{"id":3145,"date":"2021-10-11T10:04:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=3145"},"modified":"2022-03-24T11:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:38:06","slug":"windows-11-released-10-5-21-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/windows-11-released-10-5-21-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 released 10\/5\/21 &#8211; What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Updated March 2022:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s latest version of their operating system &#8211; Windows 11 &#8211; was released October 5, 2021. It looks and behaves a bit differently than Windows 10 and has some new features, yet many things haven&#8217;t changed at all. While Windows 11 will work on many computers manufactured since late 2017, it&#8217;s still just an optional update since Windows 10 will still be supported until October 2025. Windows 11 comes preinstalled on new computers going forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2022 Microsoft began recommending that people upgrade to Windows 11 on computers that qualify. You may be wondering what our advice is about getting Windows 11. <strong>At this time we don&#8217;t feel that there&#8217;s a compelling reason to upgrade your existing computer to Windows 11<\/strong> due to the following reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Windows 10 is fairly stable and secure<\/li><li>Windows 10 has most of the features (and then some) that most people want or need<\/li><li>Windows 10 will be <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/lifecycle\/products\/windows-10-home-and-pro\" target=\"_blank\">supported until October 2025<\/a><\/li><li>Your existing computer may not support the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-hardware\/design\/minimum\/windows-processor-requirements\" target=\"_blank\">minimum processor requirements<\/a> for Windows 11<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However if you&#8217;re <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/newpc.ctreno.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">shopping for a new computer<\/a> it will likely come with Windows 11 &#8211; and that&#8217;s okay. For more information about Windows 11 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/windows-11\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already upgraded to Windows 11 and change your mind, you have 10 days to downgrade back to Windows 10. See Microsoft&#8217;s instructions\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/downgrade-from-windows-11-to-windows-10\/84a2416d-ccfb-4d87-9eee-e1056591e91f\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0If you&#8217;ve made other suggested changes and want to go back to the way things were before,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">contact Computer Techs<\/a>\u00a0for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/windows-11-released-10-5-21-what-you-need-to-know\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/windows-11-released-10-5-21-what-you-need-to-know\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated March 2022: Microsoft&#8217;s latest version of their operating system &#8211; Windows 11 &#8211; was released October 5, 2021. It looks and behaves a bit differently than Windows 10 and has some new features, yet many things haven&#8217;t changed at all. While Windows 11 will work on many computers manufactured since late 2017, it&#8217;s still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3145"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3335,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3145\/revisions\/3335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}