As the date of Windows 10’s end-of-life approaches in October 2025, Microsoft has increased its campaign to convince users to upgrade to Windows 11.
To use Windows 11 now, many users still install it on computers that do not satisfy the minimum system requirements. Microsoft has thus given a specific warning recently to users who have installed Windows 11 on such unsupported devices.
A watermark will cover the PC desktop if the system does not satisfy the minimum requirements for Windows 11, to notify the user of incompatibility. According to a newly added disclaimer on the Microsoft support page regarding this non-compliance:
According to the new disclaimer on Microsoft’s support page talking about this non-conformance: “When using Windows 11 on incompatible systems, users would find that Microsoft indeed withdraws support such as critical security updates, and any hardware concerns will void the entire warranty coverage.”
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As Windows 10 will become obsolete for end users by October 2025, now users will have to either upgrade their system to something that will meet those prescription limits of Windows 11 or take the risk of using unsupported software, which in itself is massive. The time for action is now.
As Microsoft pushes for Windows 11 adoption, users must consider whether they should now upgrade their machines or continue using an unsupported version of the OS, leading to performance limitations as well as security risks.
Microsoft would benefit from the increased adoption if it adopted making a lightweight version of Windows 11 available for older devices instead of Haruna warnings. Instead, nowadays travailings are a lot cheaper.