Computer OS advice (Page 2): I don't have any problems with my Win-7 machine running Firefox and BitDefender AV. Edge? Not so much - but then again I rarely use edge. I'll use Chrome...

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

BebuLamar wrote:

The main problem with running Windows 10 after support ends is that you start losing the ability to browse the web.

I don't have any problems with my Win-7 machine running Firefox and BitDefender AV.
Edge? Not so much - but then again I rarely use edge. I'll use Chrome if a site isn't compatible with Firefox.

alphadog

Thanks everyone for your input, will proceed after I increase my LIFE INSURANCE to a million... the wife could get lucky!!!

BebuLamar

Merlin1300 wrote:

I don't have any problems with my Win-7 machine running Firefox and BitDefender AV.
Edge? Not so much - but then again I rarely use edge. I'll use Chrome if a site isn't compatible with Firefox.

I don't use Windows 7 any more as there isn't any advantage as compared to Windows 10. I do use Windows XP because I need to run a good number of programs that only run on Windows XP or older and I could manage to kind of browsing the web with 1 computer. I can't get the others to do so. It's a lot of settings I had to made and I don't remember what I did.

JimBart Loc: Western Michigan

My Dell computer says it is not compatible with or acceptable to upgrade to window 11. It says my cpu processor is outdated and that something is wrong with the tps
Wondering can I update it for Win 11 or do I need to do something more Will it also accept my old word and excel programs

BebuLamar

JimBart wrote:

My Dell computer says it is not compatible with or acceptable to upgrade to window 11. It says my cpu processor is outdated and that something is wrong with the tps
Wondering can I update it for Win 11 or do I need to do something more Will it also accept my old word and excel programs

You can't upgrade the computer so it would run Windows 11. Some could however install Windows 11 on computer that Windows 11 deems not compatible. If your Word and Excel run on Windows 10 they will run on Windows 11.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

The real question (which I don’t yet know the answer) isn’t can you update a “non compliant” win 10 machine to to win 11 - you can by add ing a few lines to the registry and turning on secure boot in the BIOS (I posted on the subject), the question is can you get updates/patches to 11 after it’s done on a “non eligible” computer, and I don’t know the answer to that. So the question isn’t can you do it, the question is there a valid reason to do it and should you take a chance on updates. On the other hand, after 10/25 when support for Win 10 stops, do updates matter?

Harry02 Loc: Gardena, CA

Almost all windows and other os s problems are hardware related.
Almost all the "blue screen of death"s came from not installing the video drivers.
I had my neighbors xp machine for a bit. WITH more memory, it could run Win10. Slow.
My wife's sister wanted me to "fix" her imac. Beautiful big ol screen. Runs Sierra, max.
3gb ram and a 256gb 3600rpm hdd?!
I ended up - again - installing Linux Mint. Complaints. Installed Win 8.1
All she wanted was Gmail and a browser. She's almost happy now.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

TriX wrote:

you can update a “non compliant” win 10 machine to to win 11 - by adding a few lines to the registry and turning on secure boot in the BIOS

Except when you can't.
I built a machine in 2014/15 running Win-7, later updated to Win-10.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-496767-1.html
The Win-11 compliance checker said I didn't have a TPM, so I got one supposedly compatible with my MoBo.
Nope - Win-11 was still a no-go (despite enabling secure boot and tweaking the registry).
Don't really need Win-11 on that machine now as I built a new one that runs Win-11 just fine.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Merlin1300 wrote:

Except when you can't.
I built a machine in 2015 running Win-7, later updated to Win-10.
The Win-11 compliance checker said I didn't have a TPM, so I got one supposedly compatible with my MoBo.
Nope - Win-11 was still a no-go.
Don't really need Win-11 on that machine now as I built a new one that runs Win-11 just fine.

You can always bypass by adding a DWord “BypassTPMCheck” to the registry and setting the DWord value to 1. It has no effect unless you’re installing 11. If you want the specifics as to where in the registry to add, let me know, and I’ll go check the machine I tested it on.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

TriX wrote:

You can always bypass by adding a DWord “BypassTPMCheck” to the registry and setting the DWord value to 1.

Water over the dam now - as Win-11 runs fine on Thanos.
Mjolnir is still limping along with Win-10 and occasional BSODs - but I only run some older software on that.
Thanks

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Merlin1300 wrote:

Water over the dam now - as Win-11 runs fine on Thanos.
Mjolnir is still limping along with Win-10 and occasional BSODs - but I only run some older software on that.
Thanks

Smile. When you mentioned Thanos, being a bit slow this morning, I Googled it to see if it was a disto of Linux I hadn’t heard of and you were running Win 11 in a VM.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

TriX wrote:

I Googled it to see if it was a distro of Linux I hadn’t heard of and you were running Win 11 in a VM.

LOL

Nahhh - I have a habit of naming things so everyone knows Which Thing I'm talking about.
My last 4 computers have been (oldest) Colossus, Lightning, Mjolnir, Thanos (newest).
Cars: Electra (Fusion Plug-in Hybrid), Brutus (Expedition Ltd w/ towing package) and Joulee (Tucson Hybrid).

R3Dude Loc: Spokane WA

It will all depend on what version your computer is.....
I ran into the same issue....bought vs11 wanting to jump up to the most current for some of the
new issues it has.....won't work on my computer due to my motherboard is too old.

I tried to find where one can determine where the cut off line was....no luck yet.
Figured I may have to go into the internet and see if I can find an answer.

Rod

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

R3Dude wrote:

It will all depend on what version your computer is.....
I ran into the same issue....bought vs11 wanting to jump up to the most current for some of the
new issues it has.....won't work on my computer due to my motherboard is too old.

I tried to find where one can determine where the cut off line was....no luck yet.
Figured I may have to go into the internet and see if I can find an answer.

Rod

You need:

Secure Boot (requires GPT partition on disk plus selection in BIOS)
TPM (trusted platform management) - this is a function of the motherboard
8th gen or newer CPU

paps45251

I have a new Hp that came with Windows 11. With the help you can find on Youtube it's a great upgrade for you.