Upgrading to Windows 11

[dlockers]

Hi folks,

Dawned on me the other day I am still using Win 10. My machine is incompatible though. Is there anything I can do to ignore this shenanigans?

Edit: wtfbbq my CPU was actually ordered/received 09/05/2015. Dayum this thing has done me well!

 

[dlockers]

By ignore, do you mean disable the popups, or upgrade/install Windows 11?

To install

You can use Windows 10 for another year, and maybe you want a new pc anyway, so that'd be end of story.

It is possible to install Windows 11 on unsupported cpus, or at least it was when I did it, if you want to go down that route the first step is to run WhyNotWin11 to make sure you're aware of all potential issues. (If you post a screenshot of your results I can help further)

GitHub - rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11: Detection Script to help identify why your PC is not Windows 11 Release Ready. Now Supporting Update Checks!

Detection Script to help identify why your PC is not Windows 11 Release Ready. Now Supporting Update Checks! - rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11

github.com

Top man will take a look thank you. I posted not that long ago about upgrading and despite 9 years of use we couldn't find a good reason to...

 

[dlockers]

Had a poorly child through the night so haven't started yet. I assume I'll need to create an iso with Rufus and act as if I'm doing a fresh install, but it'll offer an upgrade?

 

[dlockers]

do the thing I said, that will inform what to do next, don't just rush straight into an install

but no, if you end up installing it'll be a clean install

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Do you really need windows? Linux mint or ubuntu have come on leaps and bounds and are super easy to use and just 'work'...

You can get Steam on linux aswell, so it's even good for games...most of the time

You can boot them from USB to give them a test drive...

Too dependant on Windows software still. I know there are alternatives etc etc but it isn't a now thing.

 

[dlockers]

So I'm good to go sans tpm but on haswell?