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  • The new PC Health Check app is here (almost)

    Posted on August 30, 2021 at 02:44 CDT by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

    WINDOWS 11

    Will Fastie

    By Will Fastie

    Hallelujah!

    Sorry. That might be a little over the top. Rejoicing may be too early. And maybe unjustified.

    On August 27, Microsoft posted an article titled Update on Windows 11 minimum system requirements and the PC Health Check app to its Windows Insider blog. The article covered two topics, as its title suggests.

    Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.33.0 (2021-08-30).
    This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.33.F (2021-08-30).

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