While Microsoft's WIndows 10 isn't completely dead (yet), after October 14th 2025, free support for Windows users on the general availability channel (GAC, which is basically all of us) will have expired, which for most people will effectively mean Windows 10 is finished. While there are Extended Support Updates (ESU) which could be obtained for free, as-well Enterprise Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), we'll begin tame with things which don't require you take your moral compass south of the border, and if you really need to, or don't mind sticking it to "The Man" after paying thousand of dollars already toward an American multi-national which has proven to not care so dearly about you and your machine, those options will be covered later on in this writ.
This guidance is meant for somebody with zero comprehension and understanding about computers from the start, and will cover the following:
- Hardware attachment
- Specialised boot media creation tools
- Cross-