A hardware platform for cryptographic functions and security keys. Used for:
- Windows BitLocker
- Hardware DRMs
- Network access control
- Application blacklist
- Password protection
- Keygen
- Digitally signing data
- Hyper-V The TPM also has persistent memory so keys can be stored on the TPM. The TPM is password protected.
TPM Reset
After motherboard upgrade, reset the TPM so that it can access the data on your old disks.