extended security updates

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...

Microsoft’s clock on Windows 10 is real, but the end of free updates isn’t an absolute shutdown — and there are multiple legal, practical, and community-backed ways to keep using your machines beyond October 14, 2025 if that’s what makes sense for your budget, hardware, and risk tolerance...

Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support moment on October 14, 2025, and if your PC can’t be upgraded through Windows Update you face five practical paths — each with clear trade-offs in cost, security, and complexity — that must be chosen and executed now rather than later. Background /...

Microsoft’s October deadline has arrived: Windows 10 will no longer receive routine security patches and standard technical support after October 14, 2025, and a Denver-based IT firm is publicly urging local businesses to treat the cutoff as an immediate operational risk rather than a future...

Microsoft’s calendar decision to stop issuing free, routine security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 turns a long‑running lifecycle notice into an urgent security and operational problem for millions of consumers, businesses, schools and public services worldwide. Background /...

As the clock winds down to October 14, 2025, Microsoft’s decision to end free security updates for Windows 10 has become a concrete, time‑sensitive crisis for hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide — a migration event that mixes legitimate security urgency with noisy market stats, confusing...

Microsoft’s decision to stop routine security updates and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is a hard calendar moment with real security, operational and economic consequences for millions of home users, small businesses and large enterprises worldwide. The company...

Hello, I'm trying to enroll my wife's Windows 10 PC in the extended updates. When I click on the link to enroll and step through the process, a message pops up saying "An adult needs to sign in to this device and enroll in extended security updates." It makes no sense to do an age check for...

Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support on 14 October 2025 — a calendar milestone that collides with International E‑Waste Day and has prompted Auckland Council to issue a blunt, practical message: “Ditch your obsolete tech responsibly.” The council’s appeal is not just an environmental...

Windows 10’s official support end is a hard deadline — but for organizations wrestling with legacy, mission‑critical applications, the moment is not a verdict of doom; it’s a call to action with practical, fast, and defensible options to keep apps running securely while you plan longer‑term...

Microsoft will stop providing security updates and routine technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a deadline that doesn’t switch off your PC but does remove the protective scaffolding that keeps it secure and compatible with new software and hardware. TheCity1’s briefing —...

Windows 10 won’t vanish overnight on October 14, 2025 — but the safety net does: Microsoft will stop providing routine security and feature updates for most Windows 10 editions on that date, and yet there are entirely legal, practical ways to keep using Windows 10 for longer if you need to...

Microsoft’s announced October 14, 2025 end-of-support for Windows 10 has turned a routine product lifecycle event into a full-bore public-policy and environmental controversy: hundreds of millions of still‑working PCs will lose free, automatic security updates unless owners either upgrade to...

Microsoft’s countdown is no longer a headline exercise: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature patches, and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions — and the ramifying consequences touch security, consumer choice, repair...

Microsoft’s decision to end free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has ignited a broad public campaign calling for an extension of free support — a movement driven by consumer groups, repair shops, libraries, elected officials and hundreds of small businesses worried about...

If you already meet Microsoft’s baseline for Windows 11, upgrading is free and straightforward; if your PC is flagged incompatible, there’s one widely used—but unsupported—workaround that can often get Windows 11 running anyway, but it comes with real and durable trade‑offs you must understand...

Microsoft’s formal support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025, but a narrowly tailored one‑year lifeline—the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme—lets eligible PCs keep receiving security‑only patches through October 13, 2026 if owners enroll. Background / Overview...

Microsoft has put a firm deadline on Windows 10: routine security updates and standard support stop on October 14, 2025, and millions of PCs now face three clear choices—upgrade, buy time with Extended Security Updates (ESU), or accept growing risk and migrate to a different platform. Background...

Microsoft’s deadline is real: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates and standard technical support on October 14, 2025, and users who want to remain on a supported Microsoft platform must either upgrade eligible devices to Windows 11, enroll in a time‑limited Extended Security...