If you've been dragging your feet on an OS upgrade, there are a few ways to switch for free.

TL;DR: Microsoft has now officially ended Windows 10 support, but if you were hoping to upgrade to Windows 11 using the Media Creation Tool, you can't - as the latest version is bugged and broken.

Rufus is an excellent tool for making a bootable drive and installing an operating system. It has an easy-to-use interface and is lightweight. So, download Rufus from rufus.ie. Next up, we need to ...

Windows 11 23H2, officially known as Windows 11 2023 Update, has been out for a short while now, available to those who want to upgrade from 22H2. However, there's a catch, and that's regarding ...

Microsoft has run into a timing issue right before Windows 10’s end-of-life. The company confirmed that the latest Windows 11 Media Creation Tool, version 26100.6584, doesn’t work properly on Windows ...

It's approximately *checks watch* one day until Windows 10 ostensibly gets the chop, so it's a good job the Media Creation Tool is available for people to use to install Windows 11 and- oh, it's not ...

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