in place upgrade

The Windows 11 Update Assistant (also called the Windows 11 Installation Assistant) is the fastest, official and user-friendly way Microsoft provides to move an eligible PC to Windows 11 without building media or wrestling with ISOs — it checks your hardware, downloads the right files, preserves...

The Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant (often presented on Microsoft’s Download Windows 10 page as the Update Assistant) remains the simplest, least-technical way to move a qualifying PC from older Windows builds to the latest Windows 10 release while keeping apps, settings and personal files intact —...

I was surprised by how little drama the upgrade actually caused — the nagging “Upgrade to Windows 11” banner in Windows Update turned out to be less frightening than expected, and the process can be straightforward if you prepare properly and understand your options. Background / Overview...

When a Windows 11 upgrade refuses to finish, the experience is equal parts opaque and infuriating: cryptic error codes, a rollback that restores your old desktop, and little explanation of what went wrong or how to fix it. These four troubleshooting “secrets” — polished through hundreds of...

Microsoft has set a hard stop: Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, and the clock is now counting down for hundreds of millions of PCs still running the decade-old OS. Microsoft is urging users to move to Windows 11 where possible, while offering a limited Extended Security...

I am trying to find some info about this error: Session "Microsoft.Windows.DirectToUpdate" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035. Google & bing show nothing related to this. I have processed all the usual suspects: SFC, WU reset, DSIM restore, Manual installs from WU catalog, In...