If your computer is hard to repair or upgrade - for example, if the RAM is soldered to the motherboard or you have to pry the PC apart to service it - then it probably can’t be upgraded reliably. While you may be able to replace the CPU, a laptop or desktop that can be serviced can often benefit from extra RAM and upgrading to an SSD drive. Let the system fully boot up and see how often one of those three is pegged at a high percentage and perhaps what software is causing the issue. In three columns you can keep an eye on CPU, memory, and disk activity. As the computer boots up, launch the Windows 10 task manager, right-click on the taskbar at the bottom, and choose task manager. If you have a computer that takes forever to boot and often is unusable, you need to investigate why. Do not start this process using a bootable flash drive on a nonfunctional computer doing so will pave over your data and programs. This starts the repair process of installing Windows 10 atop the existing OS and will not get rid of the data on the drive. Navigate to that ISO you made, right-click it and select mount, or double-click the ISO and it will mount. (Do make sure you have a backup of your system - just in case of trouble.) Click Finish and you’re ready to start the repair install process. Finally choose ISO file as the file type and wait until the ISO file is created. Double-click on the executable file, accept the Microsoft license terms (you might want to read them), and choose “create installation media.” MicrosoftĪ repair install can get Windows 10 running better, even on older hardware.Ĭlick next, and select the language, edition, and architecture. Click on download now and save the file MediaCreationTool22H2.exe. It’s called a repair install, and even if the computer has issues and won’t install updates, you can download an ISO of Windows 10 from the Microsoft download site. If you worry that the lack of feature releases means you no longer have a quick way to fix a misbehaving PC computer, there is still an easy way to get Windows behaving again. Because there are no more feature releases for Windows 10, you’ll not have to deal with any new menu notifications, news and interests, or any other major changes as Microsoft moves resources to Windows 11 and Windows 12 development. In helping people with their computers, I’ve found there are often three types of Windows users: Those with a viable computer that supports Windows 11 those with a decent computer that for one hardware reason or another just won’t support Windows 11 and those whose PC sorely needs hardware upgrades or an outright replacement to be a viable computer for the next two years.įirst, figure out whether your computer still has enough hard drive space, RAM and CPU power (even if it can’t support Windows 11 ) if so, your best bet is to make sure you’re running Windows 10 22H2 and keep your computer for the next two years. But with Microsoft no longer updating Windows 10 (except for security fixes), what’s a PC geek got to do to get the most from Windows now? And Windows 12 is little more than a dream at this point. You’ve probably heard that Windows 11 is a “meh” operating system.
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