Forced Update to Win11

[Damo]

Hi.

Our IT nerds have recently informed me that they will shortly begin rolling out mandatory "upgrades" to Win11 for all machines across our national network.
Something to do with "Microsoft is phasing out support for Windows 10 due to its end-of-life status."
I am the ONLY SW user in our national corporate network and they (our IT goons) have little-to-no experience with SW.
I don't have a lot of say in what they will do but I am curious if anyone here has any personal experience from any nasty side effects of this change and if you have any insight/advice I may be able to offer these clowns before they potentially break my stuff.
I am currently running WIN10 Business 22H2 quite happily with SW 2014, 2016, 2022, & 2024.
That last, 2024, is currently only in limited use atm while I can assure myself it is not buggier than the very stable 2022SP5 I am currently very happy using as my daily drive.

Thank you.

[zxys001]

Hello Damo, you shouldn't have any issues, imho. I've done 3 upgrades from Win8.1, Win9 and Win10 with SW installed. BUT, for SW2014 and SW2016, you may need to run in "Compatibility Mode" if not aready?

[Damo]

Ah ok.. Cool.
I get nervous about that. I have not yet ever updated WIN OS without it being an actual all new machine with clean fresh install.
I've had issues with updating Solidworks to newer versions causing issues and I had to wonder.
I've even had issues with simple graphics drivers updating..

Good tip about the Compatibility mode. I do not need it so far. But... yes maybe...
Thanks Paul

Also...

...Win9 ...

...!?

[SPerman]

I upgraded a Windows 10 machine to Windows 11 with SW 2023 installed. There were no issues. Your IT goons are correct. Running an OS that no longer receives security update is creating a threat risk for no good reason. Windows 11 has been around for several years and is as robust as it can be in the age of "agile" programming.

As far as WS versions go, it is all a crap shoot. Upgrading from 2022 to 2023 fixed some bugs, but created others. So far in my very limited use of 2024, I haven't noticed any difference from 2023. It crashed on me yesterday while switching parts. Crashing randomly for no good reason is SOP for SW in my book, so no surprises there. Just more frustration.

[AlexLachance]

Most likely you'll get less issues with the more recent versions because it'll be more 'compatible' but you might get some issues with older versions such as 2014 and 2016.

[Damo]

Cool.
General consensus appears to imply I can anticipate a smooth trouble free transition.
After some of the experiences I've had from updating SW...

Cheers guys.

[rothers]

We run 2016 in Windows 11, it works fine. No need for compatibility mode.