If your PC runs Windows 10, you can ignore those pesky compatibility checks and upgrade to Windows 11. Here's how nearly two dozen ZDNET readers got the job done and saved their laptops from the scrap pile.

And so, while Microsoft closing one backdoor to Windows 11 hardware compatibility won’t directly impact hundreds of millions of PC users, Windows 10 end-of-life will. And if a sizeable percentage of users can’t afford the upgrade or refuse to trash what they see as perfectly good machines, there’s a huge cyber challenge on its way.

With Windows 11 version 22H2 nearing the end of its life, Microsoft is forcing users to upgrade to the latest version.

H2 and 21H2 holdouts about to be dragged to 23H2 Microsoft has warned that a forced update is on the way for Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 users still clinging to the past.… The warning applies to the remaining users of Enterprise,

Windows 11 users running an older version of the operating system will be forcibly upgraded in the coming weeks.