If Windows Update says your desktop or laptop doesn't meet the requirements for Windows 11, a bit of work under the hood could make it happen anyway.

ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025.Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check.It's possible to bypass this and install Windows ...

The latest version of Windows 11 merely catches everyone up with interim features from the past year and extends its support ...

As lousy timing would have it, Microsoft's handy media creation tool to facilitate clean installations to Windows 11 is ...

If your computer is still running without issues and meets your needs, you have a few ways to extend its life beyond 2025.

Microsoft will end support for Windows 10, making hundreds of PCs useless unless they are swapped with newer models or ...

Enhance your old PC with a lifetime license for Windows 11 Pro for $9.97 (reg. $199).

Home users can only get a one-year stay of execution for Windows 10, but IT administrators and other institutions with fleets ...

Microsoft has reminded customers today that Windows 10 has reached the end of support and will no longer receive patches for ...

Starting Thursday, Microsoft is pushing more “experimental” features and future apps that will put the company’s Copilot AI ...