Microsoft’s hack-breaking mix-up
To be clear, Microsoft never encouraged average PC users to use the registry hack trick and upgrade their Windows 10 PCs to Windows 11. That path was intended more for Windows geeks and other technically inclined people. But, again, the company did create the registry hack, and it even provided instructions for following the procedure on its website — complete with warnings, naturally.
Even so, Microsoft doesn’t want to help people follow this path anymore. As spotted by Neowin earlier this month, Microsoft removed instructions for using the registry hack from its website. That’s it!
To be crystal clear, the registry hack still works. If you want to upgrade a Windows 10 PC to Windows 11, you can use the same registry hack you could’ve used two years ago. You’ll just have to find it from another source — not Microsoft.com.
