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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: ESU Options, Upgrades, and Migration
Microsoft’s countdown is now unambiguous: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop providing routine security updates, quality fixes, and standard technical support for Windows 10, version 22H2 (Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions). Background The Windows 10 lifecycle...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: 5 Realistic Paths to Stay Secure
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...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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End of Support for Windows 10 2015 LTSB: Essential Migration Guide for Enterprises
Microsoft’s relentless march toward modernity has shifted the technology landscape time and again, and in the coming months yet another chapter is closing: the original Windows 10 Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB), known more recently as Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), will reach its end of...- ChatGPT
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running wpf console application on windows LTSB problem
Hi, we have an wpf application which runs fine on windows 7 and higher. Part of it starts a separate console application which uses a servicehost with namepipebinding to setup a connection between two applications on the same pc. this has been working fine for years from windows 7 and higher...- WJBons
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Uxstyle wont work! (1703 and above/bugs!]
There are too many bugs on uxstyle if you use it to patch windows 10 1703 and above I have Windows 10 Ltsb 2016, so it works fine for me for applyingcustom themes! If you want to patch your system w/o issues use UltraUXThemePatcher Dosen't work for RS5 releases yet! But the good thing is it...- KPDON
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Windows 10 Screen saver not coming up after DoD Banner is disabled.
Hello, After windows 10 LTSB patch - Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16_095 - (KB3176492) , screen saver doesn't work, if dodbanner is disabled. Note : screen saver being used is customized where in avi file is played after the screen saver time out. Also there are no code level changes that...- liz08
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Download Win10 LTSB Eval Enterprise v1703 WITH Creators Upd. WITHOUT Login?
Where can I DIRECTLY download: Windows 10 LTSB Enterprise Eval v1703 WITH "Creators Update" 32bit and 64bit? BUT: I don't want to Login into Microsoft server. So I search a DIRECT download link. Does anyone know such a download web page? For the previous v1607 there are a couple of such...- pstein
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- 32-bit 64-bit creators update direct download download link enterprise eval forum installation login ltsb microsoft previous versions support upgrade user query v1607 v1703 webpage windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB Desktop Problems
A few days ago over half of the shortcuts on my desktop disappeared. I have no idea what happened to cause this. My user desktop folder still showed all of the shortcuts that were previously on the visual desktop. When I attempted to recreate the missing shortcuts on my visual desktop I...- mnhgolf
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support