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 ...

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 ...

As the deadline for Windows 10 support approaches, users are looking for ways to upgrade to Windows 11, especially those with a PC that isn't compatible with the latest OS. A new tool, Flyby11, has ...

Your PC won't stop working if it misses the Secure Boot 2023 update. But here's what changes for older PCs and Windows 11 ...

Your PC does not meet the new system requirements set by Microsoft but you badly want to upgrade to Windows 11 because your current Windows OS is already slow. It's ...

Windows 11 is the latest version of the most popular operating system in the world, and as long as you have a supported PC, it's very easy to install. But therein lies the problem: Windows 11 has ...

The same pattern shows up when people ask whether it is possible to install Windows 11 on an unsupported CPU. Microsoft’s own technical discussions concede that unsupported processors may not meet the ...

Copilot Plus PCs haven’t even launched yet, but Microsoft’s AI features are already available on existing hardware. Copilot Plus PCs haven’t even launched yet, but Microsoft’s AI features are already ...

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 ...

Microsoft has quietly removed its official guidance for bypassing Windows 11’s stringent hardware requirements. This change, made after the release of Windows 11 ...

I've heard that people do such things (using something called Rufus?), and I have an older machine -16 GB RAM, i7-6700 3060 Ti, ASUS Z170-A motherboard-- running Windows 10 Pro-- that I want to keep ...