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Microsoft’s latest move to keep Windows 10 machines safer for another year is less a rebranding than a pragmatic extension: the company is offering a time‑boxed, security‑only bridge that delivers critical and important patches to eligible Windows 10 devices through October 13, 2026, while...

Just over a decade after its debut, Microsoft has formally ended mainstream support for Windows 10 — a watershed moment that changes the maintenance, security and upgrade calculus for hundreds of millions of PCs around the world. October 14, 2025 is the final day Microsoft will deliver routine...

This month marks a hard deadline for organisations that still rely on Windows 10: on 14 October 2025 Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10, stopping routine security updates, feature and quality fixes, and standard technical assistance. This is not a theoretical milestone — it...

Microsoft has set a hard line: mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and for users in the UAE that deadline changes what “safe to use” means for thousands of home PCs, school laptops and small-business desktops. The practical choices are straightforward but urgent: upgrade...

Windows 10 reaches a hard milestone today: Microsoft stops mainstream servicing for the last consumer build, and every Windows 10 user who wants to remain protected must choose a path forward—upgrade, enroll in the limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, migrate to another OS, or accept...

Microsoft’s decision to end free support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has turned an already fraught upgrade conversation into an urgent migration for millions — and while the official free paths to Windows 11 are straightforward for eligible machines, Microsoft’s Upgrade Assistant (Windows...

Microsoft's latest Insider preview effectively closes the easiest doors that let people set up Windows 11 with a purely local account during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), and for privacy‑minded users the timing is provocative enough to push a real conversation about whether now is the right...

After more than a decade as the default desktop for hundreds of millions of PCs, Windows 10’s era of free, routine updates and vendor support has officially ended — Microsoft stopped mainstream servicing on October 14, 2025, and while your PC will continue to boot and run, it will no longer...

Microsoft’s free, routine support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025, a hard lifecycle cutoff that forces every remaining Windows 10 user — from casual home desktops to managed enterprise fleets — to choose among three concrete paths: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, buy time with...

Today, October 14, 2025, marks the official end of support for mainstream Windows 10: Microsoft will stop delivering routine OS security updates, non‑security quality fixes and feature updates for the last mainstream Windows 10 release (version 22H2) unless a device is enrolled in an approved...

The countdown to a watershed moment in consumer Windows support ends tomorrow: Microsoft will stop delivering regular security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, forcing millions of users to choose between upgrading, paying for a short-term extension, or continuing with an increasingly...

Microsoft’s decision to stop routine security, feature and technical support for Windows 10 at 23:59 UTC on October 14, 2025 has converted a decade‑old operating system milestone into a global flashpoint—one that forces millions of users, businesses and public bodies to choose between paying for...

Microsoft’s decade-long run with Windows 10 reached its formal close today as Microsoft ceased routine security updates and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions, ushering in a sharply riskier period for millions of PCs that remain on the platform. Background Windows 10...

Today marks the end of Microsoft’s long runway for Windows 10: the operating system will no longer receive routine security updates or standard technical support from Microsoft after October 14, 2025, and consumers now face four clear choices—upgrade, buy new hardware, enroll in a short-term...

Today marks the official end of mainstream support for Windows 10: Microsoft has stopped issuing routine security fixes, quality updates and standard technical assistance for consumer Windows 10 editions, creating an urgent migration moment for millions of PCs and a clear set of choices for...

Microsoft has formally ended mainstream support for Windows 10: as of Tuesday, October 14, 2025, routine security patches and quality fixes for consumer editions cease and Microsoft is directing most users toward Windows 11 or a paid or conditional Extended Security Updates (ESU) pathway for a...

Microsoft’s calendar and code collided this week: Windows 10 reached its official end-of-support cutoff on October 14, 2025, at the same time Microsoft’s freshly updated Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) began failing on a significant subset of Windows 10 machines — closing immediately after...

Windows 10’s official support clock has run out — and the choices you make in the next few hours will determine whether your PC stays safe, becomes a short-term project, or ends up a security liability. Microsoft will stop issuing routine security updates, quality fixes, and standard technical...

October 14, 2025 is the hard deadline: Microsoft will stop shipping free security updates, feature updates and routine technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions, forcing a global reassessment of upgrade paths, security posture and—for some regions—a strategic rethink about whether...

Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a milestone that shifts responsibility for security, updates, and technical assistance away from Microsoft and onto millions of users and IT teams worldwide. For many households and organizations this is not a sudden...