extended security updates

Microsoft has fixed a hard deadline: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft will stop shipping security updates, quality fixes and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions, and every Windows 10 user who cares about security, stability or compliance needs a concrete plan now...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: routine support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — a move that leaves hundreds of millions of PCs facing rising security, compatibility and policy risks unless owners act quickly. Microsoft will stop delivering routine operating-system security patches...

Microsoft will stop shipping routine security updates, feature updates and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a hard calendar cutoff that forces a decision for hundreds of millions of PCs: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware allows, buy a time‑boxed Extended...

The forced migration from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is detonating into a full-blown public debate — one that mixes cybersecurity, budgets, environmental responsibility, and consumer trust — and the fallout is being framed by activists and public IT managers as both an avoidable expense and an...

Microsoft’s announced retirement of Windows 10 has moved from calendar item to immediate reality: routine OS security updates, quality patches and standard technical support stop on October 14, 2025, and consumers face a narrow set of choices — upgrade to Windows 11 if their PC qualifies, enroll...

Microsoft will formally end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and that deadline is now urgent: users have only days to decide whether to upgrade, enroll in Microsoft’s short-term Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or accept growing security and compatibility risk. Background /...

Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, is a hard deadline that changes the security and upgrade calculus for millions of users worldwide; this article explains exactly what’s happening, who is affected, which options exist, and — step by step — how to...

Microsoft’s final countdown for Windows 10 is now painfully real: after October 14, 2025 Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature updates and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions, leaving users with a set of concrete — and sometimes costly —...

Microsoft will stop issuing routine security updates, feature fixes and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025, forcing millions of PCs to either upgrade, enroll in a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or accept rising security and...

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’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is now a firm deadline — after that date most home and consumer devices that remain on Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security patches and quality updates unless they are enrolled in Microsoft’s...

The clock really is running: October 14, 2025 is the last day Microsoft will deliver free security fixes, quality updates, or standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions, and that transition turns what began as a corporate lifecycle milestone into a broad cybersecurity...

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...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025, and that change will reshape security, compatibility, and migration choices for millions of PCs worldwide. Microsoft will stop supplying routine OS-level security updates, feature and quality patches, and...

Microsoft will stop providing security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a deadline that local IT professionals say should prompt immediate action from users and organizations still running the decade-old operating system. Background Windows 10 launched in 2015...

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 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 scheduled halt to Windows 10 security updates on October 14, 2025 changes the risk calculus for millions of PCs — it does not instantly brick machines, but it removes the vendor safety net that patches newly discovered vulnerabilities and defends connected systems from evolving...

Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 creates a sharp deadline for millions of users and small businesses — a deadline that local repair shops in Nebraska and elsewhere are already treating as a real-world call to action. The technical facts are...

Windows 10’s official exit from Microsoft’s support calendar next week is both a milestone and a management problem: the company has fixed October 14, 2025 as the date when mainstream OS servicing for Windows 10 (final servicing release 22H2 and listed LTSB/LTSC variants) ends, and it has...