Upgrading OS over OEM

[Pumpa Cat]

Hi

With the news of the upcoming Windows 11, I am wondering how that affects us with what I assume is OEM Windows 10 as supplied on PCS computers.

Will upgrading to Windows 11 affect my OEM copy of Win 10? What happens if I upgrade to W11, and then have to recover back to factory settings. Will it recover into the original W10. or would have upgrading to W11 messed about with that? Finally, would I need to contact PCS and ask for a W11 ISO from them?

Thank you.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hi

With the news of the upcoming Windows 11, I am wondering how that affects us with what I assume is OEM Windows 10 as supplied on PCS computers.

Will upgrading to Windows 11 affect my OEM copy of Win 10? What happens if I upgrade to W11, and then have to recover back to factory settings. Will it recover into the original W10. or would have upgrading to W11 messed about with that? Finally, would I need to contact PCS and ask for a W11 ISO from them?

Thank you.

We don’t know how it works yet, but it may well be that you have to buy a new license for windows 11.

But on any upgrade, you can roll back if there are issues within 35 days or so normally.

You can always get the latest image direct from Microsoft.

 

[Pumpa Cat]

We don’t know how it works yet, but it may well be that you have to buy a new license for windows 11.

But on any upgrade, you can roll back if there are issues within 35 days or so normally.

You can always get the latest image direct from Microsoft.

Thank you.

 

[ubuysa]

Two things:

Since Windows 10 was 'Windows as a service' with free upgrades and support until 2025, it's going to be very hard for Microsoft to make any money at all trying to sell whatever OS comes next.

I'm not convinced that what has been leaked is actually the 'Windows replacement' but simply some UI changes to Windows 10 that we can expect in the Autumn (I think it's just 21H2).

Although I'm sure Microsoft will claim the new OS can be installed as an upgrade to Windows 10, IMO you'd have to be certifiably insane to try it. When we get the new OS it will need to be clean installed - unless you want to spend the next six months chasing your tail cleaning up silly niggles.

OK, three things then....

 

[Bhuna50]

I suppose the best thing to plan for now is to backup an image of your drives before clean installing any Windows version.

Then if it messes up…


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[Bigfoot]

Two things:

Since Windows 10 was 'Windows as a service' with free upgrades and support until 2025, it's going to be very hard for Microsoft to make any money at all trying to sell whatever OS comes next.

I'm not convinced that what has been leaked is actually the 'Windows replacement' but simply some UI changes to Windows 10 that we can expect in the Autumn (I think it's just 21H2).

Although I'm sure Microsoft will claim the new OS can be installed as an upgrade to Windows 10, IMO you'd have to be certifiably insane to try it. When we get the new OS it will need to be clean installed - unless you want to spend the next six months chasing your tail cleaning up silly niggles.

OK, three things then....

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!! 😀

 

[Pumpa Cat]

So, I went to the Microsoft Windows 11 site, and downloaded their tool that checks your computer to see if it can run Windows 11.

I ran it and it tells me my PC can't run Win 11.

I have an i9 10900k 3.7GHz CPU, ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero Motherboard, 32GB 3600 MHz DDR4 RAM, nVidia RTX 2060 GPU and Windows 10 Pro installed. Why can't it run Win 11? 😝 I am assuming it's because it's an OEM installation of Win 10 I have.

Not that I am looking at upgrading to Win 11 yet, but I am puzzled as to why MS thinks my PC can't run Windows 11.

 

[SpyderTracks]

So, I went to the Microsoft Windows 11 site, and downloaded their tool that checks your computer to see if it can run Windows 11.

I ran it and it tells me my PC can't run Win 11.

I have an i9 10900k 3.7GHz CPU, ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero Motherboard, 32GB 3600 MHz DDR4 RAM, nVidia RTX 2060 GPU and Windows 10 Pro installed. Why can't it run Win 11? 😝 I am assuming it's because it's an OEM installation of Win 10 I have.

Not that I am looking at upgrading to Win 11 yet, but I am puzzled as to why MS thinks my PC can't run Windows 11.

Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirement - thoughts and advice?

I have that and the setting is on “discrete TPM”, but I can switch to “firmware TPM” Give it a try, it shouldn't change anything aside from enabling TPM on windows.

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[Pumpa Cat]

Windows 11 TPM 2.0 requirement - thoughts and advice?

I have that and the setting is on “discrete TPM”, but I can switch to “firmware TPM” Give it a try, it shouldn't change anything aside from enabling TPM on windows.

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

Thank you Spydertracks.