October 2nd 2026 archive

Why did this update have to mess everything up?

In spite of my best efforts, it appears that the only way I can catch Windows back up to being up-to-date on the gaming desktop… is to install Windows 11 over the copy of Windows 11 that is already on here, if any of you get me. As much as I wish that this were not something I had to do because of how laborious and time-intensive things like these are and continue to be, it looks like this is going to be the only way that I can fool whatever the most recent preview update managed to trip into thinking that this computer meets a few of the onerous requirements for Windows 11 that it has not met in spite of how fast it is, causing me to have to do all of this in the first place. For one thing, I am reluctant to part with this computer because of the behemoth of a graphics card it has in it and will be taking it out of this computer when the time invariably comes to upgrade, putting this computer’s graphics card into that computer and crossing my fingers as I see no reason for it not to work. I would just like the creators of Windows to trust me when I assert that I know this computer will run Windows 11 as it… wait for it, flawlessly and smoothly has, at least up to this point.