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Microsoft’s Forced Upgrade—New Warning For 450 Million Windows PC Owners
Microsoft has just played its joker card twice in a week, forcing upgrades on millions of Windows PC owners. This will raise serious alarm bells for hundreds of million of users who may now need to upgrade their PCs with no alternative options.
Microsoft begins auto updating PCs to Windows 11 24H2 (forced download phase)
Windows 11 24H2 shipped on October 1, 2024, as an optional upgrade for all existing users whether you meet system requirements or not. Starting January 16, 2025, Microsoft has begun automatically downloading Windows 11 24H2 on fully-compatible Windows 11 PCs.
Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 22H2, 23H3 devices
Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 11 24H2 to eligible, non-managed systems running the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2.
How to upgrade your 'incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 in 2025
Microsoft keeps adding upgrade roadblocks, but there are workarounds for many models. Here's how you can find out whether your Windows 10 PC can bypass the latest restrictions and safely upgrade to Windows 11 - for free.
This Sale Makes Upgrading to Windows 11 a No-Brainer
We’ve heard just about every excuse under the sun for Windows 10 users not wanting to upgrade to the newest OS. But, with Microsoft ending Windows 10 support later this year, people are upgrading to Windows 11 and finding they actually like it.
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Microsoft gives Windows 11 24H2 green light for gamers, but issues loom
Microsoft officially recognized the issues with Ubisoft games on 24H2 in November 2024. Back then, only two games, Avatar: ...
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Windows 11 is finally getting a long-awaited feature that should have been there since day one
When you're using Windows 11 on a laptop and want to check how much juice you have left in the battery, how do you do it? For ...
Microsoft is finally adding this highly requested feature to the Taskbar on Windows 11
It's a feature that pretty much all other modern operating systems have, and it's now finally coming to Windows 11. Spotted ...
Microsoft expands testing of Windows 11 admin protection feature
Microsoft has expanded its Windows 11 administrator protection tests, allowing Insiders to enable the security feature from ...
New year, new Windows 11 24H2 bug to add to the list: 13 and counting
Microsoft's official 24H2 update for Windows 11 has been saddled with one bug after another. Here's why you might want to ...
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Microsoft Begins Automatic Rollout of Windows 11 24H2 Update
Microsoft has started the automatic rollout of Windows 11 version 24H2, also known as the Windows 11 2024 Update, to eligible ...