Back in August 2021 during the covid madness I updated my rather aged desktop to have new CPU, GPU, PSU and fans. The goal being to make it quieter and get more life out of the system. I also kept it running Windows at the time, since I already have a stable Windows 10 install on it. However it is now 2025 and we are getting close to the end of life time for it in October. I never had any major issues with Windows up till 10. However Microsoft’s increasingly hostile approach to the hardware...