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November 3, 2021

Windows Versions Review.

With Windows 11 now becoming available for free upgrade, I wanted to talk again about the various versions of Windows 10 that you may currently have.  In order to upgrade to Windows 11, you should be running Windows 10 version 2004 or higher.  The most recent version is 21H1, which was released on May 18, 2021.

To find out what version of Windows 10 you are running, go to Settings and choose System. At the very bottom of the list on the left, click on About. Scroll till you see Windows Specifications. Your current version of Windows will be listed there.

Support for Windows 10 version 1809 has ended.  What this means is that you won’t have any new security updates that could potentially protect your computer.  If you are running 1809 you should update to a more recent version.

To find out if the latest version of Windows is available for download, go to Settings and choose Update & Security and click on Check for Updates. Windows 11 will be a phased in upgrade, if available, you’ll see “Feature update to Windows 11”. You can choose to update or not.  If your computer does not meet requirements for an upgrade to Windows 11, you will see a message with a link to the PC Health Check App to see if there are things you can do to resolve the issues that are hindering your upgrade.

If you do decide to update to Windows 11, I would suggest that you do a full backup on your system as a precaution.  There is an option to roll back to Windows 10 if it is done within ten days. 

Kathie Pearce
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