Shall I upgrade to windows 11?

cherry76

Not sure what to do, not too good with computer. Will have issues if I upgrade? Thanks

RumRat

Why not? Use the opportunity to learn a little more...You don't say what you have now, but it's not that much different to 10

400ixl

If your PC is compatible then yes. Windows 11 on the surface is Windows 10 with round corners, there is not too much change to learn. Underneath there are lots of improvements though and it will be supported for longer.

Ayr_Rage

Agreed, if compatible upgrade as you'll get many more years of support.

 

Vitor

If OPs PC/laptop was capable of running 11, they'd have been getting many prompts to upgrade by now.

Microsoft are cracking down on the hacks to allow 11 to be installed on old clunkers. 

Microsoft patches TPM 2.0 bypass to prevent Windows 11 installs on PCs with unsupported CPUs | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

RumRat

That may be why they are asking......

alanrowell

I recently upgraded to W11. The actual upgrade was painless, the only problems were with MS ignoring my settings and imposing it's own. Took a few days to sort everything out but Google will tell you how to fix things. But ensure that signons, passwords and data are backed up - which you should be doing anyhow.

cherry76

RumRat said:

Why not? Use the opportunity to learn a little more...You don't say what you have now, but it's not that much different to 10

I have window 10.

RumRat

cherry76 said:

RumRat said:

Why not? Use the opportunity to learn a little more...You don't say what you have now, but it's not that much different to 10

I have window 10.

Then I would go for it, I've not had any trouble upgrading 3 laptops and 2 desktops from 10 to 11. Of course this assumes your PC is capable of upgrading, but it should tell you that.

HillStreetBlues

Vitor said:

If OPs PC/laptop was capable of running 11, they'd have been getting many prompts to upgrade by now.

Microsoft are cracking down on the hacks to allow 11 to be installed on old clunkers. 

Microsoft patches TPM 2.0 bypass to prevent Windows 11 installs on PCs with unsupported CPUs | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

Seems they waited to the jump in build number, so makes me wonder if they are going to to be more strict for Win 12

_Jem_

I used Rufus to go from windows 10-11 because my cpu wasn't supported. Rufus is great to bypass windows making you setup a Microsoft Account. Been on Windows 11 just over 12months without any problems.