It will still be several years before say Office will only work in Windows 11 or higher.
I do not want to switch to Windows 11 as I do not trust Bitlocker which encrypts your hard drive.
If you do not remember your Bitlocker password or the Microsoft account password where maybe hopefully the Bitlocker account is stored then all your files like family photos, tax records... all files are gone!
The backup drives may also be affected.
Many millions will have a new pc but do not realize they have a encrypted one until they try to log in.
I have a WD Essential 2TB external drive that has Bitlocker. I have no password as I never did encrypt. I have a 2015 Gigabyte desktop pc with Windows 10 Pro and no TPM chip or secure boot. Bitlocker is not an option.
My 2018 HP z240 SFF desktop pc has secure boot and no TPM chip.
Neither pc can be upgraded to Windows 11.
I have a license for Windows 11 Home 22H2 which has no Bitlocker option. I have used it in a VirtualPC window and used a workaround to install it.
Future Windows 11 24H2 will have Bitlocker for both Home and Pro versions.
I tried various solutions found on the internet but nothing works. Many postings of people saying the same thing that they did not encrypt the internal or external drive.
Microsoft showed it had the ability to get around Bitlocker when that crowdstrike problem happened but it will not be available otherwise.
I do not understand your comment.
How can you log in if you do NOT have a Microsoft Account pass word?
My last two Windows computers automatically imported 100% of my data and my settings from the previous Windows computer.
Most of that data is in the Cloud, I think.
I do not understand what is encrypted on my hard drive.
Sounds like it is time to get Linux and play with Libreoffice to get used to it and ditch MS Office. I have no clue why folks abuse themselves with MS. All those problems went away as soon as I got Linux. As soon as I installed it all I could say was “I should have done this years ago...” :)