Microsoft lets you run Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, but if you do, be prepared to be reminded about it. A recent Windows Insider preview marked as a release candidate adds a watermark to the ...

Affected PCs weren’t able to upgrade this time, but it’s the second in less than a year that Microsoft has made this mistake. Affected PCs weren’t able to upgrade this time, but it’s the second in ...

Well that didn’t take long. Mere hours after announcing Windows 11’s October 5 release date, the company is booting Windows Insider preview PCs with unsupported hardware out of Windows 11 testing. The ...

There are still a lot of question marks about running Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. We know that Microsoft won’t go to extraordinary lengths to keep you from running it, we know that the new OS ...

All those warnings turned out to be exaggerated ...

It’s important to note that the messaging doesn’t show on top of apps, like the watermark for running an unlicensed version of Windows would. It just directs people to go to the settings app, which ...

Some Windows users, after updating their computers, get to see the Unsupported Processor Blue Screen. This issue mostly affects MSI systems; however, some non-MSI ...

Microsoft isn't just reserving watermarks for unactivated or bootlegged Windows copies. The Verge has learned that the most recent Windows 11 Release Preview build (22000.588) applies a watermark to ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is currently experimenting with two new methods to warn ...

Windows 11 is officially here, and many computers will be receiving a free upgrade to Microsoft’s latest operating system over the next few months. However, not every computer is eligible to get the ...

Windows 11 has stricter system requirements than any Windows version before it, dropping support for a wide range of pre-2018 PCs in the name of improving the Windows ...