Millions of Windows users hit with surprise warning—here’s what you do next.
A week ago, Microsoft appeared to shutdown avenues to moving to Windows 11 on PCs that didn’t meet the TPM 2.0 hardware hurdle. “With Windows 10 end of support approaching,”But then the company almost immediately appeared to reverse course, opening the door to updates on machines that don’t meet a hurdle it describes as “a necessity.”“Microsoft is now allowing Windows 11 on older, incompatible PCs.
the single largest surge in junked computers in history, with dire consequences for both consumers and the environmentreports, “Microsoft allows users to install Windows 11 on older PCs but warns against doing so… A few days after announcing that the TPM 2 module, a major hardware requirement for Windows 11, was not a recommendation, but a necessity, Microsoft published an entry in its support page about installing the new OS on older hardware.
So, as a Windows 10 user approaching end of support, you want to move to Windows 11 on your incompatible PC to maintain support. And while you can now do this, you will likely lose support. “So we're back to square one,” says, the risk is that millions of users will not know what to do next, and will pick the wrong option.
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