By Dervish / Last update December 10, 2024

Less than one percent of PCs filtered are right now running Windows 11

It's presently been north of a month since Microsoft delivered the most recent form of Windows yet another study recommends short of what one percent of PC clients have moved up to Windows 11.

As per new examination from the IT resource the executives firm Lansweeper, simply 0.21 percent of PC clients are as of now running Windows 11 regardless of the way that it is accessible as a free update for Windows 10 clients.

The organization's new examination utilized information from more than 10 m Windows gadgets running on business and home organizations to observe that Windows 11 is the fifth most well known Windows working framework. Truth be told, more PCs are running Windows XP (3.62%) and even Windows 8 (0.95%) than are running Windows 11.

One reason could be because of Microsoft's TPM prerequisites as numerous frameworks come up short on the vital equipment to run Windows 11.

End of Life operating system

Lansweeper's report additionally shows that right around 1 out of 10 (9.93%) of the Windows gadgets it checked are running End of Life working frameworks including Windows XP and Windows 7 which Microsoft quit supporting back in 2014 and 2020 individually.

Head promoting official at Lansweeper, Roel Decneut gave further knowledge on the risks and security hazard of running End of Life working frameworks in a public statement, saying:

The circumstance represents a huge network protection hazard as Microsoft no longer gives bug-fixes or security patches for Windows Vista, 2000, XP, and 7. Albeit most of the clients are on more current working frameworks, the billions of dynamic Windows gadgets overall means there could in any case be a great many individuals utilizing gadgets that are uncertain and open to assault. Besides, an enormous number of these obsolete frameworks are anticipated to be running on big business gadgets, which implies it's not simply close to home data that is on the line.

While a few people and organizations may not be prepared to move up to Windows 11 at this time, running an older version of Windows that is no longer receiving security refreshes from Microsoft can put your PC at a lot higher danger of succumbing to malware and other cyberattacks.