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Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a clearly signposted escape hatch: Extended Security Updates (ESU) will let eligible PCs continue to receive critical and important security patches for up to three years after the operating system reaches end of support on October 14, 2025. The program...

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...

Consumer advocates have formally demanded that Microsoft reverse course and continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 beyond the company’s announced end‑of‑support date, warning that the planned cutoff on October 14, 2025 will leave hundreds of millions of still‑working PCs exposed...

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...

The Restart Project’s new “End of Windows 10” toolkit has sharpened a public campaign into an actionable playbook for community repair groups and activists — and its message is blunt: Microsoft’s hardware-gated Windows 11 transition risks driving hundreds of millions of still‑serviceable PCs...

Consumer Reports has asked Microsoft to reverse—or at least soften—its decision to end free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing that the company’s transition plan will strand millions of ordinary users on unpatched systems unless Microsoft offers a longer, more inclusive...

Australia faces a sharpened cyber‑risk horizon as Microsoft prepares to stop mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, at the same moment hackers are being handed increasingly powerful tools — and a new HP–Microsoft study warns many small and medium businesses are making themselves...

Consumer advocates have formally asked Microsoft to blunt the October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline for Windows 10, arguing that the company’s current plan—ending free security updates for mainstream consumers while offering a short, account‑linked or paid Extended Security Updates (ESU)...

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) and System File Checker (SFC) remain the quickest, least-invasive tools to restore a damaged Windows 10 installation — when used in the correct order, with the right sources, and with realistic expectations about what they can and cannot fix. This...

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. Background Microsoft has...

FROM Tuesday, October 14 Microsoft will end support for Windows 10, leaving machines that remain on that decade-old platform without routine security patches, feature updates or Microsoft technical support — and local repair shops such as Data Parts in Shepparton are already preparing to help...

Windows 10’s ascent from cautious upgrade to the world’s most-used desktop operating system finally reached a symbolic milestone in December 2018, when third‑party telemetry showed Windows 10 edging past Windows 7 in global market share. That crossover—reported as 39.22% for Windows 10 versus...

If your Windows PC has become sluggish, unstable, or overrun with software you don't want, the built-in Reset tools in Windows 11 and Windows 10 let you return the operating system to a clean state — either while keeping your personal files or by wiping everything and starting over. The...

Consumer Reports has formally urged Microsoft to extend free support for Windows 10, warning that tens — possibly hundreds — of millions of still-working PCs will be left exposed when mainstream updates and security patches stop on October 14, 2025. The advocacy group’s letter to Microsoft’s CEO...

Microsoft’s Release Preview rings received another quiet pair of cumulative updates this week: one for Windows 11 and one for Windows 10, both described by Microsoft as small, stability-focused fixes rather than new features—an unsurprising posture as Windows 10 approaches end of support and...

Microsoft’s countdown is now unambiguous: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop providing routine security updates, quality fixes, and standard technical support for Windows 10, version 22H2 (Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions). Background The Windows 10 lifecycle...

CVPeople Tanzania’s recent bulk hiring for frontline airport IT roles is a practical signpost: the company has advertised a large cohort of Junior IT Support Technician positions whose duties place them squarely inside passenger‑facing, identity‑management infrastructure — work that combines...

CVPeople Tanzania’s latest recruitment push — an advertised IT Airport Supervisor role alongside a coordinated intake of frontline technicians — confirms a visible expansion of on‑site IT capacity at Tanzania’s airports and signals an operational shift toward locally managed biometric and...

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...

Microsoft will stop regular support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, but a newly expanded consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program gives users a one‑year safety net — and for the first time offers legitimate free enrollment paths if you meet the conditions. This feature‑limited safety...