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    Windows 11 OOBE Tightens MS Account; Linux Keeps Local First

    Microsoft’s push to make Windows a cloud‑account‑first OS has hit a new milestone: the interactive Windows 11 setup (OOBE) is being hardened so that casual, one‑line bypasses to create purely local accounts are disappearing — and that reality is pushing some privacy‑minded users to consider the...
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    Windows 10 End of Support: Defender Updates to 2028 and ESU

    Microsoft's decision to keep Microsoft Defender Antivirus receiving definition and detection updates on Windows 10 for years after the operating system's official end-of-support does reduce one vector of risk — but it is emphatically not a replacement for ongoing OS security patches, feature...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrades to Windows 11 and E-waste Risks

    The abrupt end of free, routine support for Windows 10 — and the narrow upgrade path Microsoft has set toward Windows 11 — has created a perfect storm of security, equity, and environmental risks that could convert hundreds of millions of still-functional PCs into liability or landfill. Advocacy...
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    Windows 11 OOBE Drops Local Accounts: Is Linux the Safer Daily Driver?

    Microsoft's latest Insider preview effectively closes the easiest doors that let people set up Windows 11 with a purely local account during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), and for privacy‑minded users the timing is provocative enough to push a real conversation about whether now is the right...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade to Windows 11 or ESU Bridge Plan

    Microsoft’s deadline is unambiguous: on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop delivering routine security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions — a change that forces every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three practical paths: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware...
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    Windows 10 End of Free Support 2025: ESU Options and Migration

    Microsoft’s formal end to free support for Windows 10 is now in force, closing a nearly decade‑long chapter for one of the world’s most widely used desktop operating systems and forcing millions of households, schools and businesses to choose between upgrading, paying for a limited security...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: 5 Practical Upgrade Paths

    Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support moment on October 14, 2025, and if your PC can’t be upgraded through Windows Update you face five practical paths — each with clear trade-offs in cost, security, and complexity — that must be chosen and executed now rather than later. Background /...
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    Windows 11 MCT regression before Windows 10 End of Life: safe upgrade paths and ISO workarounds

    Microsoft’s official tools for moving millions of PCs off Windows 10 and onto Windows 11 stumbled at the worst possible time: an updated Windows 11 Media Creation Tool released in late September can close immediately or fail to run on certain Windows 10 hosts, leaving users scrambling for...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Migration Playbook for IT Leaders

    A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Choose Your Upgrade Path

    Microsoft will stop shipping security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — that deadline changes the calculus for millions of PCs still running the operating system and forces a decision: short-term patching, upgrade, migrate, or replace. Background: what "end of support" actually means...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: ESU Options and Upgrading to Windows 11

    Windows 10 will continue to start and run after October 14, 2025 — but for most users that’s no comfort: Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and quality updates on that date, and the choices you make now will determine whether your PC remains safe, supported, or quietly vulnerable...
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    Genpact Insurance Policy Suite Drives Agentic Automation in Underwriting

    Genpact’s new Insurance Policy Suite is a clear statement that the vendor and consulting arms of the insurance technology market are moving past proof‑of‑concepts and toward agentic automation: a four‑module, Microsoft‑backed product that promises to automate much of the pre‑bind underwriting...
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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...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade, ESU, or Cloud PC Options

    Microsoft will stop providing free updates, feature releases and regular security patches for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a hard deadline that leaves hundreds of millions of machines facing an awkward choice: upgrade to Windows 11 if possible, pay for temporary Extended Security Updates...
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    Consumer Reports Pushes Free Windows 10 Security Patches Beyond Oct 2025

    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...
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    KB5065429: Windows 10 ESU Enrollment & End-of-Support 2025

    Microsoft pushed Windows 10 cumulative update KB5065429 to 22H2 machines this week, a mandatory security rollup that arrives as the platform approaches its October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline — and it’s tightly linked to Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment path...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: ESU Options and Windows 11 Migration

    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...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Migration Playbook and ESU Guide

    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...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Kaspersky Telemetry Urges Windows 11 Migration

    Kaspersky’s telemetry snapshot lands like a warning siren: in their sampled dataset just weeks before Microsoft’s cut-off, roughly 53% of monitored devices were still running Windows 10, only 33% had migrated to Windows 11, and a measurable tail — about 8.5% — remained on Windows 7, while...
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    Windows 10 Ends 2025: Best Secure Paths If You Can't Move to Windows 11

    If your PC can’t run Windows 11, you’re not alone — and you still have a set of sensible, ranked options to stay secure, productive, and compliant after Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025. Background: why this moment matters Microsoft will stop shipping regular security...
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