How to Force the Windows 11 Upgrade Now Windows 10 Is Out of Support
Updated October 2026: Windows 10 reached end of support on 14 October 2025. Machines still on it get no security updates unless enrolled in Extended Security Updates, so forcing the upgrade is now the sensible default rather than a way to jump a queue. The Installation Assistant steps below still work. My two older posts on forcing the Windows 10 2004 and 20H2 feature updates have been folded into the end of this page, since those updates no longer matter. ...