Windows 10 Gapped

[Jimmy Higgins]

So, I took home my old Work PC, which was dated, but required a good graphics card, which meant the power source was solid and 16 GB ram. I upgraded the video cared to 1060 Super (I think), and it has been playing the games I've wanted very well, as well as being my setup for the digital pinball machine I have.

My trouble is, it is too old to run Windows 11. I think it could technically run it, but Windows has the Boot crap going on now and it doesn't like my Xeon processor. I got this thing for nothing, the video card meets my needs. What risk am I at with this thing being hooked to the internet? I can feasibly disconnect and there will be no risk which will work fine for the pinball, but due to how video games are distributed today, most of the stuff I have, I won't have access to because no online connection.

Am I doomed or can I fine tune the Networking to only point to certain services, effectively making the machine only available to Steam and the like?

 

[ZiprHead]

If you're just going to use it as a game machine, I don't see a problem.

I know 10 is done being updated but it doesn't worry me. I still have two computers running 10 connected to the internet.

 

[James Chapman]

Windows 10 is still getting security updates (until October 14, 2025). 22H2 was the last feature update.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Windows 10 is still getting security updates (until October 14, 2025). 22H2 was the last feature update.

That is mucb better than I thought. That'll buy me some time now.