jump through just to get the latest distro *cough* version of Windows 11 it behooves me to ask myself if the entire exploit is really worth the effort. Every time I do this it kills my Linux and then I have to go and repair that too. This system runs triple boot without issue provided that I don't mess with anything.
So, I really don't feel up to the task at this time because I already tried and I rather doubt that I can give Win11 23H2 the driver that it keeps on asking for. I hope this answers your question.
Looking if your machine has a supported processsor or not? If yes, then check out this post on Is Intel Core i7-6900k Compatible with Windows 11?
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