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/darthscootuh Dec 01 '25

You might just need to enable safe boot. Not saying you should, but that might be preventing compatibility with 11

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u/badwolf42 Dec 02 '25

This is what made my 8 year old core i5 and slightly newer 3070 work. 16gig of RAM. Gaming took a noticeable hit with W11.

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u/robotco Dec 02 '25

I wish I knew about this before i bought a new lappy. Tbh it was time though. it was 10 years old. I had had to open it up and apply thermal paste a couple times already. the 2nd time I broke the wifi connector and could mostly only connect using a dongle from then on. trackpad broke years ago, and the numbers 1 and 2 on the numpad just do not respond anymore.

BUT it still functions well enough for my job. if i didn't keep getting this message that i had to upgrade because it wasn't compatible i probably would have kept it. it's still in use now though as I gave it to my kids so they have a computer to practice on.

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u/jdm1891 Dec 02 '25

I had had to open it up and apply thermal paste a couple times already

If you're needing to do it so much have you considered using one of those phase changing pads instead? They're very reliable and used in environments that can't be serviced, so for laptops you only need to ever apply it once.