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Microsoft’s deadline is now unavoidable: Windows 10 will stop receiving regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and the immediate fallout in India—where millions of machines still run Windows 10—has forced consumers, small businesses, and large organisations into a compressed set of...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) granted through a Microsoft Account (MSA) will stop arriving on a device if that account isn’t used to sign in at least once within a rolling 60‑day window, and that users who lose ESU access this way must re‑enroll using...

Microsoft’s last-minute lifeline for Windows 10 users is real — but it’s narrow, conditional, and time‑boxed: Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025, and the company’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program will provide one additional year of security‑only...

Microsoft just gave Windows 10 users one last lifeline — but the window to grab it is small, conditional, and full of trade-offs you need to understand before you act. Overview Microsoft will stop regular security updates for consumer editions of Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, but it is...

Microsoft’s formal cutoff for Windows 10 updates has shifted from a distant lifecycle note to an immediate, high-stakes decision for millions of PC owners: routine security, feature, and quality updates stop on October 14, 2025, and the company’s response — a one‑year, narrowly scoped consumer...

Microsoft’s decision to end routine security and quality updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has moved from a distant calendar note to an immediate operational crisis for millions of households and small organizations — and the deadline is now less than a month away for readers who still...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025, and the clock is now counting down for hundreds of millions of PCs that will no longer receive routine security updates unless their owners act. Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program...

Windows 10 will stop receiving security updates and support on October 14, 2025 — but you don’t have to lose your data or your PC’s usefulness the day the calendar turns: there are three practical, low‑risk paths to keep using the same hardware and preserve your files while you migrate, buy...

Microsoft has given Windows 10 users one clear, short-lived option to avoid an immediate upgrade: a consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that can keep eligible PCs receiving critical security patches for a single extra year — but only if you meet the prerequisites and enroll before...

Windows 10 users facing the October 14, 2025 end-of-support deadline have one practical lifeline: Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program can keep eligible machines receiving critical and important security patches through October 13, 2026 — but enrollment is time-sensitive...

Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 deadline for Windows 10 support has become a high‑stakes public policy moment: consumer advocates, press trackers and at least one lawsuit are pressing the company to change course or widen the safety net, arguing that tens—possibly hundreds—of millions of...

Microsoft has set an immovable deadline: on October 14, 2025, mainstream support for Windows 10 ends — and with it the routine security updates, feature and quality patches, and standard technical assistance that have kept billions of PCs running safely for a decade. For consumers and small...

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...

Microsoft has quietly begun steering Windows 10 users toward three hard choices—enroll in a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) plan, upgrade to Windows 11, or trade in / recycle aging hardware—by adding an ESU “Enroll now” prompt and a new “Learn about options to trade‑in or recycle your...

AMD's recent engineering notes and driver rollouts close several long-standing installation pain points for Windows users, but they also expose recurring process weaknesses that enthusiasts and IT pros should know before clicking "Install." Background Over the past two years, AMD has been...

Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, is no longer a distant calendar entry — it’s a concrete deadline that forces choices for millions of users and IT teams. Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature and quality fixes, and...

Australia faces a sharpened cyber‑risk horizon as Microsoft prepares to stop mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, at the same moment hackers are being handed increasingly powerful tools — and a new HP–Microsoft study warns many small and medium businesses are making themselves...

Less than thirty days before Microsoft stops delivering routine security patches to Windows 10, millions of PC owners face a clear deadline with four practical choices: upgrade to Windows 11 if your hardware supports it, enroll eligible machines in the Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU)...

Consumer advocates have formally asked Microsoft to blunt the October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline for Windows 10, arguing that the company’s current plan—ending free security updates for mainstream consumers while offering a short, account‑linked or paid Extended Security Updates (ESU)...

Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has become a hard stop for millions of users — but the company quietly carved out no-cost escape routes that let many stay patched for another year without handing over cash. What once looked like a strict $30 paywall for Extended Security...