{"id":128390,"date":"2024-11-21T11:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T04:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128390"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T04:08:26","slug":"microsoft-tries-to-convince-windows-10-users-to-buy-a-new-pc-with-full-screen-prompts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128390","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft tries to convince Windows 10 users to buy a new PC with full-screen prompts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for months now, ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10 in October, 2025. Earlier this year, Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/4\/11\/24127497\/microsoft-windows-10-upgrade-prompt-windows-11\">started using fullscreen prompts<\/a> to warn Windows 10 users about the support cutoff, and now it\u2019s using similar prompts to try and tempt people to buy a new Windows 11 PC instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Over the weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/femceIs\/status\/1858314837845229737\">some<\/a> Windows 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JustinWhang\/status\/1859033492367307108\">users<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@tc.s3\/post\/DCjxDuXO8AcH8ilR7kunhEgsD5EfYOIUlYZJbk0\">noticed<\/a> these new fullscreen prompts, and Microsoft is using them to suggest you can \u201cdo more with a new Windows 11 PC\u201d or \u201clevel up to the new Copilot Plus PCs\u201d to get \u201cthe ultimate Windows 11 experience.\u201d Like the prompts earlier this year, the read more link goes to a promotional site that includes links to new Windows 11 PCs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"my-9\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-black [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63\"><em>Microsoft\u2019s latest fullscreen prompt for Windows 10 users.<\/em><\/figcaption><cite class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline not-italic text-gray-63 dark:text-gray-bd [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray\">Image: Microsoft<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Microsoft\u2019s fullscreen prompt still doesn\u2019t mention that Windows 10 users can continue to securely use the operating system beyond October 14th, 2025. Microsoft is offering Extended Security Updates to consumers for the first time ever, but Windows 10 users will have to pay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/31\/24284398\/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-consumer-pricing\">$30 for a year of extra updates<\/a>. Commercial customers will be able to purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/4\/3\/24120093\/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-price\">up to three years<\/a> of additional updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Microsoft has used similar prompts like this in the past, with the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/2\/2\/10893620\/microsoft-windows-10-upgrade-recommended-update\">aggressively pushing Windows 10 upgrades<\/a> for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. Windows 11 is only supported on CPUs released from 2018 onwards, so these latest prompts likely only mention upgrading your PC instead of trying to upgrade to Windows 11 because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/6\/29\/22555371\/microsoft-windows-11-cpu-support-hardware-requirements-tpm-response\">millions of existing devices<\/a> simply can\u2019t officially upgrade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Windows 11 adoption is still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/10\/18\/23922062\/microsoft-windows-11-400-million-active-devices-usage-data-leak\">lagging behind<\/a> Windows 10, although it briefly became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/2\/24234091\/microsoft-windows-11-popular-steam-pc-gaming-survey\">most popular OS<\/a> for PC gaming on Steam earlier this summer. Microsoft has also complicated its messaging around Windows 10 end of support by continuing to add new features to the OS. After originally saying it was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/4\/27\/23701134\/microsoft-windows-10-updates-end-of-support\">done with major Windows 10 updates<\/a>\u00a0in 2023, Microsoft then took the unusual step of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/6\/5\/24171895\/microsoft-windows-10-beta-testing-new-features\">reopening its beta program for Windows 10<\/a>\u00a0users in June to test new features for an OS that Microsoft wants people to stop using next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/20\/24301768\/microsoft-windows-10-upgrade-prompt-copilot-plus-pcs\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 for months now, ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10 in October, 2025. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128390\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8630],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}