Subject: Re: Running Win10 after end of life

From: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2025 06:17:15 -0700

Thanks JD, I'll check it out!!

On 2025-05-01 15:14, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Someone probably already said it, but you can use Rufus to create usb
> install media to upgrade unsupported Windows 10 installations to
> Windows 11.
> Not sure how out of spec your hardware is, but I've upgraded VMs and
> laptops without TPM 2.0.
> You're just asking for trouble running an unsupported OS.
> 
>  Rufus can be downloaded from https://rufus.ie/en/
> 
> Rufus works great to create bootable Linux USB sticks too.
> 
>  In addition to downloading Rufus, you’ll want to download an ISO
> file. Windows 11 ISO files can be downloaded from
> https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
> Once you have these two downloads, run Rufus, ensure you’ve selected
> a USB drive and the ISO file from within Rufus and choose to start.
> Another dialog will come up with various setup options including a
> check box to bypass the Windows 11 hardware requirements. This is
> checked by default. Start the USB creation process at this point.
> Once your USB drive is created, open it from within Windows and run
> Setup. Again, you should not need to boot off the USB drive. Finish
> setup and your OS will be updated.
> 
> This is a Linux mailing list and you can get pretty far with Crossover
> Linux and such, but there are a lot of things that won't run.
> 
> If you're using it to browse the Internet and use web apps then that
> works just as well in any Linux distribution.
> 
> JD
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