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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 11 upgrade not working? Try my 4 favorite troubleshooting tricks

If a Windows upgrade has ever gone sideways on you, you know how vague and unhelpful the error messages can be. Here are my go-to troubleshooting tricks when that happens.

How to start Windows 10 or 11 in Safe Mode to fix computer issues, and then exit later

Your Windows computer isn't working right and you need to narrow down the problem. Here's how to boot up in Safe Mode and do ...

The Windows 11 upgrade tool stopped working at the worst possible time - but you have options

The Windows 11 media creation tool is used to create a bootable USB drive or DVD with the installation files for the OS. You typically turn to this tool to run a clean install or reinstall of Windows ...
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Can't Run Windows 11? Here's What You Should Do Next

Windows 10 support ends on Oct. 14. Microsoft will start prioritizing Windows 11 and halt updates to Windows 10. While the most current version of Windows has been available for several years, plenty ...