We're in the final days of Microsoft's free software updates for Windows 10, and a lot of people with perfectly good ...

The inevitable Windows 10 end-of-life date is just around the corner, as Microsoft is expected to cut support for the operating system on October 14, 2025. However, the software giant has provided ...

Firstly, the good news: If you have Windows 10 installed on your PC, you can upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 (the latest version of Windows 11) free of charge. This makes sense, as support for Windows 10 ...

In a surprising reversal, Microsoft has published new guidelines for installing Windows 11 on devices that do not meet the operating system's minimum requirements. This decision came less than a week ...

Don’t believe all the misleading hype. Your dated old work PC might still have some life in it yet. Windows 10 has less than a year left before it hits its end of support deadline. Starting in October ...

I read the Ars article from October, and a few other sites, and still a bit unclear on running W11 on older hardware. My wife's laptop is a Dell XPS with a 6th gen i5. No TPM 2.0. For her needs it is ...

TL;DR: Microsoft has made it clear that users running Windows 11 on an unsupported PC should revert to run Windows 10 instead. This comes via an update to a support document that offered a workaround ...

Microsoft's muddled messaging on Windows 11 hardware compatibility requirements has been causing confusion for its customers for the past three years. This week, a simple update to an old support ...

Q: Are the Windows 11 upgrade workarounds for non-compliant (Windows 10) computers safe? A: If you’re one of the millions still using Windows 10, you’ve probably seen the now-frequent reminders about ...

Windows 11 adoption remains sluggish as millions of compatible PCs refuse to upgrade, creating challenges for Microsoft and ...

Hundreds of readers have completed upgrades using ZDNET's help. In general, they report the upgrade is easy, with few issues. For those who had problems, there were typically simple fixes. Microsoft's ...

Use the following fixes for the “Install driver to show hardware” error on your Windows 11 system while trying to upgrade the OS: Plug the USB flash drive into ...