Upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11?

[Marcozi]

Microsoft will discontinue support for Windows 10 in the fall of 2025. I realize I'll have to "upgrade" before that time. So, I'm asking for personal experience when upgrading from "10" to "11." I'm most interested in issues with hardware compatibility, etc.

Thanks!

 

[BMW Dom]

I've been running W11 for the last year ish, no issues.
This is BITOG, where everyone hates change so keep that in mind

 

[Leo99]

I had to update my BIOS. It was still on the factory version and about 10 revisions behind.

 

[Urshurak776]

So, I am responsible for the loadout image of technician laptops (HVAC Industry.) Currently, I am running all software on Windows 10 Pro. I need to set up a Windows 11 laptop and go through all the testing. Doing that this Fall to get ahead of the game.

A couple of the techs have already "upgraded" to Windows 11 despite my advice and have not had too many problems, but a few glitches here and there. For a home computer, probably not an issue at this point. I wouldn't worry too much.

As far as hardware, check the drivers for your hardware and see if there is a Windows 10/11 driver available. In most cases you shouldn't have an issue. Windows 11 has been out for a little while now.

 

[KrisZ]

If your computer has installed win10 it will run w11 without issues. The only soft block to upgrading to win11 is the TPN module. Older win10 computers don’t have it, but there are workarounds for that as well.

 

[Hermann]

I've been running W11 for the last year ish, no issues.
This is BITOG, where everyone hates change so keep that in mind

AKA Luddite City

 

[javacontour]

If your computer has installed win10 it will run w11 without issues. The only soft block to upgrading to win11 is the TPN module. Older win10 computers don’t have it, but there are workarounds for that as well.

Yes and no.

I believe Win11 has some CPU requirements that recently became hard rules. I.E. one could once run a 7th Gen Intel, but newer builds require the 8th Gen or newer.

My Dell 7490 i7 just makes the cut. I've not upgraded my personal until, but our work laptops (I have the same model with an i5 for work as a backup/second laptop for big install projects) had Win11 pushed to them in the past 6 months.

It's not been an issue.

Bottom line, there are some harder rules now for the CPU requirements for the newest builds of Win11. Not everything running Win10 will run Win11.

 

[Pew]

I enjoy Win11; it's really no different from Win10 except for some UI changes. I've already done a few dozen Win11 images from 10 for the company computers and every one since 2020 is on Win11. Overall I've gotten less gripes from employees switching from 10 to 11 compared to 7 to 10. If you're getting the upgrade to Win11 then Windows has already scanned your system and determined it's "fit" to do an upgrade from 10 to 11.

If you're feeling savvy, you can always use Rufus to do a fresh Win11 install with the ISO and skip the system requirements and initial privacy settings.

 

[cptbarkey]

I'm content playing chicken until the day comes and expect it to be pushed another year.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

Is the Windows Update screen telling you your computer is Win11 compatible and the update is available? It may not be. There are ways around that though. It's been discussed here a few times.

If it is, I would first:

- Download and install the latest BIOS for your computer
- If it's a Dell or HP or whatever, run the full hardware diagnostic at POST
- If that's not an option, at least run the Windows Memory Diagnostic
- Install the SSD tools from whomever makes your drive and run their diagnostic
- Uninstall any non-Microsoft security software
- Run Disk Cleanup and Defragment and Optimize Drives
- Run a command prompt as administrator and run sfc /scannow and chkdsk c: /f

That should give you the best chance for success and tune things up a little while you're at it.

 

[BrendanC]

i have installed windows 11 on hardware that isn’t supported and it runs great. the only machine i use that isn’t windows 11 is my work computer and that is just due to the company not moving forward with 11 yet. i have windows 11 running on hardware as old as Intel i7-3770.

 

[wpod]

AKA Luddite City

I detest change but Win 11down loaded to replace Win 10 worked fine for me. The difference as is every Win upgrade is not really better it is more junk to delete of wade through to get to and make changes.

 

[bdcardinal]

Have they fixed it so you can move the taskbar? I am taskbar on the left master race and my work cheapy laptop runs W11 and I can't move it.

 

[Dave Sherman]

My HP laptop was new just before Windows 11 became available, and when I upgraded there was a minor issue for which HP had already put out a BIOS update. Seems to me it was the Bluetooth stopped working, but Windows Update soon popped up and said there was a BIOS update. After that Bluetooth was working again.

 

[Pew]

Have they fixed it so you can move the taskbar? I am taskbar on the left master race and my work cheapy laptop runs W11 and I can't move it.

 

[PWMDMD]

We updated 26 computers at work from 10 to 11 a year and a half ago with no issues. These computers were just barely eligible for the upgrade too and still no issues. I've been running Win11 in Parallels for years now and no issues. It has been a very stable OS.

 

[bdcardinal]

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Excelsior!!

 

[mrsilv04]

This is BITOG, where everyone hates change so keep that in mind

What do you have against XP?

 

[benjy]

my slower HP without SSD has W10 but my newer dell with SSD + W11 s toooo fast + opens + closes things at will, NOT happy with that!!!

 

[wpod]

AKA Luddite City

Luddite is my other middle name.