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Microsoft released KB5064010 on August 12, 2025 — a hotpatch that updates eligible Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 and certain Windows Server Azure Edition builds to OS Build 26100.4851, delivering narrowly scoped security hardening without the usual restart required by cumulative updates...

Microsoft has confirmed a firm deadline: the October 2025 Patch Tuesday will be the last regular monthly security update for mainstream Windows 10 installations unless you take immediate action to enroll in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. That confirmation tightens an...

Microsoft has set the long-awaited public rollout of Windows 11 in motion: the OS began its phased public release on October 5, 2021, as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs and as the factory-installed operating system on new devices shipping with Windows 11. Background Microsoft framed...

Microsoft’s official end-of-support date for Windows 10 — October 14, 2025 — is no longer a distant calendar note: it’s a hard deadline that forces millions of users to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, buying time with Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU), or accepting growing...

Brace yourselves, Windows 10 users—Microsoft is rolling out the red carpet for the smoothest transition to Windows 11 yet. Dubbed as the Windows 11 24H2 update, this free upgrade is something most eligible Windows 10 users won't want to miss. Whether you're reluctant to leave your trusty Windows...

Hi all, Currently running Win 10 Home Retail licence on a PC that's not eligible for upgrade to Windows 11. However, I will have a new PC tomorrow. My question is, do I need to install windows 10 on the new PC, activate, THEN upgrade to 11 from there? Or can I install Windows 11 straight away...

Following reduced system requirements for Windows 11, Microsoft re-released this application. https://www.theverge.com/22644194/microsoft-windows-11-minimum-system-requirements-processors-changes This app will tell you if your PC is eligible to upgrade to Windows 11. Link Removed Of course...

This is the app on Windows Phone 8.1 that will check devices to verify eligibility and availability of the Windows 10 Mobile upgrade. read more Continue reading...

WP 8.1 to 10 Device Upgrade Eligibility List Link Removed

So firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong section. I recently purchased a Toshiba Radius L10W-B and it has windows 8 on it. It was purchased on 25.07.15, four days prior to the release date here in NZ. Firstly, am I aliagble for a free upgrade? I am running the standard version of Windows...

Here’s how this will work (here goes..) http://www.windows10update.com/2015/06/microsoft-clears-up-some-questions-about-who-gets-windows-10-for-free/

Microsoft has revealed in a blog post a new list of Lumia smartphones that will receive the Windows 10 Technical Preview update for Windows Insiders when it arrives. As Gabe Aul points out in the post, this is a preliminary list and “not 100% locked”. Some devices may be pulled from the list if...

I would like to do a clean install of windows 7 on my laptop which currently has vista preinstalled. Am i able to wipe the HD of all traces of vista and do a clean install of windows 7 with an upgrade file? I am trying to find out if i am eligible for the student upgrade of windows 7...

Haven't seemed to be able to find my answer easily and quickly, so I thought of asking here. I have Windows XP 32-bit. I have a 64-bit processor. I do a lot of gaming, and I've heard that a 64-bit processor could be bottlenecked by a 32-bit Operating System. Therefore, I'd like to...

Hey guys, first time posting here :) A friend recently told me about the offer microsoft was doing for a cheaper version of windows 7 for students. So i visited the microsoft website and read that you need an ac.uk email which my college does not supply. So i visited this page: Link Removed...

I plan on upgrading to Windows 7 64 from XP 64 this October but I am a little confused as to how the pricing for this works. I understand that XP users are eligible for the upgrade price for Windows 7 but a few things about this does not make sense to me. The first thing is where to purchase...

All of you who scoffed at me so strongly when I suggested a few months ago that Microsoft could/might offer an OS 3-pack when Windows 7 goes GA, check out the link below. I don't know yet just how much discount is offered by buying 3 licenses with one DVD, but any discount is some. I am of the...

I recently bought a DELL STUDIO 1555 on June 12. Since Free windows upgrade is for the systems purchased after June 26 i am not getting a upgrade. I am from INDIA. I contacted Dell Customer Service here. They said i cannot purchase it from them also. Actually they had very less information...

if i made my own computer, and bought vista ultimate last year, would i be eligible for some kind of upgrade to windows 7?