How to upgrade to the latest version of Windows 10

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If you are like me and use an old-school desktop PC, you probably haven't been able to install Windows 11. If you're a business user with a workflows still designed for Windows 10 or a leisure user who just prefers it, you may still be running Windows 10. There are a lot of us. Thankfully, we now have an update available.

According to Microsoft, Windows 10 version 21H2 is now available for broad deployment. If you are not an IT administrator, the changes in this update won't interest you. If you are an IT, there are things likeGPU compute support for the Windows subsystem for Linux.

Keeping your PC up to date is a good security practice, and even small updates often pave the way for bigger features down the line. You will need to update at some point because Microsoft will no longer support old versions of Windows 10.

How to update to Windows 10 21H2

The settings application has an updates section. The easiest way to check for updates is to type in "Check for updates" at the bottom of the screen. The start menu should have a check for updates option.

The feature update to Windows 10, version 21H2 will be an optional download. Click to download and install.

You can click on See what's in this update to learn more about the features in 21H2. You can take this to Microsoft's support website.