Microsoft said my PC was ‘too old’ to run Windows 11 – how I upgraded in 5 minutes anyway

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 earlier this month.
• Many PCs with Windows 10 don’t pass Microsoft’s strict requirement check.
• It’s possible to bypass this and install Windows 11 in 10 easy steps.

I built my current desktop back in 2020, and it’s had Windows 10 installed for the duration of its lifecycle. I went with what was — at the time — a solid, midrange Asus motherboard and Intel Core i9-9900…