c’t 3003: How to get Windows 11 – Guide
Windows 11 is nearing completion and should be officially released on October 5th. But that doesn’t mean that all Windows 10 installations will receive the update right away. O final Windows version 11 will appear on October 5, 2021 – or has already been released, depending on when you see the video, but the information should still be relevant after release. The most important question is: how do you get the first new Windows in 6 years? I’ve already made a video about what it’s like and what it can do. Theoretically, Windows 11 comes as a free system update via the update function, but Microsoft will definitely not deliver this to all compatible Windows 10 installations from day one. Not even second: according to Microsoft, updates via the Windows Update menu won’t start until “final 2021”, “for most devices” the update should be offered “by early 2022”. If you want to have Windows 11 beforehand, you have two options: Any of the signals up for the Windows Insider Program; so, on the “Release Preview” channel you get a preview version even before the official release. Then you can just exit the Windows Insider program and then the normal updates come, so everything can be brought up. up to the status of a completely conventional installation without any problems. It looks different if you were on the dev channel – a few weeks ago there was only a previous version of Windows 11 here. I had this painful experience: you can’t just switch from the dev channel to the release version, but you have to completely level the system if you don’t want to have super-early and potentially bug-infested versions over and over again. Sometimes there is a window of time that you can change here too, but unfortunately I missed that. In general, the disadvantage of the Windows Insider Program is that you need to send detailed diagnostic data to Microsoft without activating the Insider Program. By the way, the update took about an hour and a half: The first 45 minutes happened in the background, so you could continue working normally. The first boot process took another 50 minutes, during which time the computer was unusable. Another option is called the Media Creation Tool. This is Microsoft software with which you can not only manually update an existing Windows system, but also use it to create installation media; for example if you want to reinstall from scratch. The Media Creation Tool for Windows 11 is due out on October 5th – so from then on, you can definitely upgrade with it. Updating with the media creation tool is a little more brutal than the normal Windows update process. This means that it doesn’t look soooo in detail on the possible error sources, but simply starts the update. In our experience this is not a problem – however you should back up important files in advance, but I would also recommend this for a “normal” update performed by Windows Update. You should definitely check compatibility in advance, this can be done with a Microsoft program called PC Integrity Check. If this tool says come on, then you’re on the safe side. But sometimes it doesn’t show that either: the first complaint on my computer, for example, was that the TPM 2.0 module wasn’t activated. Christof will explain to you later what it is. In any case, most reasonably modern computers have such a module, but it is often not enabled by default. To do this, you have to enter the BIOS, or more precisely UEFI, when booting, which can be done with the delete key, F2 or F12, depending on the motherboard. With Intel-Psystem, everything is called Intel “Platform Trust Technology (PTT)” and Security Device Support, with AMD Firmware TPM or fTPM and Secure Device Support. With my UEFI it’s like that, but depending on the card manufacturer it can also be in a different menu. Also, secure boot must be enabled in UEFI, but it is usually enabled by default. Secure boot is only available in so-called UEFI mode – not the old CSM mode. If your card really dominates UEFI, but runs in CSM mode, you can switch later – that’s a little tricky, because I’ve linked an article c’t to you in the description. Otherwise, according to Microsoft, you need: 4GB of RAM, 64GB of disk space or SSD, and a dual-core processor clocked at least one GHz. Seems troublesome at first, AAAAAAABER now comes out big surprise: Microsoft doesn’t support many older CPUs, although they are actually much faster than dual-core 1GHz. The rule is: if your processor was released in 2018 or later, Windows 11 will run in him. If it’s older, you should check the Microsoft website. Interestingly, even several Surface computers that come directly from Microsoft are not supported. Especially in times of climate change and chip shortages, this is pretty stupid: you have a computer that’s actually fast enough – and you can’t upgrade to the new version of Windows.
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