An upcoming version of Windows 11 will nag anyone who circumvented the hardware requirements with an "unsupported" watermark on the desktop. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...

Microsoft has begun a new campaign that nags people with older machines; here's a quick registry hack that lets you neutralize the problem. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...

With Windows 10 support due to end next October, Microsoft really wants you to upgrade to Windows 11. But it doesn't want you to run its latest OS on unsupported hardware and now it's playing hardball ...

The Windows 10 update cliff is coming in October 2025. We’ve explained why that’s a big deal, and we have a comprehensive guide to updating to Windows 11 (recently updated to account for changes in ...

Microsoft wants users to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 for free...unless you have an older computer. Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images If you're still running Windows 10 on your ...

Flyoobe, a tool that people use to skip Windows 11's hardware requirements and optimize the experience, received a new update, which now allows upgrading to Windows 11 on PCs with unsupported CPUs.

There's something wrong with your machine or setup then, because h.264 is trivial for Sandy Bridge or later CPUs to decode in software, even disregarding Quick Sync. A Haswell CPU can decode HD AV1 ...