In early October 2021 Microsoft released Windows 11 both for new machines and as an upgrade for Windows 10.
The upgrade is available for free for qualifying systems (see later).
Windows 11 has new features and a new look but is not a major rewrite of the internals. However whilst in many ways similar to Windows 10 Microsoft have chosen to enforce various hardware requirements that exclude many existing Windows 10 machines. For some of these requirements (e.g. a reasonably new processor, UEFI boot (ie BIOS is no longer supported) and a TPM module) it is not possible to upgrade an existing machines that does not already meet them. To aid a user assessing these Microsoft have released a utility that allows a user to test their specific machine. Using the utility to determine whether the upgrade is possible makes sense. Similarly if buying a Windows 10 based machine be clear whether it can run Windows 11.
Microsoft's website(s) are the best source of information .
If you are running the latest versions of SuperView 25 on Windows 10 - that will continue to work. In fact any previously working setup involving SuperView will be unaffected by the new version of Windows unless that setup is upgraded to Windows 11.
We anticipate little problem running SuperView 25 on the initial Windows 11 but there are some ppoposed changes that may cause serious problems for some specialist software. Also real setups in the real world sometimes show problems that are not initially obvious. For example the new look may not work well with a particular screen at a particular resolution. At this stage any impact on SuperView and related products is not clear but we intended to keep a version of SuperView available on this new version of Windows. We may well release a version intended to get the best out of the new features of Windows 11.
We currently suggest users do not upgrade an existing setup that includes SuperView to Windows 11 as there is no known advantage in relation to SuperView. The only but perhaps important reason is that Microsoft will/have stopped providing security updates for Windows 10. If you wish to upgrade; please check with us first so we can let you know the latest information about SuperView 25 on Windows 11. Our new SuperView 25-XI is aimed at running well on both Windows 10 and 11
Previously Microsoft had stated that Windows 10 would simply evolve as a service and be the last version of Windows. However there is now an official date for the end of Mainstream Support of Windows 10 Home and Pro and related parts of the14 Oct 2025.Beyond that there is a (free) scheme that allows an extension of that support until a similar date in October 2026. Please check with Microsoft for details.
The end of Mainstream support does not mean the product will stop working rather that Microsoft will no longer release new features. Microsoft have continued to issue security updates for many of their products after that products end of Mainstream Support especially versions of Windows itself. So this change will be unlikely to have any major impact on existing setups for a good few years after 2025.
There are also special licenses for many Microsoft products that are long term licenses with long term support and there are version of Windows 10 that have these licenses (LTSC) However they are rare in all but large Enterprises. If you or your IT department do not know you have one of these you probably dont!