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Microsoft has set a firm deadline: routine security updates, quality patches and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions will end on October 14, 2025 — forcing households, businesses and public-sector IT teams to choose between upgrading, buying temporary protection, or...

Microsoft’s May 13, 2025 hotpatch for Windows PowerShell, released as KB5061096, is a narrowly scoped security update aimed at reducing immediate exposure for hotpatch‑eligible systems while preserving uptime for high‑availability deployments; it applies only to devices enrolled in Microsoft’s...

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...

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...

Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has arrived like a ringing bell for an industry that—by several measures—wasn’t ready: large numbers of consumer and corporate endpoints still run Windows 10, many organisations face compatibility and budget constraints, and the safety net...

Microsoft’s Office 2024 is real, shipping as a buy‑once desktop suite with updated apps, clearer system requirements, and a complicated relationship with AI — but claims that you can “download Microsoft Office 2024 full 32 and 64 bit, activated for life” from third‑party sites are both...

Nano11’s demo-sized ISO and sub‑3GB installed footprints are headline‑grabbing — but they’re the result of deliberate surgical removals and heavy compression that trade serviceability, security, and general compatibility for raw minimalism. Background / Overview Windows 11’s default footprint...

NTDEV’s new Nano11 Builder takes the Windows‑11 debloat movement from pragmatic trimming to experimental minimalism, producing bootable ISOs and installed images measured in single‑digit gigabytes by surgically removing inbox apps, servicing infrastructure, and even parts of the Windows...

Microsoft’s decade-long support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and for millions of PCs that can’t run Windows 11, that date forces a clear decision: upgrade, pay for a temporary bridge, switch platforms, or accept increased risk. The good news is that you don’t have to panic — there...

Windows Server 2019 has entered a new phase of its lifecycle: mainstream support ended on January 9, 2024, and Microsoft will provide security-only updates during the extended support period through January 9, 2029. After that date the product reaches full end of life (EOL) and will no longer...

Windows 10’s clock is counting down to end of support, and with it comes a hard choice for privacy‑minded users: pay to keep an aging platform patched, accept newer versions of Windows with tighter cloud hooks, or make a clean break to something else entirely. The argument gaining traction is...

Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday delivered the usual mix of security fixes — and an unexpected operational headache: a servicing regression in the August 12, 2025 cumulative updates that broke Windows’ built‑in reset and recovery flows on several supported client branches and, in some upgrade...

Microsoft has issued an emergency out‑of‑band update to repair a high‑impact regression introduced by the August Patch Tuesday rollup that left Windows’ built‑in reset and recovery tools unable to complete on many client devices. id‑August Microsoft shipped its regular Patch Tuesday cumulative...

Microsoft’s August cumulative update has sidelined one of Windows’ most important safety nets: Reset and recovery flows that let users refresh, reinstall, or remotely wipe machines now fail on multiple client builds after the Patch Tuesday rollup, and Microsoft has shipped emergency out‑of‑band...

Microsoft’s announcement that Windows 10 will reach its official end of support on October 14, 2025, has moved from a scheduled milestone to a legal and public-policy flashpoint, after a California resident filed a lawsuit on August 7, 2025, accusing the company of using the cutoff to force...

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...

As Windows 10 approaches its much-publicized end of life, Microsoft is offering users a trio of enticing exit ramps—if not from the operating system itself, then at least from the looming specter of unpatched vulnerabilities. With the mainstream support cutoff date on the near horizon, the...

With the end-of-support date for Windows 10 looming on October 14, 2025, millions of users — from home office workers to mission-critical industrial operators — now face high-stakes decisions about if and how to upgrade. Since Microsoft announced their new, stricter hardware requirements for...

In a landscape shaped by relentless threats and evolving security demands, the release of KB5061258 (Build 26100.3983) for Windows 11 LTSC 2024 has generated significant interest among IT professionals, administrators, and power users invested in long-term deployment strategies. This out-of-band...

Windows Server 2025 emerges as a milestone in enterprise computing, signaling not just another incremental update but a bold leap in Microsoft’s server operating system. For IT professionals, business leaders, and tech-savvy administrators, assessing the scope and value of this Long-Term...