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Microsoft’s latest messaging has sharpened a hard deadline: standard monthly security updates for most Windows 10 installations end with the October 2025 Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft is urging users to choose one of a small set of post‑EOL options — upgrade to Windows 11 if possible, or enroll...

When Microsoft set a firm October 14, 2025 end-of-support date for Windows 10, a predictable community response followed: local repair cafés across the UK have started planning special sessions to help residents keep working machines safe and useful without buying new hardware. In Huddersfield...

Microsoft’s patch KB5063709 quietly repaired the enrollment path that had prevented many Windows 10 users from signing up for the company’s one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, restoring the “Enroll now” experience in Settings so eligible PCs can get security‑only updates through...

Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 10 — KB5063709 — is a small download with an outsized purpose: it lays the technical groundwork that lets consumer PCs enroll in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program and receive security updates through October 13, 2026, even after...

Microsoft has quietly clarified that its Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser and the Microsoft WebView2 Runtime will continue to receive updates on machines running Windows 10, version 22H2 for substantially longer than the operating system’s own end-of-support date — through at least October...

A Southern California resident has asked a state court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 this October, arguing the company’s planned October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support amounts to forced obsolescence that funnels users toward Windows 11 and Microsoft’s...

A Southern California resident has asked a court to stop Microsoft from pulling the plug on Windows 10, arguing the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision is intended to coerce hardware upgrades and accelerate adoption of Windows 11’s AI features — a legal gambit that spotlights the...

Microsoft has confirmed that Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft WebView2 runtime will continue to receive updates on Windows 10 (22H2) through at least October 2028, even though the Windows 10 operating system itself reaches end of support on October 14, 2025 — a separation that changes migration...

When Microsoft set October 14, 2025 as the end-of-support date for Windows 10, many home users faced a stark choice: upgrade to Windows 11, buy new hardware, or run an increasingly exposed system. Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program changes that calculation: eligible...

Microsoft has quietly confirmed a welcome twist for holdouts on Windows 10: a single consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) license, tied to your personal Microsoft account, can cover up to 10 PCs—plus you don’t have to pay the previously announced $30 if you opt to sync settings with the...