Windows 8.1 to 10 upgrade

gefnew

If you go to settings update and security setting you will see a checking tool from microsoft to see if you have the right hardware.

Neil49

stephanyu said:

So we keep getting the Windows 11 update message. Our computer is windows 10, guessing we will need to get a new PC? Is there much different for windows 11?

If the message says that you can update to 11 then you don't need to get a new pc.

My wife has a netbook and gets a prominent message in Update Manager saying that it isn't compatible with 11 so it should be fairly clear to you whether you can update or not.

I updated some time ago but generally there wasn't a lot of difference although the recent tabs option in File Manager is very useful. The whole update process was very easy and took an hour or so. Personally I think now is a good a time as any to update to 11

Grey_Critic

I have a desktop and laptop that will not run 11 and a laptop that will. Does it concern me? Not at all all they do what I ask of them - If the need arises then I will address the problem when it arises.

I fail to see why people get so worked up about it. I rum MS Office 2010 - yes it is out of date but works fine for me on what I use it for.

As someone I know pointed out years ago if it works OK for you then don't try to change it.

booneruk

Grey_Critic said:

I have a desktop and laptop that will not run 11 and a laptop that will. Does it concern me? Not at all all they do what I ask of them - If the need arises then I will address the problem when it arises.

I fail to see why people get so worked up about it. I rum MS Office 2010 - yes it is out of date but works fine for me on what I use it for.

As someone I know pointed out years ago if it works OK for you then don't try to change it.

An up to date and supported operating system is a critical security element of computers, particularly those that are connected to the Internet. Would you want to do online banking on a PC that's years out of support? It's also sensible to use up to date browsers and virus protection of some sort (which is built into Windows these days). Microsoft Office is less critical, but old versions still leave you more open to threats - we've all probably had suspicious emails containing word docs and excel sheets - most likely nefarious documents that look to exploit weaknesses in older versions of the software.

Grey_Critic

Microsoft are in the business of selling computer software and they are forever updating (and in some cases making them obsolete) this  applies across the board.

The real threat to secuity is not the software but the person using it. I have lost count of the number of cases I have come across where the operator did not know what they were doing. I once found someone who managed to fill a hard drive with junk because they always said yes to the message your computer may be at risk so download this that and the other.

debitcardmayhem

booneruk said:

Grey_Critic said:

I have a desktop and laptop that will not run 11 and a laptop that will. Does it concern me? Not at all all they do what I ask of them - If the need arises then I will address the problem when it arises.

I fail to see why people get so worked up about it. I rum MS Office 2010 - yes it is out of date but works fine for me on what I use it for.

As someone I know pointed out years ago if it works OK for you then don't try to change it.

An up to date and supported operating system is a critical security element of computers, particularly those that are connected to the Internet. Would you want to do online banking on a PC that's years out of support? It's also sensible to use up to date browsers and virus protection of some sort (which is built into Windows these days). Microsoft Office is less critical, but old versions still leave you more open to threats - we've all probably had suspicious emails containing word docs and excel sheets - most likely nefarious documents that look to exploit weaknesses in older versions of the software.

most likely nefarious documents that look to exploit weaknesses in older versions of the software…..
more likely to exploit weaknesses in the target user

booneruk

Grey_Critic said:

Microsoft are in the business of selling computer software and they are forever updating (and in some cases making them obsolete) this  applies across the board.

If Microsoft and other software companies had to support all the versions of all the software they've ever written then it would become a bogged down mess. I'm a developer - I know too well that burning something old down and rewriting it is often the best way of making progress. Microsoft have to be efficient or they wouldn't succeed as a business. It's also the case that todays computers have modern security features that requires modern software to utilise. We can't hang on to the past, especially with software - it's not that simple. How's your gramophone doing these days? And are you still securing your property with a portcullis or ditch? (yes, I'm being a touch sarcastic)

Grey_Critic

***And are you still securing your property with a portcullis or ditch? (yes, I'm being a touch sarcastic) ***

Not at all - I find the Water Board charges a drain on the finances as the moat has a leak. Raising and lowering the portcullis keeps the wife fit so she does not lumbar me with Gym membership charges. I insist that the guards go out and recover their arrows after raids by such as HMRC and the council - Look after the pennies you know.