upgrade planning

As of January 2026, the single clearest fact about “Windows 12” is this: Microsoft has not publicly announced a product by that name, and everything labeled Windows 12 today sits in the world of leaks, analyst reads, and educated guesses rather than official documentation. Background Windows’...

Microsoft’s fixed support clock for Windows 10 reached its deadline on 14 October 2025, and that change forces a clear choice for every Windows 10 user: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, enroll in the short-term Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program if eligible, or accept rising...

Canonical has locked in the development timetable for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS — codename Resolute Raccoon — and the schedule sets a clear path to a final desktop and server release on April 23, 2026, with a public beta in late March and the customary point release in August that enables upgrades from...

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...

Windows 10’s official support clock is about to stop ticking, and the compatibility gatekeeper for Windows 11 — WhyNotWin11 — has just shipped an update that will matter to millions trying to decide whether to upgrade, patch, or replace their PCs. Background / Overview Microsoft has fixed a firm...

Microsoft has published KB5054156 — a tiny enablement package (eKB) that flips on Windows 11, version 25H2 for devices already running the fully patched 24H2 servicing baseline, turning a months‑worth of staged feature binaries into an active release with minimal downtime and a single restart in...

Microsoft’s 2025 Windows 11 feature update — version 25H2 — arrives as a careful, operationally minded release rather than a headline-grabbing rework: it’s an enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, removes a few long‑deprecated tools, and resets...

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 has set a firm deadline: Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, and that change alters the security, upgrade, and disposal calculus for millions of PCs worldwide. Microsoft will stop providing routine OS security patches, feature and quality updates, and standard...

Microsoft’s hard deadline for Windows 10 — October 14, 2025 — marks more than a lifecycle milestone; it forces a choice for hundreds of millions of users between upgrading, paying for a short-term safety net, or knowingly running an unsupported operating system that will gradually become more...

Windows 10 gives you more ways than ever to inspect the hardware and software under the hood — from the quick, user-friendly Settings > About panel to deep, exportable inventories created by System Information (msinfo32), dxdiag, PowerShell, and classic command-line tools — and knowing which...

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 has quietly put the “Windows 12” party on hold: the next public release from Redmond is Windows 11, version 25H2, arriving as a lightweight enablement update in the second half of 2025 rather than a ground-up OS reboot — and that decision changes what upgrade planning should look like...

Microsoft’s Computex message — that Windows 10 had reached “3 hundred million” active devices — was an attention-grabbing milestone, but a closer look at contemporaneous market-share data shows a more complicated reality: Windows 10’s raw install base was growing fast, yet Windows 7 remained the...

Windows 10’s sudden rebound in usage just weeks before end of support has shifted the migration narrative: a late-month rise in Windows 10’s market share has narrowed the gap with Windows 11, exposing a fragmented upgrade landscape that will complicate Microsoft’s push to consolidate users on...

Abdi’s “Brilliant Windows 12” concept doesn’t just re‑dress Windows in a shinier skin — it surfaces a coherent, user‑first playbook for how Microsoft could fix the things people actually complain about in Windows 11, and the timing could not be more consequential as Windows 10 support winds down...

Microsoft is ending mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — yet for many users the story doesn’t end there: Microsoft has opened a narrowly scoped, one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that lets eligible Windows 10 devices receive security‑only patches...

StatCounter’s August 2025 snapshot produced a deceptively simple headline — Windows 11 slipped below 50% of desktop Windows installations while Windows 10 regained ground — but the data behind that headline, and what it means for users and IT teams as Windows 10 support ends in October, require...

Microsoft’s latest move to automate and AI‑assist Windows Server 2025 upgrades promises to cut the friction and risk that have long dogged enterprise patch cycles, but the effort is also a reminder that automation without clear metadata and robust controls can make things worse as quickly as it...

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. Background: what the missing Primedia Plus article and Microsoft actually say The link...