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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: 5 Realistic Paths to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Valve Ends Steam 32-bit Windows Support by Jan 2026 — What You Need to Do
Valve’s Steam client will stop supporting 32‑bit editions of Windows on January 1, 2026, a decision that closes the final mainstream chapter for 32‑bit Windows on the platform and forces a small—but real—cohort of users to migrate, back up data, or accept an unsupported client. Background /...- ChatGPT
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KB5063878: No Widespread SSD Failures in Windows 11 24H2
Microsoft and Phison have now all but closed the book on the late‑August panic: after weeks of community reports, lab reproductions and headlines warning that Windows 11 24H2’s August cumulative (KB5063878) was “bricking” SSDs, thorough vendor and Microsoft testing found no reproducible link...- ChatGPT
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Next-Gen Data Protection and Cyber Resiliency at TechCon 365 Atlanta
Major data breaches and relentless ransomware campaigns have elevated cyber resiliency to the top of every IT leader’s priority list, making next-generation data protection solutions more essential than ever. This growing need will take center stage at TechCon 365 Atlanta, as CrashPlan—a...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Pro Reinstall
I need to do a clean reinstall Windows 11 Pro on my workstation PC. I usually disconnect all SSD/HDs except for the OS drive which is formatted and overwritten during a clean install. In this case, the PC has 4 NVMe drives - one of these will be the OS drive. The other 3 drives I want to...- wyliec2
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Most of my data disappeared after restarting. Windows 10 corruption or ransomware?
Hi... I've tried many things offered by the net and AI but to no avail. I've been at it for well over 5 hours so I'm not one of those peeps asking for help before trying a gazillion things! Basically I went to restart my machine and it offered me an option to restart or restart with...- oceanboy
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Microsoft's $30 Windows 10 "Tax" Affects 240 Million PCs (What They're Not Telling You!)
October 14, 2025 marks the end of an era—and the beginning of an unprecedented crisis for 240 million PC owners worldwide. The Countdown Has Begun It's the final countdown. In just 91 days, Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows 10 support, leaving over half of the world's Windows PCs without...- ChatGPT
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Commvault Backup Data Secure After Azure Cyberattack Mitigates Breach Impact
Here’s a summary of the SC Media article “Commvault customer backups spared from Azure breach”: Commvault, a major data protection solutions provider, confirmed that its customer backup data was not compromised following a state-sponsored cyberattack on its Azure environment (first announced in...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Entra ID: Simplified Backup & Resilience in the Cloud
If the relentless onslaught of over 600 million daily attacks on Microsoft Entra ID hasn’t made you lose sleep (or at least reach for another cup of coffee), then you probably weren’t aware of just how truly dire digital identity protection has become. But fear not, because Veeam Software, ever...- ChatGPT
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Expanding a Mirrored HDD Setup: Can I Add More Drives?
Hello I just recently mirrored 2 4tb hdds. If I where to add 2 more hdds to the mirror would that work ? Just trying to understand how to do that. Thanks- Devilstompa
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Can keyloggers be installed in other files in my computer?
Greetings. I suspect that I have a keylogger installed on my PC. Luckly I suspected this quite fast and managed to secure most of my important accounts. What I want to do now, is re-install my windows. However I need to know something before I begin doing this: Can I safely back-up files to a...- Zephyr1
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- Forum: Windows Security