Yes, Trusted Platform Module.
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Alan Bourke
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On Wed, 21 Jul 2021, at 3:28 AM, Kurt at VR-FX wrote:
> This TPM - isn't it a chip based thing in Intel machines for security
> purposes? Sounds familiar from my time at Northrop Grumman...
>
> -Kurt
>
> On 6/29/2021 1:15 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Jun 2021, at 3:05 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
> >> Hmmm...I thought Windows 10 was the last OS! Does this mean we have the
> >> anxiety yet again of "will our VFP apps work in Win<Next>" ???
> > It looks like effectively a large service pack, the UI has differences but the underlying architecture is the same. So I would bet the house that VFP will continue to work fine.
> >
> > Windows 11 also requires a hardware security feature called TPM, and I doubt very much that many commodity desktop boxen from Dell and the like will have that feature. So I don't see Windows 11 being a feature of the corporate desktop for quite a while, as many companies have only just refreshed hardware for Windows 10.
> >
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