extended security updates

Microsoft has quietly reversed course: consumers inside the European Economic Area (EEA) can now enroll in a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 at no additional charge — but the details are messy, the carve‑out is regional, and several questions about conditions and...

Microsoft has quietly opened a one‑year safety valve for millions of Windows 10 users — but only in the European Economic Area (EEA) will that extension be available without the previously required trade‑offs — a change forced after consumer groups complained that Microsoft’s initial consumer...

Microsoft’s late-stage change to Windows 10 servicing has opened a narrowly scoped escape hatch: eligible consumer PCs can receive one additional year of security-only updates after October 14, 2025 — but the conditions matter, and claims that those updates are available without linking to a...

Windows 10 reaches a hard stop on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has built a narrow, one‑year lifeline that lets many home users keep receiving security‑only updates through October 13, 2026 if they meet specific prerequisites and enroll in the Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program...

Microsoft has quietly changed the rules: Windows 10 users inside the European Economic Area (EEA) will receive a one‑year extension of free Extended Security Updates (ESU) through October 13, 2026, without the previously announced requirement to enable Windows Backup or redeem Microsoft Rewards...

If your PC is still running Windows 10, the calendar is no longer a distant concern — it's a deadline with real security consequences: Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature fixes, and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and that shift raises...

Microsoft has agreed to provide an extra year of free security updates for Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area (EEA), a concession won after more than two years of pressure from Euroconsumers and its Belgian member organisation Test-Aankoop — an interim fix that buys time for millions...

Microsoft has quietly handed many Windows 10 users a one‑year safety net: a consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that can deliver critical and important security patches through October 13, 2026 without the per‑device fee originally expected — but only if users meet strict technical...

Microsoft has quietly opened a limited lifeline for millions of Windows 10 users: a one‑year extension of critical security updates at no additional charge — but only if users enroll through a Microsoft account and accept strings attached that have consumer advocates warning of hidden costs...

Microsoft’s decision to stop routine security and feature updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has forced a hard decision for millions of households and organizations: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, buy a new PC, enroll in a short one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or...

When Microsoft stops issuing security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, hundreds of millions of computers will be left on an unsupported platform — and that technical fact is colliding with an environmental and security crisis that deserves more than passing notice. The Public Interest...

Microsoft's last-minute concession to keep Windows 10 users from being immediately exposed after the platform's official end-of-support is a pragmatic patch, but it also crystallizes a bitter truth: the company is shifting the cost of security and hardware refreshes onto consumers while...

Windows 10 will stop receiving security and feature updates on October 14, 2025 — a firm, calendar‑backed deadline that forces a practical decision for millions of home users and small businesses: upgrade now, buy time with paid options, replace hardware, move to another OS, or accept rising...

Microsoft will cease support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a hard cutoff that leaves school networks, peripheral systems and forgotten classroom PCs increasingly attractive to attackers unless institutions act quickly to upgrade, isolate, or buy into Microsoft’s paid Extended Security...

Microsoft’s decision to end routine security and feature updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has transformed a long‑announced lifecycle event into an urgent, practical crisis for millions of users — a hard deadline that forces households, schools, small businesses and public institutions...

Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and feature updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a hard cut that converts a decade of steady vendor maintenance into a single, calendar-driven risk event for hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide, and one that has provoked consumer outcry...

Microsoft’s formal end-of-support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, is now less than three weeks away, and schools that still rely on Windows 10 devices face immediate and material security, compliance, and operational risks unless they act fast. Devices that remain on Windows 10 after that...

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 long‑running maintenance of Windows 10 reaches a hard stop this autumn, forcing millions of home users and small businesses to choose between upgrading hardware and software, paying for a short-term security lifeline, or continuing on an increasingly risky unsupported platform...

The abrupt countdown to Windows 10’s servicing sunset has thrown millions of users into a practical dilemma: stay with a familiar, functioning operating system that will no longer receive routine security fixes, or move — often at cost or effort — to a supported platform before the October 14...