windows 10 end of support

The recent RNZ Tech segment with Bill Bennett pulled together three separate but tightly connected stories that matter to anyone who buys phone plans, reads news on the web, or still uses Windows 10: New Zealand’s Commerce Commission research shows consumers struggle to get the information they...

Windows gamers have quietly completed a generational shift: Valve’s September 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows Windows 11 (64‑bit) leading the platform for the first time, while Windows 10 continues a steep decline as Microsoft’s support deadline looms. The numbers are unmistakable —...

Which?’s new survey finds an estimated 21 million people in the UK still using Windows 10 — and with Microsoft scheduled to end Windows 10 security updates on 14 October 2025, that cohort faces a genuine increase in cyber‑risk unless they act. Background Microsoft has formally confirmed that...

Microsoft has drawn a line under a decade of widespread use: Windows 10 reaches end of support, leaving millions of devices exposed unless organisations act — and for many IT teams the fastest, most controllable escape hatch is virtualization. Background / Overview Windows 10 shipped in 2015 and...

A week before Microsoft stops shipping security updates, roughly half a billion Windows PCs face a hard choice: upgrade, pay to stay patched, switch operating systems, or keep running an increasingly risky, unsupported platform. Background On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will officially end...

Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has created a high-stakes, time-sensitive problem for tens of millions of users and thousands of organisations — from home PCs in living rooms to entire enterprise fleets — forced to choose between hurried upgrades...

Microsoft’s countdown to the end of Windows 10 support on 14 October 2025 has moved from a calendar footnote to an operational crisis for many organisations: the choice is stark and costly — upgrade to Windows 11 now, pay for a time‑boxed Extended Security Update (ESU) bridge, or accept rising...

The startling headline — that Windows 10’s end-of-support could create roughly £1.8 billion of recoverable metals in the UK alone — is both eye-catching and accurate as a headline-sized calculation, but it is not a forecast. The figure emerges from a chain of assumptions (global device counts...

Microsoft’s quiet banner in Settings has become the latest front in a public fight over product lifecycles: Windows 10 version 22H2 now shows an end‑of‑support notice pointing toward October 14, 2025, and a growing coalition of consumer groups and businesses is pressing Microsoft to widen the...

Pennsylvania officials and local groups have joined a broader U.S. campaign pressing Microsoft to reverse or soften its plan to end routine, automatic security updates for Windows 10—arguing the move will expose millions of machines to cyber risk, force premature hardware replacement, and...

Rumors that “your laptop will stop working after October 14” condensed panic into a single false sentence — the reality is more prosaic and far more important: October 14, 2025 is the date Microsoft ends routine vendor servicing for Windows 10, not a switch that turns devices off, and the...

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...

TeamViewer’s analysis that “two in five” supported endpoints still run Windows 10 is a blunt reminder that Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 support cutoff isn’t an abstract calendar event — it is a practical inflection point for security, compliance and IT operations worldwide. The study (reported...

Rumors that “your laptop will stop working after October 14” are false — what changes on that date is Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10, not the ability of your laptop to boot, run apps, or access files. Microsoft will end mainstream security updates and technical support for Windows...

A nationwide survey published this week shows a worrying level of complacency ahead of Windows 10’s fixed end-of-support date: roughly one-in-four people who still use Windows 10 say they intend to keep running it after Microsoft stops issuing routine security updates on 14 October 2025. That...

A quiet technological funeral is underway across Aotearoa: two foundational pieces of the recent digital era — Windows 10 and the country’s 3G mobile network — are being retired, bringing immediate practical consequences and a flood of nostalgia for the devices and services they enabled...

Microsoft’s planned cutoff for Windows 10 updates on October 14, 2025 is now a hard calendar fact—and the ripple effects reach far beyond patch notes and upgrade wizards, touching consumer budgets, IT plans, repair shops, and the global environment. Environment Georgia and allied groups have...

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...

Businesses that leave Windows 10 running after October 14, 2025 will face a clear and immediate set of operational, security, and compliance hazards — and the safest, most future-proof path for most organisations is to plan and complete a migration to Windows 11 now rather than wait until after...

Microsoft will stop providing free, automatic security and feature updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a move that consumer advocates warn could leave millions of PCs exposed unless users act fast, pay for a limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) option, or upgrade to Windows 11 or...