I did tried Windows 11 but maybe I don't like it

To hedge against what my clients will eventually do I got a new 14" Notebook that came with Win10 Pro, set it up and followed with getting fully up to date the was offered Win11 Pro. So far the things I need to know about the changes is where things are but fortunately some I need can still be accessed. One important change is moving of Task Manager from right-click of the Taskbar to right-click of the Start button, the 3-finger salute is still the same. Another is Terminal on that same list instead of PowerShell, hmmm, where did I first run into Terminal, oh yeah, on my MacBook Pro of 2010 and in Linux. What does the centered Taskbar look like, oh yeah, Mac's Dock and some versions of Linux.

wolfie138 said:

just noticed in my Updates thingy i've now got a box saying my puter isn't suitable for Win 11 and to download something to do a health check and find out the details. not going to bother, because if it's going to involve hardware cost etc, i'm happy to stick w/ what i've got. doubt i'll miss anything mind-blowing, so at this point it looks like i'll be Win10 until they do their stopping-support thing.

If this is the computer in your specs then it's not because it's an unsupported processor, your 10th gen is way over the minimum spec of 8th gen. It would probably be TPM 2.0 or secure boot. Both need to be enabled in your bios. That probably won't involve any costs, most modern systems include a firmware version of TPM these days.

Microsoft said:

These settings are sometimes contained in a sub-menu in the UEFI BIOS labeled Advanced, Security, or Trusted Computing. The option to enable the TPM may be labeled Security Device, Security Device Support, TPM State, AMD fTPM switch, AMD PSP fTPM, Intel PTT, or Intel Platform Trust Technology.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...7-ae6b0c90645c

wolfie138 said:

TPM is set, even though i don't have a TPM tingy installed. Secure Boot...eh, no. Tried to set it and it said
Secure Boot can be enabled when Platform is in User Mode. Repeat operation after enrolling Platform Key [PK]

...which means exactly nothing to me :-/

The 'Platform Key' is what is used to identify an operating system, such as Windows or the OS of a Microsoft install USB, as a trusted OS that secure boot should allow to load and run. See it this thread helps explain what you need to do.....


Can't enable secure boot in BIOS without a Platform Key | Tom's Hardware Forum

f23948 said:

I think pretty soon, Microsoft is forcing Windows 11 upgrade for home users for 64 bit system

If you know what you are doing, you can stop it. There are MANY MANY threads on this.