Barry Collins has been a technology writer and editor for more than 20 years. He covers new developments in PCs, Macs, gaming and more, including the CrowdStrike crisis. He was assistant editor of The Sunday Times’ technology section, editor of PC Pro magazine and has written for more than a dozen different publications and websites over the years.
Microsoft is about to forcibly update Windows 11 systems that are still running an outdated version of Windows 11 .
The mandatory update applies to systems running either the Home or Pro edition of Windows 11 version 22H2.Curiously, Microsoft is choosing to upgrade users to Windows 11 version 23H2, the major feature upgrade that was released last year. Each consumer version of Windows 11 has a two-year support lifecycle, meaning that version 23H2 will expire in November 2025.Microsoft has also announced the end of support for business-oriented versions of Windows 11 that were released in 2021. PCs running the Enterprise, Education or IoT Enterprise versions of Windows 11 version 21H2 will “will no longer receive monthly security and preview updates containing protections from the latest security threats,” Microsoft warns.
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