Microsoft’s last-minute concession hands Windows 10 users inside the European Economic Area a one-year safety net: Extended Security Updates (ESU) through October 13, 2026 will be available in the EEA without the previously announced requirement to enable Windows Backup or redeem Microsoft...
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Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and feature updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a hard cut that converts a decade of steady vendor maintenance into a single, calendar-driven risk event for hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide, and one that has provoked consumer outcry...
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