Windows 10 use after support ends

deviation said:
Just download the official W11 ISO, then Rufus, and use Rufus to create the bootable USB and patch out the TPM and other W11 requirements.

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Rufus: Create bootable USB drives the easy way
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It will run on a potato if you patch it. If your current setup runs W10 fine, you haven't got anything to worry about :)
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Thanks for that, my i5 2500K spud might live to see W11 after all.
 
andshrew said:
The caveat with bypassing the system requirement checks on a Windows 11 install is that Microsoft do not guarantee they will automatically apply the annual major feature updates (eg. 23H2, 24H2).

That isn't necessarily a problem, it just means that people who install this way need to remember to manually apply these updates otherwise you will eventually fall out of support. Each of these major versions typically receive 2 years of security updates.
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I haven't heard of that, all of the systems I've owned/built haven't had this issue and the restart for updates icon appears in the taskbar, i do check randomly when I remember for updates anyway, and they've always been applied before I've got round to checking myself :)

Either way, OP is going to be fine for a fair while, and it isn't an issue to check once a week or whatever a month incase an update has been missed, seeing as it takes seconds :)
This way the OP gains more years out of their hardware, that they know works fine with W10, so is powerful enough to run W11.
 
Terminal_Boy said:
Thanks for that, my i5 2500K spud might live to see W11 after all.
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You're welcome mate :)

marc2003 said:
Microsoft did move the goal posts with 24H2. It now requires a CPU which supports SSE4.2 instructions. You will never install that on a pentium 4 like that video lists in the details (didn't watch :p). You cannot bypass restrictions like this.

I know Sandybridge CPUs circa 2011 support these instructions. Maybe even the gen before that - I'm not sure.


Future versions will absolutely change again but 24H2 does have an IOT Enterprise LTSC version which gets 10 years of updates from last year. They cannot change the system requirements on that now that it is out in the wild.
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So will that negate the OP's hardware? Otherwise we're just wildly going off topic and ruining the OP's thread here, the best thing he can do is try it, he has nothing to loose, and my suggestion will only benefit him if it allows him to install it, which I believe it will. That way he gets to breathe so more life into capable W10 hardware, and should be able to re-use his key, so it'll cost him nothing but his install/upgrade time, and do him well until/IF it can't be used anymore.

Whether it'll run hardware other than the OP's, isn't relevant to this thread and is just derailing it. So we need to stay on track here, we are trying to help the OP after all ;)
 
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theone8181 said:
I am going to give that a go. My main machine is win 11 anyway so will make it easier for the kids if it's the same. Cheers.
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Awesome, trust me Rufus is so simple to use, it's a breeze, it'll even let you create a user profile name/language setting so it speeds up the install.

When you've added the W11 ISO, and goto start the process, it'll simply pop up an options list to tick of what you want, and it's self explanatory - so you just bypass the TPM and ram restrictions/whatever else you want, and then once it's flashed, boot off it like any other Windows USB install. Seamless :)
 
I enrolled in the commercial ESU program so will be getting updates until October 2028.

My system supports Windows 11 ok but my patience does not :D
 
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