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Microsoft has turned the page: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft officially ended mainstream, free support for Windows 10, and with that decision millions of PCs worldwide moved from a vendor‑maintained security posture into one that requires immediate user action to remain safe and supported...

Microsoft’s decision to stop supporting Windows 10 marks the end of a ten‑year chapter for the OS and forces a practical choice on millions of users: upgrade, buy short‑term protection, migrate to another platform, or accept growing security and compliance risk. Microsoft’s lifecycle...

Microsoft has ended mainstream support for Windows 10, a decision that shifts millions of PCs from a vendor‑maintained security posture into a riskier, user‑responsibility state and forces a choice: upgrade to Windows 11, buy time with Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates, or accept growing...

Microsoft’s final free monthly update for Windows 10 has landed, and the practical consequences are now clear: Microsoft has ended routine OS-level servicing for Windows 10, but Mozilla says Firefox will keep receiving feature and security updates on Windows 10 for the foreseeable future — a...

Microsoft has officially stopped providing security updates, feature updates, and standard technical support for Windows 10 as of October 14, 2025 — and for most users the practical next step is to move to Windows 11 (if your PC is eligible) or enroll in the temporary Extended Security Updates...

Microsoft's reminder to South African users that Windows 10 will reach its formal end of support on 14 October has been amplified by a targeted safety net: the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme and cloud alternatives such as Windows 365 Cloud PC. The messaging is simple but...

Microsoft’s short, teasing post — “Your hands are about to get some PTO. Time to rest those fingers…something big is coming Thursday.” — may be the clearest signal yet that Windows 11 is poised to push voice and conversational AI from an accessible add‑on into a mainstream, system‑level...

Microsoft's latest Insider preview effectively closes the easiest doors that let people set up Windows 11 with a purely local account during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), and for privacy‑minded users the timing is provocative enough to push a real conversation about whether now is the right...

Microsoft has officially ended mainstream support and free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, forcing millions of users and organisations to choose between upgrading, buying time with paid or conditional Extended Security Updates (ESU), or migrating to alternative platforms...

Windows 10 will still boot after October 14, 2025 — but “still booting” is not the same as being supported, safe, or future‑proof, and staying put requires planning, disciplined hardening, and an honest acceptance of rising risk. Background / Overview Microsoft has set a firm calendar date...

Microsoft has formally ended mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, but Microsoft says Microsoft Defender will continue to deliver security intelligence updates through October 2028—a limited safety net that keeps antivirus signatures and threat detection current while the...

Microsoft has stopped mainstream support for Windows 10, but Microsoft Defender will continue to supply threat intelligence and signature updates for a limited window — a pragmatic stopgap that reduces some short‑term malware risk but does not replace OS‑level security patches or the protections...

Microsoft’s formal retirement of Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 marks the end of an era—and the start of a complex migration and risk-management window for hundreds of millions of PCs still running the operating system. After October 14 Microsoft will stop issuing routine OS security updates...

Microsoft has cut the ribbon on the last day of Windows 10’s standard lifecycle: October 14, 2025 — and with it comes a narrow, conditional lifeline from Microsoft that lets many home users buy one year of security-only updates without paying cash if they act now. Background / Overview Windows...

Today, October 14, 2025, is the official end of mainstream support for Windows 10 — but for many users this “final day” is a soft cliff rather than an abrupt shutdown: Microsoft has published a set of transition options that include a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge...

Microsoft has stopped issuing regular security updates for Windows 10, but your PC will still boot — the real task now is choosing which path forward keeps your data and privacy safe while minimizing expense and disruption. Background Microsoft’s official lifecycle end date for mainstream...

After ten years as the backbone of desktop Windows, Windows 10’s era of free, routine vendor support ends today, October 14, 2025 — the operating system will no longer receive the monthly cumulative security and quality updates that kept millions of home and small-business PCs patched and safe...

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 has drawn a firm line under a decade of Windows 10 maintenance: as of October 14, 2025, mainstream vendor support for the most widely used consumer and enterprise editions of Windows 10 ends, which means routine security updates, non‑security quality fixes, feature updates and general...

Microsoft has formally closed the books on Windows 10: as of October 14, 2025, mainstream vendor servicing for Windows 10 (including the last broadly distributed consumer release, Windows 10, version 22H2) has ended, meaning Microsoft will no longer push routine OS security patches, cumulative...