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In India, Windows 11 Is Now Available For Download: How To Install It On Your Computer, And New Features.

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Windows 11 is now available. This is the most significant update to the Microsoft platform in years, and it represents significant progress since the release of Windows 10 in 2015. Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 to all Windows 10 PCs worldwide, but only those with the new CPU will be supported. Hundreds of Windows 10 PCs are immediately excluded, making it even more critical to understand whether and how Windows will be available to you.
New PC models from manufacturers including Asus, HP, and Lenovo are already starting to come with Windows 11 pre-installed. Others come from partners like Acer and Dell. Microsoft is also bringing pre-installed Windows 11 to its lineup of new Surface devices that will arrive in the US starting today.

How do you install Windows 11 on an existing PC?

In addition to the new PCs, Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 for eligible PCs in stages. You can check for Windows 11 updates on your PC by going to the Windows Update section. You can also download the Microsoft PC Health app to your PC to check if the machine is eligible to receive updates once they arrive.
If your PC is eligible for Windows 11 but the update has not arrived, you can get the latest Windows operating system using the Microsoft Setup Wizard. You just need to press the Download Now button on the installation assistant and then follow the on-screen instructions.
Microsoft has also provided the option where you can create a Windows 11 disk image (ISO) which will be available on a bootable installation media such as a USB flash. drive or DVD will help you in installing a new version of Windows on your computer.

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Requirements

Microsoft has published the Windows 11 system requirements on its website so that you can see if your PC is compatible. A PC with an 8th generation Intel Coffee Lake CPU or AMD Zen 2 or higher is required to run Windows 11. This means that a recent PC should be able to run Windows 11 with official support. However, Microsoft will not prevent you from installing Window on an incompatible machine; however, you will not receive any official support for that version.
Another requirement is that TPM 2.0 be enabled on the CPU. The Trusted Platform Module is enabled by default on newer CPUs, but some older compatible CPUs will require a BIOS update from the manufacturer. BIOS updates for older chipset PCs have been implemented by Asus, Acer, HP, and Dell, among others. As a result, you must ensure that your computer has at least 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage (HDD or SSD). You’ll also need at least a 9-inch screen with a 720p resolution.

Features

Windows 11, which was released in June, is Microsoft’s most advanced PC operating system. New user interfaces with a centrally aligned Start menu, updated fonts, and notification sounds are included in this new version. Microsoft Teams is also integrated, allowing users to communicate with others via chat, voice, or video calls. Snap Layout and Groups in Windows11 also help with multitasking. It also supports multiple desktops and includes Narrator, Magnifier, Subtitle, and Windows Speech Recognition, among other accessibility features.
Windows 11 includes haptic feedback support for stylus pens, including the Surface Slim Pen 2, and a larger touch target for the latest form factor.
There’s also a special feature for PC gamers. DirectX 12, the ability to enable and disable Auto HDR, and DirectStorage, which is said to help make graphics look more detailed and better when using NVMe SSD storage and DirectX 12. GPU, are all included. The Xbox app comes pre-installed, allowing users to browse, download, and play over 100 PC games. A special app gives players access to Xbox Game Pass (subscription required) so they can play a variety of games on their PC.
Businesses and students, in addition to regular users, can use Windows11. Using Windows 365 or Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft has made it possible for businesses to migrate their teams to the new version of Windows in the cloud.
Windows will also get new features, such as the ability to run Android applications in the future. Microsoft demonstrated special access to the Amazon Appstore in the Microsoft Store during the launch, allowing new Android applications to be downloaded on Windows 11 PCs.

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Windows 7 Users will Need to Upgrade to Windows 10 by the End of this Year

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Last month, Microsoft officially announced that it is going to end providing support for Windows 7 and asked its users to upgrade their PCs with Windows 10. The company took it to their blog post to announce the news and even provided with details on how the users can upgrade to Windows 10 and other things as well.

The company has said that the users will still be able to use Windows 7 on their laptops and PCs, but they won’t be getting any support like security upgrades from the company starting from January 2020. This way, the PCs with Windows 7 won’t be secure from the malicious malware and virus attacks.

Microsoft has also recommended that the users skip installing Windows 10 on their old laptops and PCs. Instead, they should go for new systems that are faster and are better working with Windows 10.

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It has been over five years after Windows 10 was launched, even then the company has been offering support for Windows 7. But now, it seems that it wants to focus better on Windows 10 and wants the users to get some new laptops and PCs. Alongside the announcement, the company also flaunted the various features that the new Windows 10 laptops and PCs will offer the users.

For upgrading to Windows 10, one has to back up their data on an external hard drive so that they don’t lose it. Microsoft has given a detailed description on how to backup data from Windows 7. The company has also mentioned a few of the main reasons why one should go for new laptops and PCs, inbuilt security being the prime reason.

The company has started sending reminders to most of its Windows 7 users about the upgrade. The company has said that it will be sending those notifications for a few times. But the users can easily turn off these notifications. The notification leads the users to the same blog post that Microsoft has posted on its website regarding the upgrade.

The upgrade can cost the users a good amount, but the apps and security Windows 10 offers, are worth it. The Windows 10 comes in three different versions, Windows 10 Home (costs INR 9,299.00), Windows 10 Pro (costs INR 14,799.00) and Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (costs INR 22,799.00).

Windows 7 is now ten years old, and yet it is as popular as it was a decade ago. Even the launch of a revamped Windows 10, in 2015, could not convince most of the people to upgrade to Windows 10. But now, the company has found a way to make Windows 10 its prime product.

Microsoft Chopping Off Older Features From the Updated Windows 10

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Microsoft is about to launch its new features, added to Windows 10, in the month of October. It has released the list of features that will be added as well as to be removed, from Windows 10 with the Windows 10 Version 1809, for the Windows Insiders.

Microsoft wrote, “Each release of Windows 10 adds new features and functionality; we also occasionally remove features and functionality, usually because we’ve added a better option.”

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With every Windows update, Microsoft also removes the features, that users do not use or are not needed, anymore. Like the Hologram app, which was used to create 3D word art. Now, since, it has been removed from Windows 10, the user can use the Paint 3D, to create one and view it using the Mixed Reality Viewer. Other features that have been deprecated with the new Windows 10 updates are:

Phone Companion: Microsoft has dropped the Phone Companion app, as from now on, the user can use the Phone Page to connect the phone with the PC.

FontSmoothing setting in unattend.xml: The FontSmoothing setting was used to antialiasing the font, but now Window 10 will use ClearType by default and the FontSmoothing setting is no longer needed.

Business Scanning: Business scanning app also called Distributed Scan Management (DSM) will be dropped out from the Windows 10 new version as there are no devices available to use these apps.

Snipping Tool: The snipping tool is used to take screenshots is not completely removed, but Microsoft has stopped developing it, and in future can be replaced by Snip & Sketch app.

TPM: In the coming updates, Microsoft has shifted the information stored in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) management console to the Device security page in the Windows Defender Security Center.

limpet.exe: The tool used for accessing the TPM for Azure connectivity will be released as an open source.

One Sync: Microsoft will no longer develop the OneSync service for the Mail, Calendar, and People apps, although, it will add a sync engine to the Outlook app that will perform the same task.

Microsoft also wrote, “We’re no longer publishing new updates to the WEDU server. Instead, you may secure any new updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog.”

Microsoft has also released a list of the new updates that will be added to Windows 10, including Companion device dynamic lock APIS, OneSync service, Snipping Tool.

Microsoft has not clearly mentioned the date when the Windows 10 Version 1809 will be out, but it will definitely be launched in the month of October.