It's officially the end for Windows 10! 

Windows 10 is coming to an end and Windows 11 never started.

Heck, I'm still using Windows 7. If I update, I'm going to Windows 10. Nothing I've heard about Windows 11 makes me want to touch it with a 20 ft pole.

I would upgrade if Microsoft did not have such a dumb requirement for Windows 11. Windows 11 requirements are purposely made to make more capable PCs end up as E-waste.

Windows 11 is a dog. After promising that Windows 10 was the last version, MS tried to convince users to buy new hardware to upgrade to.....the same OS with a minor graphical update. They didn't anticipate that users were smart enough to reject this ploy. Now MS is stuck constantly updating a "new" OS hovering at only 26% of the Windows marketshare while constantly fearmongering to Windows 10 users, who make up 70% of their userbase. 10 year old hardware can run Windows 11 just fine, yet MS wants you to increase e-waste and throw out your old PC. MS still thinks they're the only kid on the block with an OS. Times have changed. We don't need MS.

The pushback from countless business users will be a landslide.

As far as I care it is End of Life for Microsoft! I have been loyal to them for decades. But they no longer make a product I want to buy.

Too bad they don't discontinue Windows 11 and reinstate Windows 10.

If they haven't fixed everything in Windows 10 by now they never will.

Honestly, if you're computer is older than 6 years old and running Windows 10 - chances are your hardware is fine running Windows 10 indefinitely with its current hardware and software setup so unless you're downloading from 'dodgy' websites, there's nothing to do and just continue using Windows 10 until you decide to upgrade to a Windows 11 laptop/PC so don't stress. Just leave things as is.

Microsoft shot itself in the face when it decided that many computers would not be able to upgrade. Many people have not 'upgraded' to Win11 because they can't. With the only option to buy new computers, many are just not going to upgrade at all. I have Win11 on one computer and I hate the damn thing. Every time those idiots release a new version of Win we have to re-learn half of what we already know and that is a huge pain in the butt!

Considering 70% of computers are still using Windows 10 as opposed to only 20% using Windows 11 I shan't be losing any sleep with my Windows 10 operating system anytime soon.

I updated my parent's PC from win7 to linux Debian 12 - they are in their 70s and while they were initially hesitant they are really enjoying it.

Soon it will be the end of Windows as we know it. Many of us have zero interest in Windows 11 with ads.

At one time, M$ said that "Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows." This turned out to be an incomplete sentence. The complete sentence is, "Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows that people will voluntarily use."

The best way consumers can force third party software vendors to diversify their OS support is to actually start ditching the monopolist OS and switch to (open source) alternatives.

Windows XP was the best OS Microsoft ever produced. It was small on the hard drive (less than 2 Gb) and it was easy to operate. I never liked all the subsequent versions. Windows 10 certainly will be my last Windows ever!

What does windows 11 even provide that 10 can not do.. I always hate when they pull this kinda bs.

It's still ticks me off that Microsoft said with the emergence of Windows 10 that it would be the last Windows version that they put out and that from that point on they were going to just do updates for Windows 10. Liar, liar, pants on fire!

cause its illegal for microsoft to disable your win 10 as you own that copy.

Window 7 in use. No issues.

The worst damage to my PC was done by a regular Windows update. All restore schemes failed, I had to reinstall everything. Everything on the PC was lost, fortunately I had backups.

I'm going to use Windows 10 as long as Steam supports it

It's 2024 and I'm STILL using Windows 7 on my PC and Windows 8 (yep, the first release, not 8.1) on my old HP laptop. Both have up-to-date antivirus software and firewall. For all those years I've never had A SINGLE PROBLEM with security, browsing the Internet. I don't use darkweb, I don't download cracked premium software from unknown websites, I barely even watch pornography so I'm positive that I'm not going to move on to Windows 11 or 10 in the upcoming years.

If I look at how bad the newer apps are, say for example 'Pictures' which is about a thousand times worse than the ancient 'windows photo viewer' or whatever it was called. The one from the early 2000s It still works flawless on my computer while Pictures is still totally crap and full of bugs I have zero trust in Windows 11 being an improvement. People aren't getting smarter you know. We are slowly getting dumber and are just relying on all the knowledge from the past. And specially these highly educated kids believe they are geniuses while they really aren't. We are fcked.

