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Windows 11 reaching one billion users — and doing it faster than Windows 10 — is the kind of headline that gets product teams, OEM partners, and IT departments talking. Microsoft quietly confirmed the milestone during its fiscal Q2, 2026 commentary, and company executives have since framed the...

Microsoft confirmed it will stop making the Surface 3 by the end of December 2016, a move that quietly marked the end of Microsoft’s first intact push at a truly low-cost, pen-enabled Windows tablet and set the tone for how the Surface line would consolidate around higher-margin Pro devices...

A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...

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...

Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...

Apple’s recent enterprise momentum is no accident: Canalys data and industry reporting show Macs gaining ground precisely as businesses face a forced Windows refresh and a rising appetite for on-device AI — a convergence that’s reshaping procurement, security posture, and long-term platform...

Kaspersky’s telemetry snapshot lands like a warning siren: in their sampled dataset just weeks before Microsoft’s cut-off, roughly 53% of monitored devices were still running Windows 10, only 33% had migrated to Windows 11, and a measurable tail — about 8.5% — remained on Windows 7, while...

Microsoft’s desktop era is fragmenting in plain sight: while Windows 11’s adoption has surged—pushing close to or past the halfway mark on some charts—an increasing number of users are quietly defecting to Windows‑style Linux distributions that promise a familiar UI without Microsoft’s...

The States of Guernsey has told staff that anyone who needs a laptop for their job will be issued a new machine if their existing device cannot run Windows 11, part of a wider, government‑wide upgrade to modernise endpoints and retire legacy systems — a move that coincides with the States’...

Microsoft has quietly set an expiration date for Windows 11 SE — the slimmed-down, education-focused edition of Windows — announcing that the OS will receive no further feature updates or security patches after October 2026. Background / Overview Windows 11 SE was launched in 2021 as Microsoft’s...

NVIDIA has announced that its upcoming October Game Ready driver release will mark the end of full support for several of its older GPU architectures, including Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta. This decision aligns with Microsoft's planned end of support for Windows 10, signaling a significant shift...

Microsoft's recent out-of-band update aims to rectify a critical issue introduced by June's Patch Tuesday updates, which left several Surface Hub v1 devices unbootable. The problematic update, identified as KB5060533 for Windows 10 versions 21H2 and 22H2, caused affected devices to display the...

In an incident that highlights both the power and pitfalls of automatic software updates in enterprise environments, Microsoft recently found itself racing to resolve a critical issue introduced by its own Patch Tuesday update. The problem, affecting Surface Hub v1 devices, left administrators...

Organizations around the world are facing a pivotal crossroads as Microsoft officially announces the end of support for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, effective October 14, 2025. The countdown to this deadline is much more than a routine software update; it brings with it significant...

The modern workplace is standing at a crossroads—forced forward by a convergence of pressures: relentless cyber threats, the imminent end of Windows 10 support, the rapid sophistication of artificial intelligence, and the demand for anywhere-work flexibility. Technology decision-makers are left...

As the countdown to October 14, 2025 begins, a significant dilemma faces millions of Windows 10 users worldwide: Microsoft will soon cease issuing updates, including security patches, for its decade-old operating system. This concrete deadline marks not just a technical shift, but a...

Running mission-critical business applications on legacy Windows operating systems is a challenge familiar to countless IT professionals in medium to large enterprises. Facing the realities of maintaining outdated software, business needs often outpace best security practices, leaving...

Windows 11 is coming for your PC, whether you’re ready or not, and if you happen to be helming an IT fleet running on a vintage collection of laptops, the migration train won’t wait. With the October 2025 end of support deadline for Windows 10 looming like a fiscal year-end, hundreds of New...

Probably a simple question but was wondering if constantly putting machine in sleep mode helps or hinders monitor and other hardware throughout the day rather than rebooting.