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Anyone still running non-Windows 11 hardware - What are you going to do Oct 14?

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I have a few microATX machines with ~300W power supplies and a couple ATX machines with better power supplies, one I think has 850W copper something supply - decent one anyway.

I'm not a gamer, but do cad, video, illustration...

I'm looking to just swap MB, CPU, RAM, and use remaining old hardware.

I'm kind of partial to ASUS, but not married.

For a microATX:
  • ASUS TUF Gaming B850M-PLUS
  • AMD Ryzen™ 5 9600X
  • G.SKILL Flare X5 Series DDR5 RAM

For ATX:
  • ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS
  • AMD Ryzen™ 7 9700X
  • CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5
Ha, practically the same build.

Out of the ASUS boards, this one seems to have decent connectivity for devices (SATA, PCIe) and moderate performance.

Another aspect is I do not know what Win10 will do when it wakes up with this new hardware. Will I be offered an upgrade, free/cost? I also have two unused Win10 licenses. If I find a free upgrade, then I'd look into upgrading one of the microATX machines into a more budget office/Internet machine.

Any insight?
 
You can run windows 11 on "unsupported" hardware
 
Yes, I've heard of that, and I think I had the youtube procedure queued up once.

But I also understand, it's a bit like removing the 4 screws on the back of this clock

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<Vintage Skeleton Siegfried Haller /Elgin 400 Day #E49 "German Time Bomb">

Turns out, I bought the microATX hardware listed up there only to discover the case I was planning to use is a proprietary Dell construction, so the motherboard will not fit without some uber pain lubricated in blood.

Looks like a rabbit hole trying to get Win11 to run on this machine. Win10 already quit running after an update - OS said the PC cannot run it. I do not imagine Win11 would run either. A 2007 Dell Dimension.

Looks like I'm just going to give that new stuff away and get the stuff on the second ATX list for another case I know is a full ATX case.
 
Hardware given and installed. After enabling legacy boot device support, Windows 10 boots with some prompts to install drivers. It feels just like getting an oil change, no difference except the service light is still on (not eligible for upgrade).

Windows still needs the Secure Boot enabled. This looks like a setting in Windows first, then disable the legacy boot support.
 
I still have a laptop running Windows Vista and another with XP. They continue to work, but I don't use them for anything but a couple of legacy software programs.
 
Exactly! What am I going to do with this perfectly good MB/CPU/RAM set sitting here? Every time, I've built a new PC and I still have them all. They all work great since they've been patched and updated. I set up my old XP machine to use my old Canon scanner, which MS turned off in Win 7. Exploring the Internet with these though sucks.
 
Had to call MS and they will NOT update this Win10 because it was an update from Win7.

I have a Dell e510 that I had installed a new Win10, which later decided the HW was insufficient after one of the big H20 or H22 updates, so I pulled that drive and finished updating it in the new HW.

Now I am trying to figure out how to get Win11 update. I am looking at changing the boot from MBR to GPT as is a specified requirement.

My bet is MS will find some reason why they won't give an update from this Win10 to 11, I'm sure...
 
I will continue to run Windows 10. Just like my previous computer is still running Windows 7.

I guess I need to figure out how to disable automatic updates first.
 
I'll be fine. Hell, I'm still running Windows 10. My current laptop is my most recently work laptop when I left that company they didn't want back because they'd already moved on to newer models and Windows 11. I deactivated all the company firewalls and security stuff and it's just an unsupported laptop now. Works fine for me until it dies.
 
Was at Best Buy recently and was surprised at how cheap windows laptops are. They’re probably nothing fancy but seems you can buy a machine for a few hundred bucks. Would probably be less hassle to just buy something modern that’s updatable.
 
I’m running Windows 10 Pro on my Lenovo laptop. I have no reason to upgrade as it works perfectly. And I don’t care that MS will no longer support it.

FYI, I have a full version of Solidworks. But today was the first time I’ve booted up the computer in a year or so. I only booted it to see what version of Windows I was running.
 
ST Guy said:
I only booted it to see what version of Windows I was running.
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Windows->PC Settings has all of that information. It tells me I'm running Windows 10 Home, version 22H2. And a whole bunch of stuff about the hardware and storage.
 
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There's a patch out, I just sent a copy to my dad to rescue his laptop. My friend the IT genius handed it to me, don't ask me how it works.
 
ScottRNelson said:
Windows->PC Settings has all of that information. It tells me I'm running Windows 10 Home, version 22H2. And a whole bunch of stuff about the hardware and storage.
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I just pulled up “Properties” about my hard drive.
 
Microsoft has extended the drop dead date for Win10. I enrolled in their extension program; next year I will be polling Barf for Motherboard etc. recommendations.
 
I saw last week MS settled in EU to extend support and I've heard the paid support program is now free. Will need to check.

But, that buys you a year and then you'll have to buy Win11. Supposedly, an upgrade from Win10 to Win11 is free for a limited time, like a couple more weeks? This is what I'm trying to do. I can build the hardware, it's just getting the free update is difficult because most will need a new MB/CPU and then Windows deactivates. I managed to get one done that happened to not deactivate, and it's tied to a MS account, but the next one isn't doing it.


Now, since I'm looking through this, I found three of my older laptops, and they all still boot after some bios complaining and few attempts to wake up the capacitors...

I had this old Toughbook pumped up with games and Office. This one has a trackball instead of mouse pad. Was great for Missile Command!

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Here is my first laptop boot.

 
OS2 Warp, I think Muni's still using it to manage the light rail.
 
Speaking of ancient hardware, does anyone know where I can donate a bunch of blank survival mirrors (blank CD's)?
 
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