A report just came out that from Feb 2024, Windows 11 market share decreased while Windows 10 market share increased, currently at around 70%. Leave 70% of your OS market without updates. All those people are not going to change in such a short time and they don't want to change. Let's see what happens.

Just a shame Micorsoft has gone into service provision instead of software sales.

Windows XP lasted for 13 years yet Windows 10 gets 10?

What we need is a windows 11 update but an option to keep everything layed out as Windows 10.

I stopped windows 10 from updating a year ago, and my system works just fine without updates.

Good luck. I'm not upgrading to W11. I don't want some kind of AI stuff on my PC. I think Linux Mint just works easier and for what I need in Windows I can put W10 in a VM.

Thanks once again Liron, for your advice. I am 67 years of age and moved to Linux Mint Cinnamon about two years ago (desktop) and found it very similar to Windows. The learning curve wasn't too steep, and there are many excellent helpful tutorials on RU-vid. Will continue with Windows 10 on my laptop for the moment but will move to Linux in the future. I really only browse the internet or use email so no great drama. My only issue with Linux is that Canon printers and scanners do not seem to be supported, but I have got around that. Cheers from Australia.

Even though Windows can be a pain in the ear, as a computer Engineer, I have pulled an extensive set of tools that come from various Open Source sources that are extremely effective so that even with the fact that Win10 support is going away it's not that big of a deal especially if you consider to do a hardware firewall over a software firewall also if you set your system32 folder to read only that will help tremendously. Linux Distros are fine and Win 10 has Linux built right in... But you have to enable it yourself. Also Knoppix is still a good "start anything live" platform. You can consider also to plugging an external drive into your system and storing your data to that and unmounting / unplugging the drive after you're done for the day. There's many ways to keep your stuff to yourself

I don't like Windows 11. The user interface is not friendly or easy to use and Windows options and Settings are all over the place. I don't like the fact that Microsoft is slowly but surely attempting to do away with (the perfect) legacy "Control Panel", and intergrading it into Windows Settings. For me Windows 11 is exactly like Windows 8 and how that OS made me feel. Windows 10 is exactly like Windows 7, the perfect MS Operating System.

I was only looking at your channel last week about this subject but you didn't have a video up then. I've been able to fix other problems on my laptop using your help videos. So helpful. Thank you so much. 👍😊

Linux Mint with Cinnamon knocks Windows 10 and Windows 11 into a cocked hat. Been using Mint for about a year and it’s fantastic!

I hated windows 10 and windows 11 was the last straw. Yesterday I made the full switch to Linux mint and for me it's far better. Easier to use, my hardware works properly again and over five times faster on start up. I have had zero issues so far with the switch on two machines but if I ever do, I am willing to learn whatever necessary to never use windows again. Windows is malware

I'm on Windows 7 and still getting updates for Windows Security Essentials.

Windows 10 updates have caused me more data loss than all other malware combined, so this is great news.

I've been using Windows 11 Pro since it became available, upgraded from Windows 10, have had no issues at all. mind you I only built the pc 2-3 years ago

Thank you. So glad I found you, years ago…someone who is knowledgeable and whom I can trust.

I'm so glad I no longer have to worry about any of this. I'm a Linux user after Windows 10 and have never looked back.

No more updates, I can live with that !!!

It's not even the end of Windows 7 because I'm still using it! ( Of course with good antivirus protection and a VPN when I'm banking, or not

I switched to Debian for my home Plex server and Ubuntu for my home PC 1/2 a year ago. Windows has at this point been regulated to the corner to only play those games that Wine/Proton cannot. It was a learning curve, but it's stable and once you have everything set up, it's nice.

Windows 7 >>>>>>

Windows 11 is a bug in itself

I love how Windows 10 was that last ever windows.

Linux Mint with the Cinnamon interface has a Windows feel to it. I'm currently using Fedora Linux!

Still running Windows 7 except having to use 10 for Steam games. Linux Mint (or similar) look far more attractive than anything Microbloat can offer.

