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

Above and beyond the benefits of a fresh do-over, clean installing Windows 11 improves security, exposes new features, and more. With the Windows 10 end of support date arriving on October 14, ...

Windows 10 officially reached the end of support on October 14, 2025.That means Microsoft no longer provides security updates, bug fixes, or technical support for it.

No affiliation and I usually avoid "tools" because of the way most work, but I've been using "O&O ShutUp10++" since Windows 10 and I find it to be very helpful in ...

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 earlier this month. Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check. It's possible to bypass this and install Windows 11 in 10 easy ...

One of the downgrades that Windows 10 users experience when moving to Windows 11, especially when clean-installing the newer operating system, is the inability to create a local account and set up ...

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 ...

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Windows Activation helps verify that your copy of Windows is genuine and hasn’t been used on more devices than the Microsoft Software License Terms allow. 1] Are you using the right product key? Make ...