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You Might Actually Be Able to Upgrade Your 'Incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 for Free. Here's How

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

Windows 10 End of Life: Microsoft releases final Windows 10 update as support officially comes to an end

Support for Windows 10 has now ended as of October 14. Here's everything you need to know about how your PC is at risk, and ...

How to change the size of your desktop icons on a Windows 10 computer

You can change your desktop icon size on a Windows 10 computer in a few steps. The default icon size is usually medium, but ...
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Microsoft just pulled the plug on Windows 10—what happens to your computer now?

But Windows 10 saying goodbye feels different, since the requirements to upgrade to Windows 11 are much more stringent. If ...

Windows 10 End of Life countdown: Will your pc be obsolete after October 2025?

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

How to temporarily turn off automatic updates in Windows 10, so your computer won't restart on its own

You can turn off automatic updates in Windows 10 through the Settings app. However, you can't turn them off forever. Here's ...

Up To 400 Million Computers Soon To Become Obsolete As Support Ends For Windows 10

Free support for Windows 10 comes to an end on Wednesday. That's a big problem since almost half of all Windows computers worldwide run on that ...

Windows 10 support officially ends today - and millions of PCs fall off the 'security cliff'

Hundreds of millions of PCs are still running Windows 10, and even with extended security updates, the population of unpatched PCs will spike over the next few years. How bad can it get?