{"id":26264,"date":"2023-06-29T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=26264"},"modified":"2023-06-29T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:47:00","slug":"just-how-old-is-your-windows-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/just-how-old-is-your-windows-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Just How Old is Your Windows PC?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just How Old is Your Windows PC?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Since Windows 11 was released we’ve had quite a few people asking us if there\u2019s a way to find out when their computers were manufactured.<\/span><\/p>\n

Generally, computers older than five years will not run Windows 11. And yes, we know that there are workarounds posted all over the web but we don’t recommend any of them. You can keep using Windows 10 safely until 14 October 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So how old is your computer?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to know when your computer was manufactured, here is an easy way to find out<\/span><\/p>\n

Type MSINFO32 in the taskbar search and press Enter to open \u201cSystem information\u201d and look for BIOS Version\/date in the System Summary.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

The BIOS Version\/date shows the date your computer was manufactured. In the screenshot above, you can see the Windows 10 laptop I have is nine years old. It is running the current version of Windows 10 (Windows 10 version 22H2).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And below, you can see that my El Cheapo, $258, Windows 11 “ALLDOCUBE” laptop was manufactured in 2021. It’s still running well – but the plastic case doesn’t look very good – it’s warping – and not in a good way like in Star Trek either.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Please Note: There are always exceptions. If you changed your motherboard battery or flashed (updated) your BIOS, the date shown may not be the date your computer was manufactured.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Just How Old is Your Windows PC? Since Windows 11 was released we’ve had quite a few people asking us if there\u2019s a way to find out when their computers were manufactured. Generally, computers older than five years will not run Windows 11. And yes, we know that there are workarounds posted all over the web\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26266,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26264\/revisions\/26266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}