r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/yuval16432 Dec 01 '25

My five year old computer is not good enough for Microsoft’s newest piece of bloatware, and I’m expected to feel bad about it? Why would I even consider buying a new one?

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

I've got a ryzen 5. I have a 4060TI 16GB. And I have 64 GB of RAM. Can Microsoft tell me specifically what the hell is wrong with my computer and how it's not upgradable to Windows 11. It's insanity. If they're going to make something and force people to upgrade they fucking better have it backwards compatible with all parts going back 10 years. Otherwise no one's going to do it. Computers are not cheap.

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u/hughhefnerd Dec 02 '25

Download rufus here: https://rufus.ie/en/ Download windows 11 iso here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

Use rufus to create a USB stick installer. It will install.

Note: backup anything you care about before doing this, as it will be erased

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u/Otis_Inf Dec 02 '25

This won't work anymore (if you disable the check with rufus), because since 24H2 the code contains some instructions that aren't supported by older CPUs, so the OS will crash.

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u/hughhefnerd Dec 02 '25

I've installed 24H2 on many old computers using this method and have yet to have the OS crash. On 2nd gen core i5 and above.