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You use a wizard-based application called Windows 11 Setup to install and configure Windows 11. This process involves two phases, the first-boot experience, which is only used when you perform a so-called clean install of Windows 11, and the Out-of-Box… Continue reading Step-by-Step: Windows 11 Setup First-Boot Experience (24H2)
Before you can install or upgrade to Windows 11, you may need to have the Windows Setup program and associated files available. This typically takes the form of what Microsoft calls the Windows 11 installation media, a USB flash drive to which the Wind… Continue reading Create Windows 11 Installation Media (24H2)
Though Windows 11 is largely identical to Windows 10 internally, Microsoft changed the hardware requirements and will block the upgrade on many PCs that run Windows 10 successfully. We discuss these requirements in Windows 11 and Copilot+ PC Hardware R… Continue reading Upgrade to Windows 11 on Unsupported Hardware (24H2)
For most people, upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is easy: If your Windows 10-based PC is compatible with Windows 11, Windows Update will simply offer you the upgrade. But this assumes that your PC is also ready to upgrade to Windows 11. And bei… Continue reading Upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 (24H2)
Windows 11 has stricter hardware compatibility requirements than its predecessor that artificially limit which PCs can be upgraded from Windows 10.
That said, Microsoft’s minimum requirements for the PC’s microprocessor, RAM, and storage remain unreali… Continue reading Windows 11 and Copilot+ PC Hardware Requirements and Recommendations (24H2)
While the latest version of Windows 11–called 24H2–is in most ways an improvement over previous versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10, it is also missing some features from its predecessors. Some of this can be tied to the ongoing simplification and … Continue reading What’s Missing in Windows 11 (24H2)
Microsoft describes Windows 11 as being “fresh and familiar,” and while that sounds paradoxical, it’s true. That is, Windows 11 offers a fresh new user experience that is simpler, prettier, and more modern than that of its predecessor, Windows 10. But … Continue reading What’s New and Familiar in Windows 11 (24H2)
Though most of the items it contains are now centered by default, the Windows 11 Taskbar looks and works much like those in previous Windows versions. But it has also been simplified, so some options you may have used in the past are either missing or … Continue reading Taskbar (24H2)
You still open Start in Windows 11 by clicking the Start button in the Taskbar. But Start is significantly different from the version since in earlier Windows versions. As with the Taskbar, Start has been simplified, it’s now centered onscreen by defau… Continue reading Start (24H2)
The Windows 11 Desktop works much as it did in Windows 10, but it has been updated with new iconography–as with the Recycle Bin you can see below–and a new Themes feature that lets you combine your favorite desktop backgrounds, colors, sounds, and mo… Continue reading Desktop (24H2)