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 ...

Bypassing Windows 11's hardware requirements is trivial, there is even an official means, but that requires TMP 1.2. Install Windows 11 using a clean install, then ...

Windows 10 has been one of the best and most stable versions of the operating system from Microsoft, and it is no wonder that many users have waited to update to the new Windows 11. Despite its ...

You can change the date and time formats using Windows Settings. Here are the steps to do so: First, open the Windows Settings app using Win+I and navigate to the Time & language tab from the ...

Don't get stuck on a retired system — see if your PC is ready for Windows 11 before Windows 10 support ends.

While it might outlive most components in your PC, a good CPU is expensive, so you'll want to take every step to increase its ...

Although your new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally is touted as a handheld gaming device, it's still a full-fledged computer that runs ...

You can easily offload some of the CPU tasks to other components, like the GPU, and free up resources for your computer to perform better.

Windows 11 officially requires a Trusted Platform Module. Here's why and what to do if your old PC doesn't have one.

In our first article on Windows 11 in business and the end of support of Windows 10 we mentioned that the newer operating system has higher hardware requirements. Knowing if your Windows 10 machine ...

We benchmark this six-core Zen 5 CPU in games and applications, with both the 65W and 105W TDP, to see if it can beat the ...