Microsoft’s move to extend certain Windows 10 security updates changes the immediate calculus for businesses and IT teams — it is a pragmatic reprieve, not a permanent fix, and treating it as anything other than a final planning window risks expensive, complex consequences.
Background: what...
Microsoft may have declared Windows 10 “feature-complete” years ago, but the evidence on the ground tells a different story: the OS is still receiving meaningful tweaks, UI roll‑outs, and policy-driven changes that affect everyday users and enterprises alike. What started as small, cumulative...
Microsoft pushed emergency out‑of‑band updates on August 19, 2025 to repair a serious regression introduced by the August Patch Tuesday rollups that broke Windows’ built‑in recovery tools — restoring Reset this PC, the cloud reimage flow, and certain MDM RemoteWipe operations for affected...
Microsoft’s 12‑month reprieve for Windows 10 users has changed the migration math — and not in Microsoft’s favor; what looked like a steady march to Windows 11 has stalled, leaving most Windows users once again facing an urgent upgrade decision with security, cost, and hardware implications that...
Windows 10’s clock is real — on October 14, 2025 Microsoft will stop shipping security updates and technical support for mainstream Windows 10, and every user still running the decade‑old OS needs a clear plan now to avoid predictable but avoidable risk.
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Microsoft has issued an explicit, high‑urgency notice to Windows 10 users: free mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025, and the company is pushing a narrow set of pathways — upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in a time‑limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or accept...
Microsoft’s deadline is now fixed: Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, and with it comes a complex, staggered set of follow‑ups that will shape PC security, upgrade plans, and procurement decisions for consumers and enterprises alike. The headline is simple — the OS will...
Microsoft has quietly changed how the Microsoft Store handles app updates on Windows 11 and Windows 10: the long-standing option to permanently turn off automatic app updates in the Store UI is being removed for many users, and instead the Store now only offers time-limited pause options...
Microsoft’s plan to ship the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update alongside Windows Mixed Reality hardware crystallized in Berlin this fall, but a closer look at the timeline, features, and promises shows a mix of ambitious engineering, marketing finesse, and a few important caveats for enthusiasts...
Mozilla's Nightly build of Firefox has tripped over an old Windows 10 quirk: users running pre‑1803 builds (for example, 1703, 1709 or some Enterprise LTSB/LTSC variants) reported an immediate failure to launch Firefox 143 Nightly with an error complaining that api-ms-win-core-console-11-2-0.dll...
A Southern California resident’s lawsuit against Microsoft over the planned end of Windows 10 support has escalated a routine product lifecycle event into a high‑stakes legal and policy battle touching on security, consumer rights, environmental impact, and the commercial dynamics of the...
A California resident has filed suit against Microsoft, arguing the company's October 14, 2025 end-of-support for Windows 10 is premature, coercive and effectively forces millions of users to either upgrade to Windows 11, buy new hardware, or pay for limited extended support—an action the...
I installed Windows 11 on my gaming PC, ran a battery of real‑world benchmarks, and found that — on the hardware I use — raw gaming averages stayed essentially unchanged from Windows 10, but percentile lows and stability showed notable variance that every serious gamer should understand before...
A California resident has filed suit seeking to stop Microsoft from cutting off free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the company’s end‑of‑support decision amounts to forced obsolescence that funnels users toward Windows 11 and Microsoft’s AI‑focused hardware...
Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday brings mandatory security rollups for Windows 11 and Windows 10, advancing multiple servicing branches to new OS builds, patching a swath of vulnerabilities, and introducing a handful of notable UX and recovery features — including an AI-driven Settings...
CVE-2025-48000 (note on numbering) — Windows Connected Devices Platform Service: use‑after‑free Elevation‑of‑Privilege
Subtitle: Patch now — local authenticated attackers can escalate to SYSTEM via CDPSvc memory corruption
Byline: Jane Doe — Senior Security Reporter, WindowsForum.com
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Ten years after its debut, Windows 10’s story reads less like a single product lifecycle and more like a decade-long experiment in balancing familiarity, compatibility, and incremental innovation — an experiment that, for most users and enterprises, largely succeeded.
Background: the rescue that...
A California resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 receiving free security updates, calling the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision a de facto coercion to buy new hardware and a move to entrench its AI strategy — a case that crystallizes...
Microsoft has confirmed that Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft WebView2 Runtime will continue to receive updates on Windows 10 (22H2) through at least October 2028, ensuring that Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), WebView-dependent applications, and Edge-powered experiences like Copilot-related...
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A Southern California resident has filed a lawsuit asking a court to stop Microsoft from ending routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the company’s lifecycle decision amounts to forced obsolescence designed to push users onto Windows 11 and into Microsoft’s...