extended security updates

Microsoft’s Windows 11 is still free for qualifying Windows 10 PCs, but the company’s strict hardware checks have left a large installed base officially “incompatible.” For many users the answer isn’t necessarily “buy new hardware” — there are well‑documented, practical ways to move to Windows...

Windows 11 has finally pulled ahead of Windows 10 in headline market-share figures — but the victory is both narrower and more complicated than it looks. StatCounter’s recent desktop dataset shows Windows 11 as the plurality desktop Windows version, while a huge, stubborn base of Windows 10...

Microsoft now faces a scaling cybersecurity and logistics problem: roughly one billion active PCs remain on Windows 10, and about half of those machines can run Windows 11 but have not been upgraded, a gap Dell flagged during its recent earnings call that industry watchers say dramatically...

Windows 10's end-of-support is now an operational reality for millions of users worldwide, and the path forward — upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in a short-term Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or replace the device — requires clear planning, tested procedures, and realistic timelines to...

Microsoft’s fixed support clock for Windows 10 reached its deadline on 14 October 2025, and that change forces a clear choice for every Windows 10 user: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, enroll in the short-term Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program if eligible, or accept rising...

Microsoft’s gamble with a hard end-of-support date for Windows 10 has collided with reality: hundreds of millions — perhaps roughly one billion — of PCs remain on the decade-old OS, creating a security, operational, and commercial headache that will shape the PC market through 2026. Background...

As of this November’s Steam Hardware & Software Survey, Windows 10 may have officially lost Microsoft’s support on October 14, 2025, but it is emphatically not gone: roughly 29.06% of Steam users were still running Windows 10 in November, while Windows 11 jumped to about 65.59% — a meaningful...

Microsoft’s official lifecycle clock has run its course for Windows 10: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows 10, and millions of PCs now face a concrete decision—upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in the short-term Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or...

Windows 10 has reached its planned end of mainstream support: Microsoft stopped routine security updates, feature releases, and standard technical assistance on October 14, 2025, and users now face a clear choice between upgrading, buying time with a paid or free Extended Security Updates (ESU)...

Dell’s blunt investor math — roughly a billion PCs still running Windows 10, half of them effectively too old to run Windows 11 — has forced the industry to rethink what a modern Windows transition actually looks like and what it will cost in time, money, security and environmental impact...

Dell’s blunt admission on its latest earnings call — that the Windows 11 migration “has not completed” — is a concise way of saying the modern Windows upgrade cycle is slower, messier, and more commercially complicated than many expected. The company’s COO, Jeffrey Clarke, told investors that...

Microsoft’s Windows migration story quietly fractured into two markets this autumn: roughly 500 million PCs that can run Windows 11 but haven’t upgraded, and another ~500 million machines that are too old to meet Microsoft’s hardware gate, leaving a staggeringly large installed base still on...

Windows users are not rushing to the Windows 11 upgrade party, and the headline numbers driving that story come straight from an investor briefing that reframes the migration as a patchwork of technical limits, economic choices, and plain user inertia. Dell’s COO told investors that roughly 500...

Microsoft’s official end-of-support for Windows 10 has made an already awkward transition into a full-blown market story: tens — if not hundreds — of millions of PCs remain un-upgraded, and Dell’s COO has put a stark number on the problem. On a recent earnings call Dell executive Jeffrey Clarke...

Windows 10 remains entrenched on roughly one billion PCs worldwide even after Microsoft formally ended mainstream support for the operating system, a reality underscored by Dell’s recent earnings commentary and corroborated by public telemetry and Microsoft’s own transition messaging. Background...

Windows 10 reached its end-of-support milestone in mid‑October, yet a huge portion of the Windows install base remains on the decade‑old operating system — a stubborn reality underscored by Dell executives who say roughly 1 billion PCs are still running Windows 10, split between machines that...

Microsoft’s latest update warnings have morphed from a routine nudge into a full‑blown security alarm: with Windows 10 now officially retired and millions — potentially up to a billion — devices still running it or otherwise exposed, consumers and IT teams face a narrow, high‑stakes window to...

Microsoft’s decade‑long servicing promise for Windows 10 ended with a clear calendar cut‑off: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft stopped delivering routine feature updates, quality rollups, and free monthly security patches to mainstream Windows 10 editions — a policy move that turns a familiar...

Microsoft’s decision to stop free security updates and mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has become an operational emergency for organizations that built long-lived test-and-measurement systems on that platform — and the options available (upgrade to Windows 11, buy a...

Microsoft’s latest deadline is less a single date than a narrowing window: Windows 10’s free updates ended on October 14, 2025, but the company’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program keeps critical patches flowing only through October 13, 2026 — and an estimated half‑billion...