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...
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Consumer Reports has formally asked Microsoft to keep delivering free security updates for Windows 10 consumers beyond the company’s announced October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, arguing that the current plan — a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge combined with paid...
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Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has moved from a calendar note to a tangible operational crisis for business process outsourcing (BPO) firms — a sector that depends on large, stable PC estates, predictable application stacks and strict compliance...
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Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has forced IT leaders into a binary choice: pay to buy time, or accelerate an estate-wide migration to Windows 11 — and the short-term cost of staying on Windows 10 could be measured in billions for...
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After a brief and closely watched tenure in the education technology market, Microsoft has officially announced the end-of-life for Windows 11 SE, the lightweight operating system once touted as the company’s answer to ChromeOS. Support will conclude in October 2026, closing a chapter on one of...
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For many businesses, the impending migration from Windows 10 to Windows 11 represents a complex crossroads of technology, security, and financial strategy. As Microsoft approaches the end-of-support timeline for Windows 10, an increasing number of organizations are feeling mounting pressure to...
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As Microsoft’s end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 looms on October 14, a new study by ControlUp reveals a landscape of significant, if uneven, progress among enterprises migrating to Windows 11—a transition shaping IT strategy for organizations across the globe. With only four months...
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In an age where rapid hardware obsolescence feeds a mounting e-waste crisis, the innovative use of artificial intelligence is beginning to offer glimmers of hope for sustainable solutions. The story of a Panasonic Toughpad FZ-A2’s unlikely resurrection by an intrepid hobbyist — with a little...
As the October 14, 2025, end-of-support date for Windows 10 approaches, businesses are facing a critical juncture that demands immediate attention. Microsoft's decision to cease support for Windows 10 means that, post-deadline, the operating system will no longer receive security updates, bug...
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Microsoft’s countdown to the end of Windows 10 support has been ticking for years, but the world’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are not listening as closely as they should. An eye-popping 35% of SMBs have either no plan or no awareness of the looming end-of-service (EoS) deadline for...
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I'm continually getting the kernel_data_inpage_error BSOD at quite random times - during skype calls, bringing computer out of sleep mode, playing games - and I can no longer say it was a one-off kind of thing, but I'm not sure how to fix it, and found this forum hoping for some help.
I ran the...
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Hey guys.
My mum has a netbook and has recently been having problems with her keyboard. She sent it back to the manufacturer and they sent it back, saying it was fixed, but alas, it is not! There only seems to be one problem with it - when the enter key is pressed, a backslash (\) appears...
Ok, so my computer information is in my profile so there is no need for me to post that. I have had EVERY part replaced now, so it is not a hardware issue.
The only time i get this is when i am using a 3D application (e.g. Borderlands, Need for Speed: SHIFT, and all other games). This is the...
Hi,
i have a little bit problem,
my motherboard went wrong, and thats why i had to buy a new one ( but exactly the same one - the same producer, the same type. and the same version, so nearly nothing have changed)
After this changing the win7 is not working, during the boot it says sg about...
I downloaded it, I installed it. No display on bootup. Downloaded and installed again. Nothing. Tried again with erasing everything on my hard drive (didn't back up, I was wasting enough time already). After a whole 12 hour day (i'm 16, summer break) at home, I still did not have windows 7...