end of support

Just over a decade after its debut, Microsoft has formally ended mainstream support for Windows 10 — a watershed moment that changes the maintenance, security and upgrade calculus for hundreds of millions of PCs around the world. October 14, 2025 is the final day Microsoft will deliver routine...

Today marks a watershed moment for the Windows ecosystem: Windows 10 reaches its official end of support, and if you want to keep receiving security updates on that machine you must enroll in the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme — now, not later. Background / Overview...

Microsoft has set a firm calendar: mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — a change that stops free security patches, feature updates, and standard technical support for the vast majority of Windows 10 editions and forces U.S. users to pick between upgrading, paying for...

Windows 10’s official support clock has run out — and the choices you make in the next few hours will determine whether your PC stays safe, becomes a short-term project, or ends up a security liability. Microsoft will stop issuing routine security updates, quality fixes, and standard technical...

Microsoft's announcement that Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates on 14 October 2025 crystallises a hard deadline for millions of users and organisations — an event that shifts long-standing security assumptions, raises urgent operational questions about migration and cost...

Microsoft’s quiet update to the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) has one unmistakable effect: for a subset of Windows 10 users trying to build Windows 11 installation media right as Windows 10 hits end‑of‑support, the tool now simply refuses to run — closing immediately with no error — and...

Microsoft’s decade-long stewardship of Windows 10 reaches its scheduled, irrevocable milestone: routine vendor support for mainstream Windows 10 editions ends on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft’s published guidance is blunt — users should upgrade to Windows 11, enroll eligible devices in the...

Microsoft has confirmed what many in the Windows ecosystem already feared: Windows 11, version 23H2 (Home and Pro) will stop receiving security updates after November 11, 2025, which leaves anyone still running that consumer release exposed to unpatched vulnerabilities and compels an upgrade to...

Microsoft’s decision to stop routine support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is simple to state and hard to parse: your PC will keep booting, your files will stay where they are, but the safety net of monthly OS security updates disappears — unless you take one of a few short, defined steps...

Microsoft will stop issuing security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, leaving unpatched machines exposed unless owners take one of three clear paths: upgrade to Windows 11 (if hardware permits), enroll eligible devices in the consumer Extended Security Updates...

Microsoft’s deadline is unambiguous: on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop delivering routine security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions — a change that forces every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three practical paths: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware...

Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has created a high-stakes, time-sensitive problem for tens of millions of users and thousands of organisations — from home PCs in living rooms to entire enterprise fleets — forced to choose between hurried upgrades...

If you’re still running Windows 10, the calendar has become a security event: Microsoft will stop delivering routine, free security updates for consumer Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and you must take action now if you want a smooth transition or an extra year of security-only patches...

An elderly laptop that still opens email, edits documents and holds family photos was described in a recent opinion column as being “put out to pasture” — not because it broke, but because a vendor’s support timetable made it risky to keep using. That human frustration sits at the intersection...

Microsoft has issued a clear reminder: if you’re still running Windows 11 version 23H2 (Home or Pro), support for that consumer branch will end on November 11, 2025, and now is the time to plan and execute an upgrade to a supported Windows 11 release. Background Windows lifecycle management has...

Local computer stores in Nebraska and across the United States are sounding a practical alarm: Microsoft’s scheduled end of mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is now a firm deadline that transforms a lifecycle notice into real-world decisions for households and small...

Microsoft’s October deadline has arrived: Windows 10 will no longer receive routine security patches and standard technical support after October 14, 2025, and a Denver-based IT firm is publicly urging local businesses to treat the cutoff as an immediate operational risk rather than a future...

The end of support for Windows 10 is not a single technical event — it is a cultural punctuation mark: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions, and that deadline is already forcing millions of users to choose between...

Microsoft’s decision to stop routine security updates and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is a hard calendar moment with real security, operational and economic consequences for millions of home users, small businesses and large enterprises worldwide. The company...

Microsoft’s announced cut-off for Windows 10 support has turned what should have been a routine lifecycle milestone into a political, technical and environmental firestorm—one that risks leaving hundreds of millions of usable PCs exposed to attacks, forcing costly refresh cycles in the public...