extended security updates

Microsoft’s official lifecycle clock for Windows 10 has run out: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft stopped issuing free security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 installations, and the upgrade, migration and protection decisions that once felt optional for many households and businesses...

Microsoft has formally ended free support for Windows 10, and every user still running that OS needs to take immediate action to avoid growing security exposure: either enroll in the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program or upgrade to a supported operating system—and for...

Windows users across the UK and beyond have been told to "make a change or risk exposure" after consumer groups and security agencies issued blunt warnings about the growing danger of running unsupported or unpatched Windows installations — advice that, in some cases, explicitly recommends...

Microsoft’s latest student push hands eligible college and university students a full year of Microsoft 365 Personal with Copilot — a one‑user Microsoft 365 Personal seat (desktop and web Office apps), Copilot AI integrated across supported apps, and 1 TB of OneDrive storage — but the details...

Microsoft has begun rolling out the January 12, 2016 cumulative update that raises Windows 10 (Version 1511) for non‑Insider PCs to build 10586.63 (delivered as KB3124263), a security‑focused release that patches multiple kernel, browser and remote‑code‑execution vectors and aligns public PC...

Prisma AIRS 2.0 signals a pivotal shift in how enterprises must think about agentic AI: not as a feature to bolt on, but as a distinct class of identity, data flow and runtime behavior that demands lifecycle security from design through live execution. Background / Overview Autonomous AI agents...

The consumer watchdog Which? has issued a blunt warning to anyone still running older versions of Windows: treat unsupported systems with extreme caution, and if you cannot immediately upgrade or enroll in an official extended‑security program, disconnect them from the internet until you can...

Microsoft has quietly shipped an out‑of‑band (OOB) update — KB5071959 — that repairs a broken enrollment wizard preventing some Windows 10 consumer PCs from joining the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, restoring the ability for eligible devices to receive post‑end‑of‑support security...

Microsoft issued a small hotpatch today — KB5068966 — for supported Windows 11/Server branches, advancing eligible devices to OS Build 26200.7092 and 26100.7092 and, in Microsoft’s terse public notes, delivering “miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality” with no...

Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 — the stopgap meant to protect devices after the operating system reached end of support — is failing to enroll for a meaningful number of users, producing opaque errors or region‑blocked messages that leave affected PCs at risk...

The Isle of Man Government says its desktop estate is being migrated to Windows 11 but the job won’t be finished until October 2026, leaving roughly two‑thirds of devices still on Windows 10 and covered only by paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) while migration continues. Background Windows 10...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: support for Windows 10 ended on October 14, 2025 — and that change has immediate security, compatibility and cost implications for millions of PCs worldwide. Background / Overview Windows 10 arrived in July 2015 and became the dominant desktop operating system...

In public-sector IT, timing is everything—and the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has just provided a textbook case of what happens when procurement cycles, hardware reality, and vendor lifecycles collide: the department reports having spent approximately £312...

Chromium’s recent CVE-2025-12729 — an “inappropriate implementation” in the Omnibox — is listed in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide (SUG) not because Microsoft created the bug, but because Microsoft Edge (the Chromium-based browser) consumes Chromium open-source code; the SUG entry is a clear...

The race to leave Windows 10 behind is a strategic litmus test for IT teams: a mix of security, procurement, user experience and long-term platform planning that no organization can ignore. Recent industry reporting—drawing on Lakeside Software telemetry and practitioner experience—lays out nine...

Microsoft has closed the mainstream support chapter for Windows 10 but left a practical — if strictly temporary — lifeline in place: Extended Security Updates (ESU). Organizations and consumers can continue to receive security-only fixes through October 13, 2026, provided devices meet specific...

If you’re still clinging to Windows 10 and think swapping in a new third‑party antivirus will buy you time, that shortcut is a trap: antivirus updates matter, but they do not replace missing operating‑system patches, and Microsoft’s official guidance makes that plain — Defender will keep getting...

Microsoft accidentally triggered a panic this autumn when a routine October update caused some Windows 10 PCs — including machines that should still be receiving security-only updates — to display a blunt “Your version of Windows has reached the end of support” banner inside Settings → Windows...

Microsoft has confirmed that a display bug introduced after October’s cumulative updates is incorrectly telling some paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) customers that their Windows 10 installations have “reached the end of support,” even though those devices remain entitled to and continue...

A recently discovered unofficial mirror hosting downloads of FlyOOBE — the community tool that evolved from the Flyby11 Windows 11 requirements bypass — has triggered an urgent developer warning and fresh debate about the risks of using third‑party installers to force unsupported machines onto...