The countdown to October 14, 2025 is no longer a distant calendar note — it is a board‑level deadline that should be driving procurement, security and migration decisions across every business that still runs Windows 10. Recent regional reporting urging organisations to move from planning into...
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Windows users facing the October deadline for Windows 10 support are being offered a realistic, battle-tested alternative in Zorin OS — a Dublin-born Linux distribution that promises to keep older PCs secure, fast and usable for years to come, and which the Irish Times frames as a timely option...
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Microsoft’s slow, staged rollout of the Windows 10 Enroll now (ESU) wizard means the extension lifeline Microsoft promised for legacy PCs is available — but not instantly visible to everyone, and it comes with conditions and caveats that every Windows 10 user should understand before relying on...
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Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 deadline for Windows 10 support is no longer a distant calendar entry — it is the hinge point of a transition that will reshape how millions of consumers and businesses think about desktop operating systems, security, and the economics of software as a service...
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Microsoft will stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and for home users it’s now a choice between upgrading to Windows 11, paying for a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or accepting increasing risk — Microsoft has also published a consumer ESU...
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Microsoft's message is blunt: Windows 10 will stop receiving official security and technical updates on October 14, 2025, and users who delay migration risk an increasing security, compliance, and operational exposure that will grow more dangerous with each month after the cutoff. What began as...
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Windows 11 Pro is being promoted as a bargain and a productivity leap at the same time — with reports of deeply discounted licenses (as low as the low‑teens in some offers) circulating alongside Microsoft's steady rollout of AI enhancements to the OS, most notably a revamped Copilot with...
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Windows 11 promises a cleaner interface, deeper security and better performance — but not every PC qualifies. This guide gives a clear, practical pathway to find out whether your machine can run Windows 11, how to fix the common blockers (TPM and Secure Boot are the usual suspects), and what...
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Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date for Windows 10—October 14, 2025—has pushed local managed‑IT providers into high gear, warning businesses that failure to prepare will increase security exposure, complicate compliance, and make future hardware purchases more expensive and time consuming...
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Microsoft’s warning that “the Windows are wide open for bad actors” is not hyperbole—October 14, 2025 is a hard deadline for Windows 10 support, and the downstream effects for healthcare providers, regulated institutions, and any organization running large fleets of legacy applications are...
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Microsoft's public notice about Windows 10 support is no longer just a calendar reminder — it's a deadline with real consequences for security, compatibility, and the cost of staying on an aging platform.
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Microsoft’s last free security updates for Windows 10 come to an official stop on October 14, 2025, but the company has quietly opened a one‑year safety valve for consumers — a short, careful bridge that lets many stay on Windows 10 while they plan a permanent migration. The consumer Extended...
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Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has opened a one‑year safety valve for consumers: the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. You can keep receiving critical and important security patches through October 13, 2026 by...
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Microsoft has quietly turned up the volume on in‑OS upgrade prompts for Windows 10, and since the August 2025 update many users report seeing intrusive, full‑screen notifications urging them to move to Windows 11 — reminders that can reappear even after a user explicitly chooses to “Keep Windows...
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The States of Guernsey has told staff that anyone who needs a laptop for their job will be issued a new machine if their existing device cannot run Windows 11, part of a wider, government‑wide upgrade to modernise endpoints and retire legacy systems — a move that coincides with the States’...
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Microsoft’s push to move Windows 10 users onto Windows 11 has shifted into a louder phase: following the August 2025 Patch Tuesday cycle many Windows 10 PCs are now showing full‑screen upgrade banners that interrupt workflows after updates and restarts, offering an immediate “Download and...
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Windows 10 users are reporting a new, aggressive upgrade prompt after the August cumulative update: a full‑screen, hard‑to-dismiss recommendation to move to Windows 11 that can reappear even after you explicitly choose to stay on Windows 10. soft has set a hard end‑of‑support date for Windows...
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Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and that deadline turns a decade-old, still‑widely used operating system into a growing security liability unless you act now. 10 has been a workhorse for hundreds of millions of PCs, but when Microsoft stops shipping...
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The VAN 9003 crash that left many Valorant players staring at the message “This build of Vanguard is out of compliance with current system settings” proved to be less a single bug and more a collision of modern Windows security posture, anti‑cheat kernel drivers, and inconsistent platform...
Microsoft’s latest move to shepherd Windows 10 users into safer ground lands as both relief and pressure: a one‑year, largely free Extended Security Updates (ESU) lifeline that lets many holdouts avoid an immediate upgrade — but only if they enroll, often by signing into Microsoft services —...
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