Windows 10 Support Expiring

[courtg9000]

I've been using Win11 for work and on one of my home PCs for quite a while now, I can't say I notice much difference from Win10. At home I have Open Shell installed (https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu) which brings back a lot of the Win7 look & feel.

Meanwhile the other home PC is still on Win7 so I guess I should update that soon

I agree Open Shell is a cool tool!

[woody1]

As an aside, I've noticed Chromebooks seem to be a bit cheaper than Windows laptops, presumably because it's not as popular.

Anyone using Chrome? How does it compare?

[northernladuk]

I like W10. My main PC isn't W11 compatible (it's a custom build) and could be made to be so with some BIOS tweaks, I guess..

Did you run the checker? Mine said it wasn't compatible because I didn't TPM2.0 running. Went in to the bios and turned it on and it is now compatible.

[Dorkeaux]

As an aside, I've noticed Chromebooks seem to be a bit cheaper than Windows laptops, presumably because it's not as popular.

Anyone using Chrome? How does it compare?

Chromebooks are usually cheaper because the hardware isn't as advanced. The O/S is less demanding than Windows.
Fine if all you do is browser-based.

If you need to use Windows software, say for a client.. you are out of luck.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Chromebooks are usually cheaper because the hardware isn't as advanced. The O/S is less demanding than Windows.

Fine if all you do is browser-based.

^^^This.

He actually prefers Windows 3.11 but not many of the new kids on here will remember that so sticks with 8 so as not to stifle to discussion.

You mean Windows for Workgroups ??? Some of us can remember 2 ! And some of us used OS/2 instead :-)

There's a copy of Win 1.x in the junk room on the hard disk addon for an Amstrand PPC640.

I think I used to have the Microsoft C compiler (Version 3?) that came with the Programmer's diskette that showed you how to program for it. .

[ladymuck]

Did you run the checker? Mine said it wasn't compatible because I didn't TPM2.0 running. Went in to the bios and turned it on and it is now compatible.

Yeah, it's something like that. I ran it a good while back and decided at the time that I didn't care enough to sort it out.

[northernladuk]

Yeah, it's something like that. I ran it a good while back and decided at the time that I didn't care enough to sort it out.

Same here but finally got round to it.

Instructions are here
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...7-ae6b0c90645c

It will be slightly different depending on your motherboard but in short

"Advanced" or "Security" section, and enable either "TPM," "Intel Platform Trust Technology (IPTT)," or "AMD CPU fTPM" depending on your CPU and motherboard.

Your PC will run like a dog when rebooting and for awhile after. I assume it needs to build some tables or reconfigure so make sure you've got 15 mins or so you don't need it and it's sorted.

[sadkingbilly]

Same here but finally got round to it.

Instructions are here
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/...7-ae6b0c90645c

It will be slightly different depending on your motherboard but in short

"Advanced" or "Security" section, and enable either "TPM," "Intel Platform Trust Technology (IPTT)," or "AMD CPU fTPM" depending on your CPU and motherboard.

Your PC will run like a dog when rebooting and for awhile after. I assume it needs to build some tables or reconfigure so make sure you've got 15 mins or so you don't need it and it's sorted.

and all your open source and non microsoft apps stop working.

[BlueSharp]

Running windows 11 here, no issues at all. Client co is rolling out the update at the moment, which is more problematic as they are tying down user admin rights at the same time.

[Dorkeaux]

Running windows 11 here, no issues at all. Client co is rolling out the update at the moment, which is more problematic as they are tying down user admin rights at the same time.

My clients tend towards tightening up admin rights also lately.
I've stopped arguing the toss with them, unless it's to install some expensive software that I don't want to pay for.

Generally, I keep my own laptop nearby to do the cool stuff.