Sounds like you are all set. You have decent computers that run Windows 11.
Well, only ONE Win 11 Pro machine so far. I'm keeping my eyes open for a refurb SFF desktop with lots of useful ports, and an 8th gen or later i5 or i7 processor and the MotherBoard to support it (those last needed to readily run Win 11 Pro). My guess is that it'll be another year or so* B4 prices drop on those. But, no rush, as Win 10 will be supported until Oct. 2025.
I've found a couple gamers who managed to get HP6300's like mine running incredibly well with "original" MB's and recent gen I-series GPU's, but, the hoops they jumped through, and cost, are waaayyyy beyond me...
*Or maybe another new i-series generation or a dip in the economy [very BAD reason!], etc...
Well, MAYBE that last would be worth it to knock back these disastrous libs for a while. :-(
Well, getting there, anyway. This dang N22...
You know, though — it occurs to me that I don’t have much in the way of programs installed on the boot drive (the eMMC) in this N22. So, if I can find my full Windows key (IIRC Belarc has a utility for that?) I theoretically COULD attempt to load a fresh copy of the OS to the (presently “D:” SSD) and then update the boot sequence in the Bios. This assumes I can get into BIOS — I still have not figured out what hotkey will interrupt the boot-up to get me in to BIOS. Esc, F1, and F2 didn’t do the trick.
Interestingly, the SATA SSD is now recognized as “Disk 0”. (The machine still boots off “Disk 1”, the eMMC drive.)
I suppose I could also make up a fresh Rescue disk (actually a USB rescue stick) and work from there to install the OS onto the SSD?