windows 10 end of support

The moment you switch a daily driver from Windows to Ubuntu, certain expectations—system-level conveniences you didn’t notice until they vanished—quickly become obvious. A recent first‑person piece catalogued four Windows conveniences the author missed after moving to Ubuntu: a one‑click system...

The clock is real: Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, forcing long‑delayed upgrades, purchases of a short‑term Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or the acceptance of increasing security and compliance risk for machines left on the aging OS...

Microsoft’s public timeline is now unmistakable: Windows 10 will receive its final regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and users who do not move to a supported configuration face a sharply higher risk of exposure to new attacks — a threshold that, according to press coverage, affects...

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 countdown is now unmistakable: October 14, 2025 is the drop-dead date for Windows 10 version 22H2 and related editions, and that deadline forces a clear set of practical choices for anyone still running Windows 10 today. Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and quality...

Microsoft has given the clearest possible countdown: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates, feature fixes, and general technical support after October 14, 2025, forcing every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three paths — upgrade, pay for a temporary safety net, or accept...

Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — a watershed moment that changes how millions of PCs will receive security fixes, feature updates, and technical help from Microsoft. After that date, Microsoft will stop delivering free Windows 10 security updates to in-market...

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...

Windows 10 reaches a hard stop on October 14, 2025: Microsoft will cease providing free security updates, feature and quality patches, and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions — and it has laid out a tightly scoped set of transition options, including a one‑year consumer...

Microsoft has put a hard line under a chapter of the PC era: support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025, and users who want to remain patched after that date must either migrate, enroll in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or move workloads into supported...

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...

The countdown is real: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will end support for Windows 10, and for many users the central question is practical and immediate — will upgrading to Windows 11 cost you money, or can you keep using the license you already own? The short answer for most home and...

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...

Windows 10’s official support clock is now counting down—and for millions of users the practical question is simple: upgrade to Windows 11 while your machine is still supported, buy new hardware, or pay for temporary coverage. Microsoft will stop providing regular security updates and technical...

Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — exactly 30 days from today — and Microsoft has laid out a narrow, pragmatic exit path that mixes a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) option, continued app/browser servicing, and a blunt message: upgrade, buy new...

Microsoft's September cumulative — KB5065429 — is rolling out now, and for millions of Windows 10 users it is both a final security lifeline and a practical checkpoint as the operating system heads to its scheduled end of support on October 14, 2025. Background / Overview Windows 10’s...

Microsoft has confirmed a firm deadline: the October 2025 Patch Tuesday will be the last regular monthly security update for mainstream Windows 10 installations unless you take immediate action to enroll in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. That confirmation tightens an...

Microsoft’s clock on Windows 10 is ticking, and for many users the practical question is no longer “should I upgrade?” but “how do I upgrade safely and with the least friction?” Background Microsoft has set a hard stop on mainstream security updates for Windows 10: the platform reaches...

Microsoft’s Office 2024 is real, shipping as a buy‑once desktop suite with updated apps, clearer system requirements, and a complicated relationship with AI — but claims that you can “download Microsoft Office 2024 full 32 and 64 bit, activated for life” from third‑party sites are both...

Microsoft's decade-long desktop workhorse is entering its final weeks of mainstream servicing as Microsoft winds down Windows 10 and prepares to stop issuing routine updates and quality-of-life fixes ahead of the platform's end-of-support deadline on October 14, 2025. This transition is not a...