windows 11 upgrade

Microsoft’s final countdown for Windows 10 is now painfully real: after October 14, 2025 Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature updates and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions, leaving users with a set of concrete — and sometimes costly —...

Microsoft will stop issuing security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a hard deadline that turns a decade‑old, once‑ubiquitous operating system into an unsupported platform overnight unless users act — by upgrading, enrolling in Microsoft’s time‑limited Extended...

Microsoft has set a firm calendar: mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — a change that stops free security patches, feature updates, and standard technical support for the vast majority of Windows 10 editions and forces U.S. users to pick between upgrading, paying for...

Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 will stop receiving regular security and feature updates on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program and a small set of workarounds give owners of eligible PCs a one‑year safety net that will keep critical...

I was surprised by how little drama the upgrade actually caused — the nagging “Upgrade to Windows 11” banner in Windows Update turned out to be less frightening than expected, and the process can be straightforward if you prepare properly and understand your options. Background / Overview...

Microsoft has set a firm deadline: support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025, and that change will reshape security, compatibility, and migration choices for millions of PCs worldwide. Microsoft will stop supplying routine OS-level security updates, feature and quality patches, and...

Microsoft has given millions of Windows 10 users a concrete — and urgent — escape hatch: a one‑year, security‑only Extended Security Updates (ESU) pathway that can keep consumer PCs patched through October 13, 2026, but the immediate operational cutoff for free routine security updates is fixed...

The end of support for Windows 10 is not a single technical event — it is a cultural punctuation mark: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions, and that deadline is already forcing millions of users to choose between...

Local computer shops and independent IT professionals are sounding the alarm as Microsoft’s calendar for Windows 10 support reaches its conclusion: routine security updates, quality rollups, and standard technical assistance for mainstream Windows 10 editions stop on October 14, 2025, forcing...

Microsoft will stop providing security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a deadline that local IT professionals say should prompt immediate action from users and organizations still running the decade-old operating system. Background Windows 10 launched in 2015...

Local computer stores in Nebraska and across the United States are sounding a practical alarm: Microsoft’s scheduled end of mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is now a firm deadline that transforms a lifecycle notice into real-world decisions for households and small...

Microsoft's announcement that Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates on 14 October 2025 crystallises a hard deadline for millions of users and organisations — an event that shifts long-standing security assumptions, raises urgent operational questions about migration and cost...

Microsoft’s scheduled halt to Windows 10 security updates on October 14, 2025 changes the risk calculus for millions of PCs — it does not instantly brick machines, but it removes the vendor safety net that patches newly discovered vulnerabilities and defends connected systems from evolving...

Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 creates a sharp deadline for millions of users and small businesses — a deadline that local repair shops in Nebraska and elsewhere are already treating as a real-world call to action. The technical facts are...

Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support moment on October 14, 2025, and if your PC can’t be upgraded through Windows Update you face five practical paths — each with clear trade-offs in cost, security, and complexity — that must be chosen and executed now rather than later. Background /...

Microsoft’s calendar decision to stop issuing free, routine security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 turns a long‑running lifecycle notice into an urgent security and operational problem for millions of consumers, businesses, schools and public services worldwide. Background /...

Microsoft’s decision to stop routine security updates and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is a hard calendar moment with real security, operational and economic consequences for millions of home users, small businesses and large enterprises worldwide. The company...

Microsoft’s blunt warning this week — do not install Windows 7 — is less a dramatic new discovery than the necessary, urgent reminder it always was: running an unsupported operating system is a straightforward invitation to attackers, and any headline claiming a sudden, massive “revival” of...

Microsoft will stop providing security updates and routine technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a deadline that doesn’t switch off your PC but does remove the protective scaffolding that keeps it secure and compatible with new software and hardware. TheCity1’s briefing —...

If you already meet Microsoft’s baseline for Windows 11, upgrading is free and straightforward; if your PC is flagged incompatible, there’s one widely used—but unsupported—workaround that can often get Windows 11 running anyway, but it comes with real and durable trade‑offs you must understand...