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Microsoft’s official lifecycle clock for Windows 10 has run out: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft stopped issuing free security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 installations, and the upgrade, migration and protection decisions that once felt optional for many households and businesses...

A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...

Microsoft’s security updates and mainstream support for Windows 10 end on October 14, 2025 — a fixed, non‑negotiable deadline that forces a simple but urgent choice for every Windows 10 user: upgrade to Windows 11 if your PC qualifies, enroll in Microsoft’s limited Extended Security Updates...

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...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 10 mainstream support ends on October 14, 2025, and that cutover changes the security posture for millions of PCs worldwide. After that date, most Windows 10 machines will no longer receive monthly security patches, feature updates, or standard...

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 has set a firm deadline: routine security updates, quality patches and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions will end on October 14, 2025 — forcing households, businesses and public-sector IT teams to choose between upgrading, buying temporary protection, or...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, and that change alters the security, upgrade, and disposal calculus for millions of PCs worldwide. Microsoft will stop providing routine OS security patches, feature and quality updates, and standard...

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’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...

Windows 10 reaches its supported end-of-life on October 14, 2025, and if your PC can’t upgrade to Windows 11 you have five practical paths forward — each with real trade-offs in cost, security, and convenience — and only a narrow window to act before standard security updates stop. Overview...

The clock is real: Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, forcing long‑delayed upgrades, purchases of a short‑term Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or the acceptance of increasing security and compliance risk for machines left on the aging OS. Background...

Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a narrow, conditional lifeline: you can keep receiving security updates after the platform’s official end-of-support date, but only if you complete a short, time-sensitive checklist before October 14, 2025. Background / Overview Microsoft has set a firm...

Microsoft has given the clearest possible countdown: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates, feature fixes, and general technical support after October 14, 2025, forcing every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three paths — upgrade, pay for a temporary safety net, or accept...

Microsoft pushed Windows 10 cumulative update KB5065429 to 22H2 machines this week, a mandatory security rollup that arrives as the platform approaches its October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline — and it’s tightly linked to Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment path...

More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 even as Microsoft’s official support deadline looms, creating a wide and growing security gap that affects consumers, small businesses, and enterprise networks alike. New telemetry shared publicly via cybersecurity vendor...

Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — exactly 30 days from today — and Microsoft has laid out a narrow, pragmatic exit path that mixes a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) option, continued app/browser servicing, and a blunt message: upgrade, buy new...

Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has arrived like a ringing bell for an industry that—by several measures—wasn’t ready: large numbers of consumer and corporate endpoints still run Windows 10, many organisations face compatibility and budget constraints, and the safety net...

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...

Microsoft’s decision to stop free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has moved from a routine lifecycle notice into a global business, security and environmental story — one that could funnel billions into Microsoft’s coffers through Extended Security Updates (ESU), provoke...