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Microsoft’s deadline for Windows 10 support — October 14, 2025 — has begun to reshape the UK channel and enterprise buying cycles, and the country’s largest IT broadliner says it is already seeing the first signs of a last‑minute upgrade surge that will define the remainder of 2025. Westcoast...

Microsoft’s extra one‑year grace period doesn’t change the harsh reality: millions of perfectly usable PCs will soon be locked out of the official Windows 11 upgrade unless owners either accept unsupported hacks or invest in small—but sometimes nontrivial—hardware changes. Background: the...

Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a one-year safety net — a broadly accessible Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that keeps crucial security patches flowing after the official end-of-support date, but the offer comes with strings attached and hard choices ahead for millions of PC...

Microsoft's countdown to the end of Windows 10 support has moved from calendar date to a consumer-facing prompt: a 60‑day warning that leaves millions of PCs with a clear deadline and a narrow set of paths forward to stay protected, migrate to Windows 11, or pay to extend security updates for a...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 reveal marked a clear stylistic and strategic pivot: a softer, more mobile‑friendly desktop that folds touch, cloud, and cross‑platform access into the classic PC ecosystem, anchored by a redesigned, centered taskbar and an app store renewed with developer‑friendly...

Windows 10’s official support clock is ticking down, but for many users the practical choice isn’t a rush to upgrade — it’s a careful, measured decision to stay where stability, compatibility, and control still work best for them. The operating system will reach end of support on October 14...

The small open‑source utility ecosystem that helps users install Windows 11 on older machines just took another step: the developer behind Flyby11 has expanded the project into Flyoobe and pushed an ISO‑aware update that adds preview Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) windows, improved ISO mounting...

Flyoobe’s 1.2 release quietly expands a well‑known Windows 11 installer bypass into a fuller Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit — adding preview OOBE windows designed to work with Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool and Rufus, tightening ISO handling, and trimming memory use — while the project’s...

Microsoft’s latest messaging has sharpened a hard deadline: standard monthly security updates for most Windows 10 installations end with the October 2025 Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft is urging users to choose one of a small set of post‑EOL options — upgrade to Windows 11 if possible, or enroll...

Flyoobe 1.2 arrives as a focused, pragmatic tool that folds the original Flyby11 upgrade bypass into a broader Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) customization suite — and with that consolidation comes both useful capabilities for hobbyists and admins and significant security, support, and compliance...

Microsoft’s announced retirement of Windows 10 and a single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in California have ignited a debate that spans consumer rights, corporate lifecycle policy, and the broader environmental costs of forced hardware turnover. osoft has publicly set October 14, 2025 as the end of...

Microsoft’s patch KB5063709 quietly repaired the enrollment path that had prevented many Windows 10 users from signing up for the company’s one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, restoring the “Enroll now” experience in Settings so eligible PCs can get security‑only updates through...

Microsoft’s decision to lock Windows 11 behind a strict hardware gate is about to create a mass of usable-but-unsupported PCs — and the fallout will be technical, financial, and environmental. Background When Microsoft first announced Windows 11, the company framed the new release as a leap...

Microsoft has issued a fresh, time‑sensitive reminder: multiple Windows releases are reaching the ends of their servicing windows within the next few months, and the transition clock is now counting down in plain dates — not vague warnings. For millions of Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education and...

Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 10 — KB5063709 — is a small download with an outsized purpose: it lays the technical groundwork that lets consumer PCs enroll in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program and receive security updates through October 13, 2026, even after...

Windows 11 has become the unlikely backdrop for a fresh, portable icebreaker: a curated set of “Two Truths and a Lie” examples aimed at adults that riffs on feature changes, licensing confusion, and the security talk that dominates every IT corridor — an approach recently republished on...

Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II devices are the subject of a newly cataloged vulnerability — tracked as CVE-2025-40761 — that allows an attacker with physical access to the device’s serial interface to bypass authentication through the device’s Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) mode and obtain a root shell, a...

A single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in San Diego has escalated what many expected to be a routine product‑lifecycle moment into a high‑stakes legal and public‑policy flashpoint: the planned October 14, 2025 end of mainstream support for Windows 10, and the question of whether Microsoft can — or...

Microsoft will stop providing security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and that deadline forces a decision: upgrade, replace, pay to extend, or accept rising risk as the OS moves into unsupported territory. This article breaks down what “end of support” actually...

A Southern California man’s last‑minute lawsuit asking a judge to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 has turned a long‑scheduled product lifecycle event into a high‑stakes public debate about security, consumer rights, competition and electronic waste —...