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  1. Windows 10 ESU: One-Year Security Bridge After End of Support (22H2)

    Microsoft has fixed a last‑minute gap in the plan to keep Windows 10 secure: if you want to keep using Windows 10 beyond the official end‑of‑support date, there is now a one‑year emergency option — but it comes with strict conditions, limited scope, and a clear clock that cannot be ignored...
  2. Windows 10 ESU: Get security-only updates through Oct 2026 (22H2)

    Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a narrow, conditional lifeline: if you plan to keep a Windows 10 PC beyond the platform’s formal end-of-support date, you must complete a specific enrollment flow — or enable a OneDrive backup path — before the October 14, 2025 cutoff to receive one...
  3. Windows 10 ESU: One-Year Security Update Lifeline to Oct 2026

    Microsoft quietly built a practical pause button for millions of Windows 10 PCs: if you meet a few requirements and follow the enrollment wizard, you can receive one extra year of security updates—without paying—by using Microsoft’s built‑in backup/sync option or by redeeming Microsoft Rewards...
  4. Windows 10 ESU Enrollment: Security updates through Oct 2026 (end of support 2025)

    Microsoft has set a hard cutoff for Windows 10: free mainstream support and monthly security updates stop on October 14, 2025, but a one‑year safety net — the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — gives eligible Windows 10 users a bridge until October 13, 2026...
  5. Windows 10 ESU Enrollment: Secure Updates Through Oct 2026 (Act by Oct 14, 2025)

    Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a narrow, conditional lifeline: if you want to keep receiving security updates after the platform’s official end-of-support date, there’s a single, time-sensitive action you must complete — enroll the eligible PC in Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security...
  6. Windows 10 End of Support (Oct 14, 2025): ESU Options & Windows 11 Migration

    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...
  7. Windows 10 ESU: Enroll by Oct 14, 2025 for 1 Year of Security Updates

    Microsoft has quietly handed Windows 10 users a one‑year safety valve — but only if you act before October 14, 2025 and meet a short checklist to enroll in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. This move buys eligible PCs a single additional year of security‑only updates through...
  8. Windows 10 ESU: One-year security patches before Oct 14, 2025

    Microsoft has quietly given Windows 10 users a lifeline: you can keep receiving security patches for one more year after the official end‑of‑support date — but only if you act before October 14, 2025 and complete Microsoft’s new enrollment flow. The company’s consumer Extended Security Updates...
  9. Windows 10 ESU: One-year security updates you can enroll in (2025–2026)

    Microsoft is ending mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — yet for many users the story doesn’t end there: Microsoft has opened a narrowly scoped, one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that lets eligible Windows 10 devices receive security‑only patches...
  10. Windows 10 ESU Guide: Extend Security Updates to Oct 2026

    Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a clear-but-limited escape hatch: you can keep using Windows 10 after the platform’s official end-of-support date, but only if you act before October 14, 2025 and complete the specific enrollment steps Microsoft requires. The company’s consumer Extended...
  11. Windows 10 ESU Explained: Eligibility, Enrollment & Oct 14, 2025 Deadline

    Microsoft set a hard deadline for Windows 10 support — October 14, 2025 — and has offered a narrowly scoped lifeline for holdouts: the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that extends security-only patches for one additional year, through October 13, 2026. This article explains...
  12. Windows 11 OOBE Quality Updates: KB5065813, KB5065847, KB5065848 Explained

    Microsoft has pushed targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) updates for Windows 11 in late August 2025—delivering KB5065813, KB5065847 and KB5065848—to change how new and freshly imaged devices handle day‑one servicing and enrollment during initial setup. Background Microsoft has been reworking...
  13. KB5065848: Windows 11 24H2 OOBE Enrollment & ESP Update

    Microsoft released KB5065848 on August 29, 2025 — a targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 — that changes how device provisioning and enrollment behave during first‑time setup and supplies updated management/enrollment components used...
  14. KB5065083: AppVersion +1 in Windows 11 MDM Enrollment

    Title: What the Microsoft KB (KB5065083) means for MDM / Intune enrollment — why “ApplicationVersion +1” happens, the risk, and what admins & MDM vendors should do Summary (one sentence) Microsoft confirmed that for certain older Windows 11 devices the enrollment request’s ApplicationVersion...
  15. Windows 10 Consumer ESU: One-Year Security Patch Window Before Oct 14, 2025

    Microsoft has confirmed that a limited, consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 is rolling out now — an emergency, one‑year safety net that will be available to eligible Windows 10 PCs before the platform’s support cutoff on October 14, 2025. The ESU enrollment appears as...
  16. Windows Backup for Organizations: Tenant-Scoped Restore with Intune

    Microsoft has begun rolling out Windows Backup for Organizations, a tenant‑scoped, Intune‑integrated backup and restore capability designed to capture user preferences and Microsoft Store app lists so IT can restore a familiar Windows experience on Microsoft Entra‑joined devices during...
  17. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: ESU Guide to Stay Secure Through 2026

    The clock is ticking: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing regular security updates and technical support for Windows 10, and millions of PCs — from hand-me-down laptops to office rigs — will be exposed unless their owners act now. Microsoft has published an official Extended...
  18. Windows 10 ESU rollout explained: enrollment options and planning

    Microsoft’s slow, staged rollout of the Windows 10 Enroll now (ESU) wizard means the extension lifeline Microsoft promised for legacy PCs is available — but not instantly visible to everyone, and it comes with conditions and caveats that every Windows 10 user should understand before relying on...
  19. Windows 10 ESU 12-month Lifeline Reshapes Windows 11 Migration and Security

    Microsoft’s 12‑month reprieve for Windows 10 users has changed the migration math — and not in Microsoft’s favor; what looked like a steady march to Windows 11 has stalled, leaving most Windows users once again facing an urgent upgrade decision with security, cost, and hardware implications that...
  20. Windows 10 Ends Oct 14, 2025: ESU Bridge to 2026

    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...