Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and that deadline turns a decade-old, still‑widely used operating system into a growing security liability unless you act now. 10 has been a workhorse for hundreds of millions of PCs, but when Microsoft stops shipping...
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The University of Manchester is telling staff and students to arrange their Windows 11 upgrade as soon as possible because Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025, and continuing to run an unsupported OS will expose campus machines to increased cyber risk...
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Microsoft has confirmed what many household and small-business PC owners have been bracing for: the October 2025 Patch Tuesday release will be the last free monthly security update for mainstream Windows 10; after October 14, 2025, Windows 10 devices that are not enrolled in an Extended Security...
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Microsoft’s formal retirement of Windows 10 is now official and imminent: free support and monthly security updates end on October 14, 2025, and the company has rolled out a consumer-focused bridge — the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — to give households and small...
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Microsoft’s announcement that Windows 10 will reach its official end of support on October 14, 2025, has moved from a scheduled milestone to a legal and public-policy flashpoint, after a California resident filed a lawsuit on August 7, 2025, accusing the company of using the cutoff to force...
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Microsoft's late-summer move to soften the blow of Windows 10's end-of-support is a rare mix of relief and a reminder: the clock is still running. The company has rolled out a consumer-focused Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that gives many Windows 10 users a one-year security lifeline —...
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Microsoft’s move to let Windows 10 be deployed as a cloud-streamed OS through Azure-powered virtualization services marks a decisive step in putting the full Windows desktop inside enterprise cloud operations—and it changes how IT teams should think about provisioning, licensing, and security...
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Microsoft's countdown to the end of Windows 10 support has moved from calendar date to a consumer-facing prompt: a 60‑day warning that leaves millions of PCs with a clear deadline and a narrow set of paths forward to stay protected, migrate to Windows 11, or pay to extend security updates for a...
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Microsoft’s plan to add Linux and Android subsystem support to Windows 365 Cloud PCs — long visible on the Microsoft 365 roadmap — resurfaced in headlines recently, but the full story is more nuanced than a single preview date. Microsoft documented nested virtualization for Cloud PCs (the...
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Microsoft’s move to put the full Windows desktop into the cloud—branded as Windows 365 and marketed around the new “Cloud PC” concept—changed how organizations and users think about Windows devices: instead of tying a personalized Windows experience to a single laptop or desktop, Microsoft...
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Microsoft’s decision to lock Windows 11 behind a strict hardware gate is about to create a mass of usable-but-unsupported PCs — and the fallout will be technical, financial, and environmental.
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When Microsoft first announced Windows 11, the company framed the new release as a leap...
Microsoft’s Windows team is sketching a future in which your PC is less a passive tool and more a conversational partner — one that lives in the cloud, understands voice and vision, and uses context to anticipate and act on your intent. That is the core of Pavan Davuluri’s message: Windows will...
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Microsoft will host the next installment of its Windows Office Hours on Thursday, August 21, 2025 — a one-hour, chat-based Q&A session aimed squarely at IT professionals managing Windows devices and modern endpoint estates. The event runs from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time and will be...
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Microsoft’s Windows Office Hours returns on August 21, 2025, as a one‑hour, chat‑based Q&A focused on accelerating Windows 11 adoption, operationalizing Zero Trust, keeping fleets up to date, and moving workloads toward cloud-native models while respecting on‑premises and hybrid constraints...
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Deep dive — Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) to the Release Preview Channel
Published: August 14, 2025
Today Microsoft released Windows 10 22H2 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) to the Release Preview Channel for Insiders on Windows 10, version 22H2. This flight is a relatively...
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Microsoft will stop providing security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and that deadline forces a decision: upgrade, replace, pay to extend, or accept rising risk as the OS moves into unsupported territory. This article breaks down what “end of support” actually...
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A Southern California man’s last‑minute lawsuit asking a judge to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 has turned a long‑scheduled product lifecycle event into a high‑stakes public debate about security, consumer rights, competition and electronic waste —...
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Microsoft's October 14 deadline for Windows 10 support is real, and the clock is ticking: when mainstream updates stop you’ll lose free security patches, feature updates and official technical support — but you do have a set of clear, practical choices depending on your hardware, budget and risk...
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Microsoft's October 14, 2025 deadline for Windows 10 support is now an unavoidable calendar date — and for millions of users who can’t (or won’t) move to Windows 11, it forces a concrete decision: upgrade hardware or software, buy time with paid options, switch operating systems, or accept...
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Microsoft’s Windows 365 lineup has a new tool in the business continuity toolkit: Windows 365 Reserve, a standalone subscription that hands each covered user a short allotment of temporary Cloud PC access to keep work moving when a primary endpoint goes offline. The service—now running in a...
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