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"We all know that some perfectly good Windows 10 PCs can't be upgraded to
Windows 11. But did you know that Canalys Insights estimated there are 240
million Windows 10 PCs doomed to the trash heap because they can't be upgraded
to Windows 11 after Microsoft dumps Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025?
Wow. That's a lot.
And, it may be worse than that. According to IT asset management firm
Lansweeper's count, 40% of all enterprise workstations can't make the upgrade,
which would put the number of Windows 10 PCs counting the day to their death to
about 400 million.
Why? Well, it's because many older Windows 10 machines don't have the CPU or
the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) needed for Windows 11. The TPM isn't usually
a problem, but if you have a PC from 2019 or earlier, the CPU is likely to be
unsupported.
So, what's a user to do when his or her Windows machine can't make the grade?
Well, here's one choice you shouldn't make: Do not just keep running Windows 10
come the fall of 2025. Your machine will be hacked. There's no ifs, ands, or
buts about it.
What Microsoft and its hardware friends want you to do is just buy a new PC.
They hope you'll buy, say, a thousand or two, but they'll sell you one or two
as well. They're not proud.
Or, you could gird your loins and hack your way to installing Windows 11 on
your PC even though, officially, Microsoft won't support you if you try this
trick. It's a bit complicated upgrading an unsupported Windows 10 PC to Windows
11, as ZDNET's resident Windows expert Ed Bott explains, but it's not that hard
either.
There's also an open-source program, Rufus, that makes it easy to bypass the
Windows 11 system check. This bootable USB drive creation program gives you the
option of skipping Windows 11 system requirements when you try to do an
in-place upgrade.
Then, of course, there's my suggestion: Move from your soon-to-be-outdated
Windows 10 to Linux. Yes, I know you've been told that Linux is hard to use and
hard to install. It's not."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
