Browsed by
Year: 2023

Install Windows 11 on my “incompatible” PC

Install Windows 11 on my “incompatible” PC

I have a PC with an Intel Core i7-7660U CPU, running Windows 10. It’s only a few years old. When I check Windows Update, I see a message that says it’s not compatible with Windows 11. Will this machine eventually support Windows 11? Is there any way around this? Microsoft officially released the Surface Pro 5 in June 2017 and continued selling it as a current model until its successor was released in October 2018. That means your Surface Pro…

Read More Read More

Restore Full Context Menus in Windows 11

Restore Full Context Menus in Windows 11

If you hate having to dig into “Show more options” in your context menu to do something you used to be able to do in Windows 10 a whole lot more conveniently, here’s the trick to fixing Windows 11’s context menus. 1. Open Regedit by hitting the Windows key and typing regedit. Hit Enter to launch it. 3. Right-click > New > Key, and paste in this name: {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} 4. With the new key you just created highlighted, again right-click…

Read More Read More