I gt news on my Android phone.  I think it is tailored to me. Today
there was an article that said M$ will support Win10 for 3 more years. 
Could not confirm.

To keep this on track with Linux I am hoping to replace W10 with Linux
at some point.




On 2025-05-12 16:55, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Apologies - I know this is a Linux forum but this Win 10 thread has
> been meandering like the Mississippi 😗
>
> I hope this post is helpful to those who are pondering Windows 11
> upgrade on older hardware and are not sure how to go about it.
>
> On Sat, May 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> AFAIK, if you have Win 10 installed, there has always been a way to
>> go in and have it upgrade your machine to Win 11 once it was
>> released at no cost.
>>
>> I think that started after they had so much trouble getting people
>> to move off of Win7.
>>
>> The problem is that Win 11 requires something in the hardware that
>> tells Win 11 it can run. I’ve got two machines running Win 10 that
>> refuse to upgrade to Win 11. Paying for it won’t help.
>
> Not necessarily. You don't need the TPM hardware nor do you need to
> pay (see notes)
>
>> You CAN buy an upgrade if you want. I’m sure they’ll happily
>> take your money.
>
> To my knowledge, the upgrade is free if you have a lic. copy of Win 7,
> 8.x, 10
>
> <my story>
>
> I have a 10 year old Dell Inspiron laptop; it does not meet the min.
> Win 11 hardware requirement.
> It has dual boot Linux Mint (c 2021) and a minimalist Windows 7 Home
> OEM (upgraded to Win 10 Pro)
> Hardware profile - Intel Core i7-5500U, 8GB RAM, WDC 1TB HDD, Intel
> WiFi DualBand AC 7265, FHD Touch Screen, NO TPM 2.0
>
> I decided to donate it to someone who needs it more than I do.
> Even though the Linux desktop is easy to navigate, the person is
> familiar with Windows and knows its software update process.
> I don't want to hand him a laptop with a soon to be EOL OS.
>
> So I tried a fresh install of Windows 11 on it before donating it.
>
> Last Friday (5/9), I installed a fresh copy of Windows 11 (AMD64)
> [notes]
> Surprisingly, I did not have to search/install any device drivers.
> Every device worked "out of the box" at first boot! Yay 🙌
> Looks like Windows 11 installation media had all the drivers for this
> laptop because the hardware is so old 😁
>
> Now the laptop is ready for the next owner 🖖
>
> Conclusion: it is *possible* to install Win 11 on older hardware.
>
> </my story>
>
> [notes]
>
>       * Win 10 licenses are eligible for free upgrade to Win 11.  Make sure
> you have the Product Key/Digital Lic (see below) prior to the install
> process.
>       * Download Win 11 ISO from here [1]
>       * Windows Product Key instructions here [2]
>       * A blank 8GB USB pen drive.
>
>       * Visit Rufus website [3] and follow the instructions on how to
> create Win 11 installation media from the ISO (disabling the TPM
> hardware check).
> Don't want to use Rufus - use this Registry hack [4] to bypass
> Hardware checks during the install process.   * Create the USB
> installation media
>       * Boot your computer from the above USB media
>       * Do NOT connect it to your network (WiFi or LAN)
>       * Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation. It
> may nag you for a Microsoft account, choose 'local.'  It took about 40
> mins. for the installation to complete.  YMMV depending on your
> hardware vintage.
>
>       * The Win 11 installation is minimal (35GB), it creates a default
> 'admin' user; it will prompt you to set the password at first login.
> In my case it detected the original Win 7 Home lic. and defaulted the
> install to Win 11 Home but I could upgrade it to Win 11 Pro with my
> Win 10 Digital Licw.
>
> --
> Arun Khan
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
> [2]
> https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/find-your-windows-product-key-aaa2bf69-7b2b-9f13-f581-a806abf0a886
> [3] https://rufus.ie/en/
> [4]
> https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement
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