Windows 11 manual upgrade

July 14, 2025

When turning on an old Windows PC that hasn’t been used for a while, the Windows OS may be several versions out of date. Windows may be so old that using Windows Update doesn’t automatically give an option to upgrade Windows, or may offer a non-latest Windows release. Instead of discarding the PC, consider manually upgrading Windows to the latest release via the Windows Upgrade Assistant. Typically the Assistant will have a PC Health Check that it will ask to have run first. The Health Check will tell among other things the current maximum capacity of the laptop battery. The PC can still be used during the upgrade, which doesn’t take too long. It’s important to use a currently supported version of Windows to be better protected from cybersecurity concerns and to avoid unsupported or non-working software configurations.