My college still have windows 7 running on lab machines. Yes, they are all connected to the internet. No, the college do not pay for extended support. All these machines also have ubuntu as alternative already installed. Since it is a public college, they just don't have the money to upgrade all the machines and put windows 11 on them.

Windows updates are a huge issue with people discovering their internet no longer works because "newer driver" was installed and now they can't go online using WiFi.

Yeah, Win10 is coming to an end, just like XP, 7, and Server 2003 which I still run and will continue to run...

Watching this on my Linux Mint mini PC...relaxing... sipping coffee...

sooner they stop the software updates the better, they break far more things than they fix

Recently upgraded and switched to Win11, and, once again, I'm very impressed with their upgrade process. In about a day I was already getting used to the new layouts, and personalization can make it layed out similar Win10.

Well this happens to every operating system eventually

I'll wager there will be more security holes in windows 11 than there are in 10. At least for a year or so.

Imma be honest, Windows 11 is just a skin with a tabbed browser and A.I things which you wont need. I would never risk having A.I in my file explorer I cannot trust any company with so much power on my personal computer, its called personal computer for a reason... If I want to play with A.I things there are much healthier ways to go about doing it with just a few google searches. Hope my comment doesnt get deleted.

Hell I still use windows 7, NEVER had a problem...

As Windows 10 has no "Recall" AI-Spy-on-me-Function, i will keep 10 indefinitely

Linux, staying with some flavor of Linux.

I was a Mac user for decades, since 1991 or so. I got fed up with being a second-class citizen in Steam gaming, so I got a Windows 10 rig. I found that Windows wasn't as awful as I was expecting, and occasionally did light bits of work on it. Eventually, I got a Windows laptop as my new work machine (Apple hardware has gone downhill, and Framework looked good.) Thing is... if I'd experienced Windows 11 on my games machine, I'd never have made the switch. Windows 11 is bloaty, ad-laden (!) and generally janky - even on new hardware.

I'll follow my usual pattern of adopting the next version of Windows when I'm ready to. I didn't start using Windows 10 until about three years after it came out.

Still running XP here on a non-internet PC... it does everything I need... For downloads and email etc., I use the phone... 😏 😎👍☘🍺

Liron, is there a way to see WHY your PC doesn't meet the requirements? It tells me it doesn't, but I can't see why to possibly remedy the situation or upgrade something.

My fried still uses windows 7 in 2024!

I'm still using Windows 7, it's the most reliable OS they made. My security is strong and my PC has never been compromised. I use 10 for VR gaming, I'm set for as long I am going to be using a computer. I'm an aging user so the day is coming when I'll just stop

Your videos are very helpful, mu windows 10 laptop was up until last week, loaded with Norton antivirus, I have been paying them for years for protection. I removed it, as I mentioned because one of your other videos showed how windows defender in w10 was pretty good. I must say that since I removed my Norton anrivirus, my pc is so super fast now. Windows defender seems very good. I think I will just buy a new pc next year instead of upgrading mine to w11. Thanks again .

Wonderful. Only one of my machines is upgradeable to Windows 11.

Solution is simole. Install Windows LTSC IOT Enterprise that will be supported for 10 years and was the better option to begin with.

Great video! Thank you. Greetings from Greenville, NC

I use Windows 11 for gaming but I gotta admit, Linux is badass, especially when it comes to automation.

Is it true that for every 15 minutes, Windows 12 is going to let you work for 11 minutes and then display full-screen commercials for 4 minutes?

I'm still with Windows 7...computer purrs like a kitten.

Love your video, I'm still running MS DOS v 2.12 Anything more is bloat, right?

Thank you for your advice.👍

Microsoft can take a hike

I am on Linux since 1996. As a software developer / gamer / everything. Still amazed that almost everyone prefers Windows.

I moved to Mac years ago but still have some legacy apps that require Windows - like SpinRite for HDD and SSD maintenance and repair and a few other speciality apps for my 3D printer. So I have a little HP Celeron machine running Windows 10. As I think about it I think I will just disconnect it from the Internet and carry on. I've done both Linux and Chrome OS and so far the best computers I have ever owned are the Apple Silicon Macs - both a Mini and an Air. Good coverage of the alternatives. Gave me clarity! Thanks.

