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    Japan Blu-ray Rush as Windows 10 Ends Sparks Akihabara Shortages

    Japan’s unexpectedly old‑school reaction to the end of Windows 10 has sent a shockwave through Akihabara: internal Blu‑ray burners are disappearing from shop shelves as consumers scramble to keep physical copies of Windows 11 and preserve huge personal collections of discs. Background / Overview...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade or ESU Bridge

    Microsoft’s decision to draw the curtain on Windows 10 has finally arrived: the decade‑old operating system has moved from mainstream support into retirement, forcing households, small businesses and enterprise IT teams into a narrow planning window where choices are security‑driven and...
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    Windows 10 End of Support: Upgrade, ESU, or Migration Plan

    Microsoft’s decision to stop supporting Windows 10 marks the end of a ten‑year chapter for the OS and forces a practical choice on millions of users: upgrade, buy short‑term protection, migrate to another platform, or accept growing security and compliance risk. Microsoft’s lifecycle...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: ESU, Upgrades, and Migration Options

    Microsoft’s decade-long experiment with “Windows as a service” reached a clear inflection point on October 14, 2025, when Microsoft officially ended mainstream support for Windows 10 — the operating system that launched on July 29, 2015, and at one time was billed internally as “the last version...
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    Windows 10 EOL 2025: Repurpose PCs with ChromeOS Flex and Chromebook Plus

    Windows 10’s retirement on October 14, 2025 has created a hard deadline that many users ignored until the last minute — and Google has moved quickly to turn that anxiety into a marketing and product opportunity: convert aging, unsupported Windows PCs into Chromebooks with ChromeOS Flex or push...
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    Five Months on Linux: From Windows Fan to Fedora KDE Power User

    Five months on Linux convinced a longtime Windows user that the desktop operating system they thought they needed was more of a habit than a hard requirement — the experiment that began with Linux Mint and settled into Fedora KDE Plasma revealed that most everyday workflows, many popular apps...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade to Windows 11 or ESU

    Microsoft has officially stopped providing security updates, feature updates, and standard technical support for Windows 10 as of October 14, 2025 — and for most users the practical next step is to move to Windows 11 (if your PC is eligible) or enroll in the temporary Extended Security Updates...
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    Windows 10 End of Support: 3 Practical Paths to Stay Secure

    Windows 10’s official retirement on October 14, 2025 changed the risk calculus for millions of otherwise healthy PCs — they will keep running, but without routine security patches they become progressively attractive targets for attackers unless owners take one of a few concrete steps now...
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    Windows 11 Becomes AI First: Copilot as Multimodal, Permissioned Assistant

    Microsoft’s latest update to Windows 11 marks a deliberate pivot: the operating system is being reframed as an AI-first platform, with Copilot graduating from a sidebar chatbot to a multimodal, permissioned assistant that can listen, see, and — under controlled conditions — act on your behalf...
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    Windows 11 OOBE Drops Local Accounts: Is Linux the Safer Daily Driver?

    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...
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    Windows 11 Migration: Security, AI, and Productivity Wins Over Windows 10

    I switched to Windows 11 because the combination of modern security, focused productivity improvements, and the platform’s AI roadmap finally outweighed the inertia of a decade with Windows 10 — and that decision was made easier (and more urgent) by Microsoft’s announced end‑of‑support deadline...
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    Windows 10 EoS 2025: Upgrade Paths, Wi-Fi 7, AI in Windows 11

    October 14 marked a turning point for the modern PC: Microsoft formally ended free support for Windows 10, accelerating a migration that intersects AI-driven applications, the arrival of Wi‑Fi 7, and the hardware realities of Windows 11 — all of which are reshaping how remote work is...
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    Windows 10 End of Support: Fast Safe Ways to Protect Legacy Apps

    Windows 10’s official support end is a hard deadline — but for organizations wrestling with legacy, mission‑critical applications, the moment is not a verdict of doom; it’s a call to action with practical, fast, and defensible options to keep apps running securely while you plan longer‑term...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade, ESU, or Linux Migration

    Microsoft has formally closed the chapter on Windows 10: as of October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer provide routine, free security updates, feature patches, or standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions, and users are being urged to either upgrade to Windows 11, enroll...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Plan Windows 11 Migration and ESU Bridge

    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...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade, ESU, and Secure Migration

    Today’s On Your Side podcast cut through the noise and delivered a practical consumer brief: Microsoft will stop providing routine security updates and standard support for mainstream Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, leaving millions of machines exposed unless users upgrade, enroll in the limited...
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    Windows 10 End of Mainstream Support: ESU Options and Migration Path

    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...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade to Windows 11 or ESU

    Microsoft’s decade-long stewardship of Windows 10 reaches its scheduled, irrevocable milestone: routine vendor support for mainstream Windows 10 editions ends on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft’s published guidance is blunt — users should upgrade to Windows 11, enroll eligible devices in the...
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    Windows 10 Consumer ESU Guide: Enroll Before End of Support 2025

    Microsoft’s hard deadline for Windows 10 support arrives with a familiar mix of urgency and caveats: the operating system will stop receiving routine security updates on October 14, 2025, but Microsoft has offered a narrowly scoped one‑year bridge — the Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU)...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade to Windows 11 or ESU Bridge Plan

    Microsoft’s deadline is unambiguous: on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop delivering routine security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions — a change that forces every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three practical paths: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware...
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