Windows 10 has reached end of life. But you can upgrade unsupported PCs to Windows 11 by bypassing TPM and RAM checks without losing files.

Microsoft really doesn't want customers to upgrade older PCs to Windows 11, but there are workarounds for all but the oldest devices. Now that Windows 10 support has officially ended, here's ...

Click the Accept and install button, and your Windows 10 PC will be upgraded to Windows 11. You should be able to use your PC during the download and installation. When the process is finished, ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 earlier this month.Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check.It's possible to bypass this and install ...

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Windows 10 officially reached the end of support on October 14, 2025.That means Microsoft no longer provides security updates, bug fixes, or technical support for it.

Microsoft really doesn't want customers to upgrade older PCs to Windows 11, but there are workarounds for all but the oldest devices. Now that Windows 10 support has officially ended, here's ...

PC users with older machines are also out of luck. The TPM 2.0 technology was released in October 2014. As a result, Microsoft’s own director for OS security, David Weston, notes that only CPUs from ...