WINDOWS 10 IS DOOMED

With a year to go until Microsoft ends support for Windows 10, it’s time to decide what to do with your PC. Robert Irvine explains your five options so you can choose which is best for you.

WHAT YOU CAN DO • Bypass Windows 11’s system requirements• Block Windows 11 upgrades until next October• Save money on a new Windows 11 computer• Transfer important files from your Windows 10 PC• Ditch Windows for a different operating system• Keep using Windows 10 safely after October 2025 On 14 October 2025, Microsoft will end support for Windows 10. This means the 10-year-old operating system will no longer receive security updates and bug fixes. With Windows 11 freely available since October 2021, Microsoft presumably hoped most of us would have upgraded by now. But the latest figures suggest otherwise – according to Statcounter, around 64 per cent of PC users are still running Windows 10, while only half that number have moved to Windows 11 (www.snipca.com/51995). There are several reasons…

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