migration planning

The abrupt countdown to Windows 10’s servicing sunset has thrown millions of users into a practical dilemma: stay with a familiar, functioning operating system that will no longer receive routine security fixes, or move — often at cost or effort — to a supported platform before the October 14...

Microsoft will stop delivering routine security patches, feature updates and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025 — a hard, calendar‑driven cutoff that forces consumers, small businesses and IT teams to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, buying...

Three weeks is not a long time in the life of a PC, but when that window sits directly ahead of a fixed end-of-support deadline it becomes a hard stop: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security and quality updates on October 14, 2025, and every Windows 10 user now has three practical...

Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing routine updates for Windows 10 in mid‑October has left millions of users facing a sudden, calendar‑driven security cliff — a shift that is already drawing consumer advocates, legal challenges, and frantic migration planning across homes, small businesses, and...

Microsoft’s security updates and mainstream support for Windows 10 end on October 14, 2025 — a fixed, non‑negotiable deadline that forces a simple but urgent choice for every Windows 10 user: upgrade to Windows 11 if your PC qualifies, enroll in Microsoft’s limited Extended Security Updates...

Microsoft has set a hard deadline: on October 14, 2025, routine security updates and mainstream support end for Windows 10 (version 22H2) and for perpetual releases Office 2016 and Office 2019 — a coordinated sunset that forces consumers and organizations to choose between upgrading, buying...

Microsoft’s October cut-off for Windows 10 is about to turn some high-end meeting-room kit into an operational liability unless IT shops act fast: Surface Hub v1 devices running Windows 10 Team edition will lose official support and Teams functionality, and there is no ESU rescue path for the...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 10 mainstream support ends on October 14, 2025, and that cutover changes the security posture for millions of PCs worldwide. After that date, most Windows 10 machines will no longer receive monthly security patches, feature updates, or standard...

Steam will stop supporting Windows 32‑bit installations on January 1, 2026, a move that, if confirmed and implemented as reported, will leave the vanishingly small number of users still running Windows 10 in its 32‑bit form without client updates, security fixes, or official Steam Support help —...

More than a month before Microsoft stops issuing security patches for Windows 10, a fresh Kaspersky telemetry snapshot is sounding a loud alarm: a majority of devices in its dataset remain on Windows 10, with a non‑trivial tail still running unsupported releases such as Windows 7 — a situation...

Consumer Reports has formally urged Microsoft to extend free support for Windows 10, warning that tens — possibly hundreds — of millions of still-working PCs will be left exposed when mainstream updates and security patches stop on October 14, 2025. The advocacy group’s letter to Microsoft’s CEO...

Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a clearly signposted escape hatch: Extended Security Updates (ESU) will let eligible PCs continue to receive critical and important security patches for up to three years after the operating system reaches end of support on October 14, 2025. The program...

Australia’s channel has moved from planning to action as the October 14, 2025 deadline for Windows 10 end of support closes in, turning a long-noted migration challenge into an operational sprint for distributors, resellers and managed service providers across the country. The local ecosystem is...

FROM Tuesday, October 14 Microsoft will end support for Windows 10, leaving machines that remain on that decade-old platform without routine security patches, feature updates or Microsoft technical support — and local repair shops such as Data Parts in Shepparton are already preparing to help...

Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a narrow, conditional lifeline: you can keep receiving security updates after the OS’s official end-of-support date — but only if you complete a short, specific checklist and enroll in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) pathway before the deadline...

Microsoft’s countdown clock is now real: with just weeks to go until Microsoft stops issuing security updates and routine support for Windows 10, organisations and home users face a concrete deadline — October 14, 2025 — and must act now to avoid rising exposure and operational disruption...

Windows 10 will reach its official end of support on October 14, 2025, meaning Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature fixes, and standard technical assistance for the mainstream consumer editions; users must either upgrade eligible machines to Windows 11, enroll...

Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for Windows 10—October 14, 2025—and the flurry of "30 days" headlines that followed this announcement compresses a complex, staged retirement into a single-sentence alarm that obscures exactly what will and won't change for users and IT teams...

The clock is real: Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, forcing long‑delayed upgrades, purchases of a short‑term Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or the acceptance of increasing security and compliance risk for machines left on the aging OS...

Microsoft’s public timeline is now unmistakable: Windows 10 will receive its final regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and users who do not move to a supported configuration face a sharply higher risk of exposure to new attacks — a threshold that, according to press coverage, affects...