Subj : Microsoft reminds Windows 11 users on original version that theyl
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Sep 01 2023 14:00:04

Microsoft reminds Windows 11 users on original version that theyll soon be 
forced to upgrade

Date:
Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:49:12 +0000

Description:
Come October, support runs out for Windows 11 21H2, and youll be 
automatically upgraded by Microsoft.

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Are you still running Windows 11 21H2? The original version of Windows 11 is 
about to run out of road for support, and Microsoft has reminded us that 
users are going to have to upgrade to a newer version imminently. 

 Neowin spotted that Microsoft has updated its release health dashboard to 
make things clear for those on Windows 11 21H2 (Home and Pro, plus Pro 
variants). 

The company reminds us that support ends on October 10, 2023, and that the 
cumulative security update for October, to be released on that day, will be 
the last ever update that Windows 11 21H2 receives. 

Microsoft further clarifies : The September 2023 non-security preview update 
will be the last optional release and the October 2023 security update will 
be the last security release for Windows 11, version 21H2. Windows 11, 
version 22H2 will continue to receive security and optional releases. 
Analysis: Only one road ahead 

Users on 21H2 will therefore be pushed to upgrade to 22H2 and Windows 11 will 
automatically fire up the update to do so when this end date rolls around  or 
up to a couple of months before that. So, if you are still on Windows 11 
21H2, you might experience this forced upgrade very soon. 

It is, of course, of paramount importance that your copy of Windows 11 
remains in date and keeps up with the flow of security fixes, otherwise your 
PC could be open to being exploited by hackers and opportunists out there. 

If Windows 11 23H2 emerges very soon, its possible you could get pushed to 
move to that instead of 22H2. However, we dont think thats too likely  
although it could arrive later this month , as weve previously observed, but 
most rumors have it penciled in for Q4, which of course means October at the 
soonest, and quite possibly not early in the month. We shall see. You might 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-reminds-windows-11-users
-on-original-version-that-theyll-soon-be-forced-to-upgrade


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