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by: J. P. Gilliver (John - Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:32 UTC

On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 15:21:41, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
>On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 09:50:16, Frank Slootweg
><this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote (my responses usually follow points
>raised):
>>Fokke Nauta <usenet@solfon.nl> wrote:
>[]
>> Some alternatives:
>>
>> Because the (Microsoft) 'PC Health Check' was withdrawn at the time, I
>>used WhyNotWin (on Windows 8.1):
>>
>><https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11>
>>
>> Besides the GitHub one, there's a similar but more 'polished' one
>>(with a 'wrapper') on the EaseUS site. The name of the .exe file is
>>also whynotwin11.exe, but all lower case, in contrast to the GitHub one,
>>which is WhyNotWin11.exe.
>
>Thanks for those. (For once the github page does have a simple
>download[-the-latest] link, though you have to scroll down to find it.)
>>
>> For some reason, I didn't note down the URL on the EaseUS site, so
>>you'll have to look for it.
>
>https://down.easeus.com/product/why_not_win11 (links directly to
>executable). I couldn't actually find it - I had to chat!
>>
>> Good luck.
>Ta again.

Thought I'd crosspost to 7 as some might be interested since:
The GitHub one says it needs at least 8.1 (and certainly wouldn't run on
7-32), but the EaseUs one does. (And ruled this machine incompatible on
all 8 things it checks! I expected some, but an across-the-board "no"
list is rather fun!)
--
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by: Fokke Nauta - Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:16 UTC

On 20/10/2021 16:32, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 15:21:41, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 09:50:16, Frank Slootweg
>> <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote (my responses usually follow points
>> raised):
>>> Fokke Nauta <usenet@solfon.nl> wrote:
>> []
>>> Some alternatives:
>>>
>>> Because the (Microsoft) 'PC Health Check' was withdrawn at the time, I
>>> used WhyNotWin (on Windows 8.1):
>>>
>>> <https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11>
>>>
>>> Besides the GitHub one, there's a similar but more 'polished' one
>>> (with a 'wrapper') on the EaseUS site. The name of the .exe file is
>>> also whynotwin11.exe, but all lower case, in contrast to the GitHub one,
>>> which is WhyNotWin11.exe.
>>
>> Thanks for those. (For once the github page does have a simple
>> download[-the-latest] link, though you have to scroll down to find it.)
>>>
>>> For some reason, I didn't note down the URL on the EaseUS site, so
>>> you'll have to look for it.
>>
>> https://down.easeus.com/product/why_not_win11 (links directly to
>> executable). I couldn't actually find it - I had to chat!

Thanks. Tried this one as well.

>>> Good luck.
>> Ta again.
>
> Thought I'd crosspost to 7 as some might be interested since:
> The GitHub one says it needs at least 8.1 (and certainly wouldn't run on
> 7-32), but the EaseUs one does. (And ruled this machine incompatible on
> all 8 things it checks! I expected some, but an across-the-board "no"
> list is rather fun!)

Fokke

I have a very small mind and must live with it. -- E. Dijkstra

computers / alt.windows7.general / 11 check (was: Re: Problems with PC Health Check)

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11 check (was: Re: Problems with PC Health Check)	J. P. Gilliver (John)
Re: 11 check (was: Re: Problems with PC Health Check)	Fokke Nauta