Windows 10 end of life. Your options

The Windows 10 end of life is 14/10/2025 In an earlier blog on Windows 10 end of life, I concentrated on the pros and cons of updating to Windows 11 if you can. But what if you can’t? Windows 10, once hailed as “the last version of Windows,” is approaching its end-of-life on October 14, 2025. …
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Microsoft Bitlocker

Bitlocker improves security but can complicate things A password or PIN normally protects the contents of your Windows computer from prying eyes. But what happens if someone removes the hard drive (or SSD) from your computer and attaches it via USB to another computer? In the past, it has been trivially easy to access the …
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“Let’s finish setting up your device”

If you have a Windows 10 or 11 computer then this unwanted interruption has probably hassled you several times in recent months Microsoft’s screen that sometimes pops up with the exhortation “let’s finish setting up your device” is un-necessary and somewhat misleading. Maybe I am naive for thinking that no company with whom we deal …
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Upgrade to Windows 11?

Windows 10 is nearing “end of life” What if your computer will not run Windows 11? The main reason probably lies in a piece of hardware that your computer lacks. It is called Trusted Platform Module: level 2.0. If your computer lacks this then it is likely to be at least five years old and …
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