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Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path?

From Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path?
Date 2025-01-13 19:09 -0600
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Newyana2 wrote:
> On 1/13/2025 4:42 PM, Chris wrote:
>>
>> So 2025 will be win10 upgrade year, so what's the cheapest/simplest 
>> upgrade
>> path for hardware and software?
>>
>> I have a home desktop PC based around a Coffee Lake i3 which isn't win11
>> compatible. It's not often used, but I don't want to get rid of it so
>> what's the sweet spot cpu/mobo these days? I'd like to keep the RAM,
>> SSD/NVMe, PSU, etc.
>>
>> Can I transfer my win10 pro license key to win11? What do I lose if just
>> use an unlicensed version of windows?
>>
> 
> I did what Win11 24H2 user did, except that no command line
> is required. Just mount to ISO and run setup.exe. Stay offline.
> Choose an update. It worked fine for me, despite TPM2 being
> disabled. Worth a try.
> 
>    If you're the type who religiously updates then it might make
> sense for you. I just did it out of curiosity, to see how salvageable
> Win11 is. It's not too bad. I cleaned it up, removed Edge, installed
> Classic Shell... Compared to Win10 there are just a few glitches
> so far: The taskbar is a mess and it was hard to get quicklaunch
> back. My utility to customize folders doesn't seem to be working.
> 
>    In general, MS have broken a few things, but basically it's just
> Win10. They just picked a version and decided to start calling it
> 11, in order to force people to accept their crap. But Copilot
> and the Apps are now gone on my system, with no problems.
> 

It does take a while to pick through all the settings to adjust things 
to a sane choice, and turn off advertizing and rediculous "helpfull" 
stuff. Also need to cull rubbish programs you don't need or want.

There are several programs that can address the screwed up taskbar, so 
maybe you can find one you like.

And you're right, it's basically win 10 under the hood. They just added 
a lot of crapware, then renamed everything and moved everything around, 
but once you've gone through it, you'll realize  ... It's just win 10 
with a different color lipstick.

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Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-13 21:42 +0000
  Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-13 17:45 -0500
    Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 07:00 +0000
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Hank Rogers <invalid@nospam.com> - 2025-01-15 07:56 +0000
        Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 10:12 -0700
          Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 10:54 -0700
          Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 18:10 +0000
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-15 03:30 -0500
  Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-13 16:54 -0600
  Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Windows 11 24H2 User <fvgtgfrf@juiklopjhy.com> - 2025-01-13 22:40 +0000
    Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 07:00 +0000
  Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-13 19:45 -0500
    Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-13 19:09 -0600
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-13 22:48 -0500
        Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-14 03:28 -0700
          Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-14 08:43 -0500
            Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 10:28 -0700
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> - 2025-01-14 10:05 -0700
    Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-01-14 09:58 +0000
      Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-14 08:59 -0500
        Re: Win10 -> 11 upgrade path? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-14 14:55 -0500

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