David Nield
Gear

Use Tiny11 to Rescue a Computer Running Windows 10

If you can’t—or don’t want to—upgrade to full Windows 11, consider this lightweight version of Microsoft’s operating system that works on a wide range of computers.
Photo Illustration of a old computer with strong arms running windows 11
Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty Images

It's the end of the road for Windows 10—at least, in terms of its official end-of-life point, as determined by Microsoft. The operating system will keep working, but it will be much less secure, and won't get any more updates or security patches (unless you pay Microsoft to extend support for another year).

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