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).
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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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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...
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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...
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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!
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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...
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...
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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...