During installing of Windows 10 (Bootcamp?), an error "The computer restarted unexpectedly..." shows up on my MacBook Pro 13" (Mid 2014). Happens with my Aura SSD. Solution:
Create a shortcut like so:
c:\windows\system32\runas.exe /trustlevel:0x20000 applecontrolpanel.exe
and run it as administrator
Seems like MacBook Pro is unable to handle new Windows "Modern Standby mode" that's supposed to mimic modern smartphone fast wake up to ui experience. To fix that, we can change power saving mode to "High Performance" rather than "Balanced" (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7545746 and https://appuals.com/how-to-restore-missing-power-plan-options-on-windows-10/)
Normally, "High Performance" power plan may not be available, in which case we can add it first, running as administrator in cmd:
powercfg -duplicatescheme a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a
powercfg -duplicatescheme 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
When installing Windows, keep the charger on on MacBook.
After setting the "High performance" power plan, edit it, so CPU power for battery-mode matches one of the power-connected mode. Also, we can edit it's parameters to make sure windows doesn't crash but also so the fans do not spin all the time (reducing GPU performance, for example).
Install Windows 10 the usual way (as described above), then download and burn (using bootcamp assistant on Mac) Windows 11 ISO. When on Windows 10, open regedit, and add the following entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU (DWORD) = 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig\BypassTPMCheck (DWORD) = 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig\BypassRAMCheck (DWORD) = 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig\BypassSecureBootCheck (DWORD) = 1
then launch setup.exe from the flash drive, when on Windows 10. Follow the setup process - do not leave the MacBook unattended not to miss error messages (otherwise it'll reboot and rollback to windows 10). When presented an error and Mac reboots, you'll see a boot menu (Win 10, Win 11, Rollback to 10). Pick Win 11.
Now, if the error is the same as was when installing Win10 (Message box with error), Just press Shift F10 and edit setup status to 3 in regedit. If the error "Please connect to Wifi or LAN to fix the error" - do connect to LAN and the error will fix by itself.
Then adjust the power plan settings as usual to prevent Windows 11 from crashing, as we did on Win 10.
Also see https://windowsreport.com/install-windows-11-without-tpm/
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