{"id":13174,"date":"2018-10-26T06:12:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T06:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=13174"},"modified":"2018-10-26T06:23:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T06:23:54","slug":"find-out-if-your-windows-pc-has-a-tpm-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/find-out-if-your-windows-pc-has-a-tpm-chip\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways to Find out if Your Windows PC Has a TPM Chip"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I determine if my computer has TPM available? Need to check if the TPM on a Windows machine is enabled or activated? TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a security chip that is soldered to the motherboard on most new PCs. It provides a hardware-based approach to store cryptographic keys and ensure it is tamper-free. In this tutorial we’ll show you 4 ways to find out if your Windows PC has a TPM chip, and check out TPM version and status.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Check if Your PC has TPM Using TPM Management Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog window. Type tpm.msc<\/strong> into it and press Enter.<\/p>\n

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This opens the built-in utility – Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Management. If TPM is installed, you can see the manufacturer information about the TPM in the PC. In my case, the TPM version is 2.0.<\/p>\n

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If you see a “Compatible TPM cannot be found<\/em>” message instead, your computer does not have a TPM or it’s turned off in the BIOS\/UEFI.<\/p>\n

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Method 2: Check if Your PC has TPM Using Device Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open the Device Manager<\/a> and look for a node called “Security devices<\/strong>“. Expand it and see if it has a “Trusted Platform Module<\/em>” listed.<\/p>\n

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Method 3: Check if Your PC has TPM Using Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open the elevated Command Prompt<\/a> and run the following command:
\nwmic \/namespace:\\\\root\\cimv2\\security\\microsofttpm path win32_tpm get * \/format:textvaluelist.xsl<\/code><\/p>\n

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This will let you view the current status of the TPM chip: activated or enabled. If there is no TPM installed on your computer, you’ll get the message “No Instance(s) Available<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Method 4: Enter into UEFI\/BIOS to Check if Your PC has TPM<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’re unable to find any TPM on your PC using the above methods, it’s possible that the TPM is disabled in the UEFI\/BIOS firmware. To check for this, restart your PC into the UEFI \/ BIOS screen<\/a>. Navigate to the Security<\/strong> tab or the Advanced<\/strong> tab, look for a setting called “TPM Support<\/em>“, “Security Chip<\/em>“, “TPM Security<\/em>” or something like that. Make sure it’s enabled.<\/p>\n

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If there is no such setting, your computer probably doesn’t have TPM chip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How can I determine if my computer has TPM available? Need to check if the TPM on a Windows machine is enabled or activated? TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a security chip that is soldered to the motherboard on most new PCs. It provides a hardware-based approach to store cryptographic keys and ensure it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,3,39],"tags":[4025,4024,4023],"class_list":["post-13174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-check-if-your-pc-has-tpm","tag-enable-tpm-in-bios","tag-how-to-check-tpm-version"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13174"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13195,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13174\/revisions\/13195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}