I'm not keen on Linux/Zorin because of the learning curve and possible incompatibility with current software/apps I have. I suppose I could just get third party antivirus and firewalls - but if I decided to upgrade to Win 11, would I just have to change my motherboard & CPU? Many years ago I changed my motherboard because it was faulty and Windows wouldn't load from my HDD I think because it regarded it as a new/different/unlicensed PC - I had to use a third party software to bypass this glitch. I wonder if the same thing will happen if I change the MB & CPU to accommodate Win 11 free upgrade?

Good to know.

One more reason to switch to linux.

I have dual-booted Linux and Windows for years. This has helped when an issue may appear on either boot, the PC is still usable. When Windows 11 was anounced. I switched to running Linux full-time, with Windows 10 as the fall back. I eventually landed on PopOS as my Linux distro and about 3 months ago upgraded the Win10 boot to Win11. I do not care for the GUI change in Win11. I also do not like that VirtualBox runs slow in Win11. I was able to build a new Proxmox server recently. I installed Win11 as a VM on Proxmox and RDP to that from either my desktop or laptop. I also have Tailscale installed, in theory this will allow me access to Win11 even when traveling. I have the security on my desktop/laptop turned way up. To the point it can interview with registering a new credit card. I now can RDP to Win11, with lower security, to perform account updates when I have issues with my desktop/laptop.

I still use my Windows 3.11 Jokes on you!

Still using Win 7.

$433 that's the best advert for users to dump windows.

Question: If we move our windows 10 license to a new computer ( lets say your computer died or you want a faster computer ) after october 2025, will we still be able to register it ? I need to still use windows 10 for old software. If not should we assume we should do this sooner than later than oct 2025 ? This old software does not work well on Wine via Linux ( I love linux ) . There is the paid software Crossover for linux which I do not know if it works.

I hate Microsoft. I am so getting an iMac next. Bill Gates can bite me.

Welp, time to learn Linux! Ubuntu, here we come! The new co**-ld wa-*-r between east and west will drive all of us to learn Linux at last! Yaaayy!

Hi, its a nice video. While I think upgrade from Win 10 to Win 11 can work even if my PC is having ineligible HW for Win 11, I have another important question. If we UPGRADE by this method to Win 11, Will I get Win 11 UPDATES? Waiting for your reply so that I can take an informed decision.

This is exactly I still upgrade to the latest Windows OS but install a lot of legacy software and customization tools so i get to make it look and feel like one of the previous versions but will still get the latest security features and software at the same time.

It’s a money making thing

Microsoft if you allow older computers to upgrade don’t you think you would be leader in operating systems again? Hmmmm just allow it to happen jerkies!

I''ve been using 11 since the beta (I am sure you have too), and it's been awesome, a little different, still awesome. As its gotten older it's gotten better. If you do plan on updating, surely you already know but never upgrade, always do a clean install. This will perform the best and be MUCH more stable. You mention the Task Manager is back... it was never gone. It did look a little different, but it wasn't gone.

Hope to see you in Linux land late next year. Its not as bad as you think. SteamOS should be ready in Late 2025, now that Nvidia NVK driver is improving quickly, this does leave out Nvidia users pre RTX 2000/GTX 1600 series though. If you have AMD or Intel it should be smooth moving over at that point though. We have Davinci Resolve for Video editing and lightworks. REAPER, Bitwig and now Studio One for audio workstations. Photopea and Krita and GIMP for image editing/painting. Also, many other software and Steam and heroic for gaming. Its not the Linux of 20 years ago. Archlinux FTW, although Linux Mint or Fedora might be a better fit for first timers.

I still use windows 7 still with kernal vx

We moved from Windows to Linux about 10 years ago. My laptop was first. I'm the computer guy, so I wanted to experiment with Linux and had dual boot. Eventually, Linux is my main OS, with Windows 11 as a virtual machine. Our desktop got malware and the malware was encrypting files. I had enough of the hoops to jump through for security, so that's when I replaced Windows with Linux. My spouse was never computer savvy, and does very basic things, so I showed him that everything he did would basically be the same. No complaints!

I need another even number Windows version before I can upgrade

Well I'm still using windows 7 as we speak got ten ready for the change LOL ! But honestly i have malware protection and have had no problems still with windows 7 period !