About this tag
Discussions on WindowsForum.com about charity focus on how Microsoft's AI tools, such as Copilot and the Elevate program, can help nonprofits improve productivity and governance. Other threads address the challenges charities face with Windows 10 end-of-life, including security risks and e-waste concerns, and explore alternatives like Linux for refurbished devices. The tag also includes lighter posts about fundraising and charity-related humor.
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    Microsoft Copilot for Charities: Boosting Impact with Governance and Data

    Microsoft Copilot has moved from curiosity to practical toolkit for charities — offering meeting capture, data-driven insight, and process orchestration that can free teams from repetitive tasks and amplify impact, provided organisations put governance, data hygiene, and human oversight front...
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    Microsoft Elevate for Charities: Free AI Tools, Training, and Governance

    Microsoft’s Microsoft Elevate program has reconfigured how charities can access AI: by pairing no‑cost and discounted technology with tailored training, practical toolkits and a skilling roadmap that aims to put Copilot, Azure and credentialed AI skills into the hands of nonprofit staff and...
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    Navigating Windows 10 End-of-Life: Challenges and Solutions for Users and Charities

    The looming end for Windows 10 support is sending shockwaves throughout the tech community – and it’s not just a matter of upgrading your PC’s operating system. With over 240 million devices poised to lose critical security updates in October, the repercussions stretch far beyond individual user...
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    Windows 10 Support Ends: Challenges and Alternatives for Charities

    As Microsoft phases out free security updates for Windows 10 this October, a growing dilemma for tech charities and refurbishers has come to light. Organizations that have long depended on repurposing older machines now face a catch-22: continue servicing insecure systems, risk non-compliance...
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    Impact of Windows 10 Update Retirement on Charities and Users

    Microsoft’s decision to retire free Windows 10 security updates this October is sending shockwaves through the computer industry—and nowhere is the impact more acutely felt than within PC charities that refurbish and redistribute older systems. The End of an Era for Windows 10 For nearly a...
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    Windows XP Genuine help needed to crack software code NOT MicroSoft

    Hi This is not a Piracy issue. We use a Legacy software a 16 years old database that is no longer available and not made by MS, on Win XP We use an 'add-on' with the database that was $20 sadly the developer of the 'add-on' has passed away about 4 years ago and the business no longer exists...
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    Windows XP Seeking Working Computers for Charity: MS Museum or Other Options?

    Hehe, I joined this forum to learn about the impossible. Well, visited a group of really poor countries some time ago. Thought I'd give them my laptop. A Toshiba running first installation xp for the fourth year. It sucks, but there is a limit to charity, isn't there.. ?+ Hello...
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    Get six Mac apps absolutely free

    Remember MacHeist from earlier this year? For $39 you got nine complete, unlocked Macintosh programs worth about $600. And 25 percent of your payment went to one of several deserving charities. I've got good news, better news, and bad news. The good news is that MacHeist is back, this time with...
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    Windows Vista The Microsoft Charities

    Attention Everyone!! Microsoft is giving away their advertising money. They need us to tell them how much and where. To participate you need a free Hotmail Account, Messenger, Facebook or other type account. See below, no lie...