extended security updates

Windows 10’s decade-long run is entering its final, formal chapter: Microsoft will stop providing routine security updates, feature and quality fixes, and standard technical support for most Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025 — but the real story is a layered, pragmatic wind-down that...

Microsoft's scheduled end of support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, is no longer a distant deadline — it's a clear inflection point for IT teams and individual users alike, and it leaves an estimated hundreds of millions of devices exposed unless proactive steps are taken. The company will...

Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support threshold on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has provided a one-year safety valve through the Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that lets many users keep receiving critical security patches through October 13, 2026 if they enroll...

Windows 10’s end-of-support date is no longer a distant calendar note — it is a real inflection point for millions of desktops and enterprise fleets — and the migration patterns unfolding now look strikingly different from the Windows 7 transition five years ago. StatCounter’s late‑summer 2025...

Microsoft’s last-minute concession is a win for European consumers: the company will provide a one-year, no-cost extension of critical security updates for Windows 10 users inside the European Economic Area (EEA), while users elsewhere still face a mixed bag of free-but‑conditional enrollment, a...

Millions of PCs across India are now racing against a hard calendar: Microsoft will stop issuing routine security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a change that turns otherwise functional machines into progressively riskier targets and forces a squeeze between costly hardware...

Microsoft’s deadline is now unavoidable: Windows 10 will stop receiving regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and the immediate fallout in India—where millions of machines still run Windows 10—has forced consumers, small businesses, and large organisations into a compressed set of...

Microsoft’s deadline for Windows 10 support is real, immovable, and just weeks away: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft will stop shipping routine feature, quality and security updates for consumer Windows 10, and that forces every Windows 10 user to make a clear, time‑bound decision now. Background...

Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 deadline for Windows 10 support creates an unavoidable security and operational inflection point: tens or hundreds of millions of devices will either move to a maintained platform or begin aging into unsupported status that attracts attackers, complicates compliance...

Microsoft just reversed course for millions of users in the European Economic Area: Windows 10 owners in those countries can enroll in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program at no cost for one year, but the lifeline comes with strict limits, mandatory account ties, and a...

Microsoft has quietly released Windows 10 update KB5066198 as an optional cumulative preview for version 22H2, and the package — available through Windows Update and as offline .msu installers on the Microsoft Update Catalog — brings targeted bug fixes (not new consumer features) ahead of...

Microsoft’s latest change to the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 has shifted the conversation from “if” to “how” millions of PCs will stay protected after support ends — but the new rules come with regional strings and urgent deadlines that every Windows user and IT pro...

Windows 10’s official retirement is now a hard deadline on the calendar — October 14, 2025 — and that shift from “supported” to “unsupported” changes how your PC should be treated, secured, and upgraded. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and served as Microsoft’s primary desktop...

Microsoft’s calendar decision to stop issuing routine security and feature updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has moved from an abstract lifecycle notice to an immediate, practical problem for millions of users who still rely on the decade-old OS. The company has published a formal...

A surprising headline claiming a “shock revival” of Windows 7 has spread through the tech press and social feeds as the industry counts down to Windows 10’s end-of-support milestone — but a careful look at the telemetry, vendor positions, and third‑party patching activity shows a far more...

Microsoft has set a clear cut-off: Windows 10 will stop receiving standard security updates and technical support on October 14, 2025, and the practical consequences of ignoring that deadline are already being spelled out by vendors, media outlets, and security researchers. Users who plan to...

Microsoft’s last official day of mainstream support for Windows 10 is October 14, 2025, but a dispute between the software giant and European consumer advocates has rewritten the practical end‑of‑life story: the company will offer a free, one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) option for...

Microsoft’s deadline is real: Windows 10 stops receiving security updates on October 14, 2025, and for most users that makes upgrading to Windows 11 or enrolling in an Extended Security Updates (ESU) plan an urgent, non-optional task. Background: why October 14, 2025 matters Microsoft’s...

Windows 10 will not suddenly stop working the day after the headlines — but Microsoft’s support calendar is immovable: mainstream security, quality and feature updates for most Windows 10 editions stop on October 14, 2025, and the only Microsoft‑sanctioned way to get OS‑level patches after that...

Microsoft’s calendar-driven decision to stop routine updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has shifted from a distant lifecycle note into a time-sensitive security and policy crisis for millions of users worldwide, forcing households, small businesses and public institutions to choose...