jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I watched this last night, and I'll keep it in mind.

Create Windows 11 Installation Media For Any PC
So you want to make a bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 11 on any computer you like? Well get Rufus, it allows you to install Windows 11 on any machine including unsupported hardware.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgJSrAntAK4&t=219s

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

No thanks. I'll stick with Windows 10 until I am forced to upgrade.

BebuLamar

Not any computer. None of the computers I own would run Windows 11.

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

Oo-ooh! Can I put Windows on my 4K TS-1000? My 32K Model 100? Yay! 😂 🤣 😉. (My 512K CoCo 3 already has windows with OS-9.)

--Rich

Bullittjon Loc: Minnesota

I'm getting notified by my Dell all-in-one to get updated to Windows 11 version 22H2. Not sure I should do it though it is free. Anyone with Windows 11 having issues?

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

I been using Rufus for a long time as a computer tech . The latest version 3.20 has allowed me to install windows 11 on several computers that didn't qualify , including a few of mine that I don't have Linux Mint running on . As long as you put a check in the box telling it not to look for 4G of ram , TPM , and secure boot . I found out for me it has also activated all the installs of 11 I installed . I just tell the setup I don't have a product key during installing and at the end of the install . It's activated . All windows updates install and there is no water mark showing like it says would happen if your system doesn't qualify and you try to install win 11 . I feel as a tech that your still as safe as you are on win 10 .I haven't had and customers telling they are having a problem with win 11 I installed , on computers that don't qualify or the ones that I bought with win 11 on them

Schoee Loc: Europe

I did that update and no problems. There was a problem I believe with 12th gen Intel chips and Nvidia GPU but that has been fixed I believe. I only have 10th gen i7

lbrande

Please explain "Rufus". Is that the Microsoft software App?

Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA

I like my Windows 7 Dell laptop still...although I expect it to die any day now...sure don't like maybe having to pay a monthly/yearly fee for programs I OWN now like the Office Suite that used to come with every computer & with discs that were yours. Sigh...progress!

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

Rufus is a free program that has been around for a long time that you can download ( it's not a microsoft app ). When I download a operating system iso file. I use rufus to load the operating system onto a USB Flash Drive . It makes the iso file capable to be installed on a computer . I then insert the flash drive into a usb slot on the computer that I want to install a operating system . It can be win xp , 7 , 8 , 10 , 11 , any linux system . You just can't put a iso file on a flash drive and have it install the operating system . Rufus makes the iso file able to install any operating system as it loads the iso file onto the usb flash drive your going to use . When the people that designed Rufus and made updates to it thru the years came up against windows 11 . They went into the operating system , saw what microsoft programmers wrote as code to detect if your computer can run windows 11 . And updated the code in their program to remove the requirements out of the windows 11 iso file as it loads it onto your flash drive so you can install windows 11 on any computer that I have tried it on . Of coarse you wouldn't want to try to install any of the latest windows operating systems on any old computer . Hope this helps you understand Rufus a lot better now and why we use it . Tommy

CaltechNerd Loc: Whittier, CA, USA

If you still have installation disks, you should be able to use your old software. But there's no guarantees. You might try your software on another Win 10 machine just to see if they activate.

I'd be concerned about security on Win 7. It hasn't been supported for years and has many vulnerabilities.

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

OR just replace the"install.esd" file in the Windows 10 USB install media "sources" directory
and replace it with the the Windows 11 "install.esd" file. Done.