Subject: Re: Running Win10 after end of life

From: James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 12:24:10 -0700

we use kvms (not the linux virt thing) in the datacenters.  plug in
monitor, keyboard, mouse, other usb periphs, and either physical or virtual
switch to flip back and forth.  this is probably overkill for home work,
but since i already have 'em, why not.

On Fri, May 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> As you know we do not live in a vacuum....
>
> On 2025-05-02 05:33, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > even though this is about windows I find this thread rather
> > entertaining.
> >
> > On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
> > <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> >> Someone probably already said it, but you can use Rufus to create
> >> usb install media to upgrade unsupported Windows 10 installations to
> >> Windows 11.
> >> Not sure how out of spec your hardware is, but I've upgraded VMs and
> >> laptops without TPM 2.0.
> >> You're just asking for trouble running an unsupported OS.
> >>
> >> Rufus can be downloaded from https://rufus.ie/en/
> >>
> >> Rufus works great to create bootable Linux USB sticks too.
> >>
> >> In addition to downloading Rufus, you’ll want to download an ISO
> >> file. Windows 11 ISO files can be downloaded from
> >> https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
> >> Once you have these two downloads, run Rufus, ensure you’ve
> >> selected a USB drive and the ISO file from within Rufus and choose
> >> to start. Another dialog will come up with various setup options
> >> including a check box to bypass the Windows 11 hardware
> >> requirements. This is checked by default. Start the USB creation
> >> process at this point.  Once your USB drive is created, open it from
> >> within Windows and run Setup. Again, you should not need to boot off
> >> the USB drive. Finish setup and your OS will be updated.
> >>
> >> This is a Linux mailing list and you can get pretty far with
> >> Crossover Linux and such, but there are a lot of things that won't
> >> run.
> >>
> >> If you're using it to browse the Internet and use web apps then that
> >> works just as well in any Linux distribution.
> >>
> >> JD
> >>
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