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You are wrong.
I was one of the people caught by the change in requirements at Version 1803.
There were several other people caught by it as well.
e.g.
What Happens To Those Of Us Who Can't Update Beyond 1709 - TenForums
Denis
You are wrong.
I was one of the people caught by the change in requirements at Version 1803.
There were several other people caught by it as well.
e.g.
What Happens To Those Of Us Who Can't Update Beyond 1709 - TenForums
Denis
1809 struggled with next gen support because it edge cased CPU that were coming out after it. 8th gen and just 1809 in general was a case where it had bad support. There was nothing stopping older computers.
One way clear cut way to know for an older computer is if your computer does not have windows 10 drivers available then its edge case, at that point it may work or it may not. The drivers don't matter per se because windows has its own basic drivers but the drivers help determine the age of the computer and its potential support.
Regardless it does not detract from the fact that computers now are being put to early retirement. a 12 year old computer is old sure but its still viable until its not. Microsoft is making that decision for us.
core 2 duo can do 1809, haswell on the other hand outside of trusted computing is still plenty of computer for many tasks.
I do have a digital license under Activation on my main computer and also on this 16 year old Q9 computer which had Win 7 Pro updating to Win 10 Pro. I made a Win 10 CD when I updated years ago and also have the file that I can click on to open a virtual HD and install that way too.
My main computer Activation says it's linked to my MS account, Q9 doesn't say it's linked to my MS account. I assume I'd use my main computer that updated from Win 8 Pro.
So in light of all of this should I abort the Win 11 Pro upgrade on my Laptop and just wipe it and do a clean install of Win 10? And hope it's ends up being Win 10 Pro? For sure I'll make an image file of my laptop just as a safeguard.
get the key from your windows install you have now on the laptop there is various ways to do that.
windows 10 key grabber at DuckDuckGo
reinstall windows by getting the windows 10 iso and reinstall using these methods
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10
you can mount that windows 10 image from windows and run it or make a flash drive to boot from. Then once you have reinstalled you can upgrade to win 11
I do have the windows 10 iso. DuckDuckGo link seems to be a browser. I see other key grabbers that I can use to get the digital key from the laptop.
So the digital key on the laptop has Win 10 Home. Should I clean install that? And then use my main computer old Win 8 Pro key to upgrade it to Win 10 Pro? And then upgrade to Win 11 Pro?
You don't need a key to install Win 10 on a computer that once had Win 10 or Win 11 activated on it (as long as you install same version (home or pro)).
Once Win 10 is activate on a computer it gets a Digital License (stored on MS servers). You can reinstall win 10 or even Win 11 on the computer, skip entering a license and as soon it is online it will connect to MS servers and activate.
Clean Install Windows 10 See #9
Yes except that won't solve my problem. I need Remote Desktop, only available using Pro. If I do a clean install of Win 10 Home can I use my other key from Win 8 Pro to update it to Pro?
You don't need pro to remote connect
TeamViewer – The Remote Connectivity Software
The Fast Remote Desktop Application – AnyDesk
No- MS ceased the free upgrade from Win 7 and Win 8 to Win 10
Teamviewer wants a new password everytime you connect. I don't think I can get it to work like Remote Desktop. AnyDesk I'd need to install it on all 4 of my computers, not sure if the free version would allow this. Will MS let me install Win 8 Pro on my laptop?
I use Teamviwer.
I know you can install as unattended (I personally never used) so you can access the remote computer.
How to Set Up Teamviewer Unattended Access
Anydesk Unattended Access