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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One week before Microsoft’s hard cutoff, millions of Windows 10 PCs face a stark decision: remain on an OS that will no longer receive routine security patches or pick one of five practical paths—each with trade‑offs in cost, security, and convenience. The end‑of‑support date is fixed: October...
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Microsoft’s deadline is now unavoidable: Windows 10 will stop receiving regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and the immediate fallout in India—where millions of machines still run Windows 10—has forced consumers, small businesses, and large organisations into a compressed set of...
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The September 2025 non-security preview update for Windows 10, version 22H2 is rolling out and brings a small set of quality improvements — and a firm deadline-driven set of actions administrators and advanced users must take this fall to avoid disruption. Microsoft packaged this preview as the...
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Microsoft’s security updates and mainstream support for Windows 10 end on October 14, 2025 — a fixed, non‑negotiable deadline that forces a simple but urgent choice for every Windows 10 user: upgrade to Windows 11 if your PC qualifies, enroll in Microsoft’s limited Extended Security Updates...
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Microsoft has given Windows 10 users one clear, short-lived option to avoid an immediate upgrade: a consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that can keep eligible PCs receiving critical security patches for a single extra year — but only if you meet the prerequisites and enroll before...
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Microsoft has quietly given many Windows 10 users a narrow, conditional lifeline: enroll your PC in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program before October 14, 2025 and you can receive security-only updates for one more year — through October 13, 2026 — but the window is tight and...
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Microsoft has set a hard deadline: on October 14, 2025, routine security updates and mainstream support end for Windows 10 (version 22H2) and for perpetual releases Office 2016 and Office 2019 — a coordinated sunset that forces consumers and organizations to choose between upgrading, buying...
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Microsoft has set an immovable deadline: on October 14, 2025, mainstream support for Windows 10 ends — and with it the routine security updates, feature and quality patches, and standard technical assistance that have kept billions of PCs running safely for a decade. For consumers and small...
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Windows 10 will reach its official end-of-support on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has built a narrowly scoped, one-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) escape hatch that lets many consumers continue receiving security-only patches through October 13, 2026 if they enroll before the deadline...
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Windows 10 users facing the October 14, 2025 end-of-support deadline have one practical lifeline: Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program can keep eligible machines receiving critical and important security patches through October 13, 2026 — but enrollment is time-sensitive...
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Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates and mainstream support on October 14, 2025, forcing millions of users and businesses to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, buying new hardware, enrolling in a time‑limited Extended Security Updates...
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Microsoft has set a firm deadline: routine support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025, forcing millions of PCs onto one of three practical paths—upgrade, buy short-term protection, or accept increasing security and compatibility risk.
Background / Overview
Windows 10 arrived in 2015...
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Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — paired with a one‑year “consumer Extended Security Updates” (ESU) option that costs roughly USD 30 or requires a Microsoft account to enroll — has sparked widespread consumer frustration, industry scrutiny, and a...
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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...
Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, is no longer a distant calendar entry — it’s a concrete deadline that forces choices for millions of users and IT teams. Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature and quality fixes, and...
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More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 even as Microsoft’s official support deadline looms, creating a wide and growing security gap that affects consumers, small businesses, and enterprise networks alike. New telemetry shared publicly via cybersecurity vendor...
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Microsoft’s last-minute lifeline means you can keep receiving security updates for Windows 10 — but only if you act before Microsoft’s hard cutoff, and only for a strictly time‑boxed period with important caveats that change what “staying on Windows 10” actually means.
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Microsoft has...
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Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has become a hard stop for millions of users — but the company quietly carved out no-cost escape routes that let many stay patched for another year without handing over cash. What once looked like a strict $30 paywall for Extended Security...
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