windows ten end of life

Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 has rippled far beyond product lifecycles — it presents a genuine risk of a significant uptick in electronic waste (e‑waste) and leaves a large population of users exposed to mounting cybersecurity danger unless they choose one of...

Microsoft’s decision to close the Windows 10 chapter on October 14, 2025 has turned a routine lifecycle milestone into a flashpoint for environmental, social and technical debate — and the worry that large numbers of otherwise serviceable PCs will be discarded rather than preserved has moved...

Microsoft’s formal end of free support for Windows 10 has not just closed a chapter — it has triggered a measurable migration moment that many mainstream users are answering by testing or switching to Linux distributions, with Zorin OS 18 the most visible early beneficiary of that shift...

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...

Steam users have been given a stark, time‑sensitive reminder: Microsoft’s support window for Windows 10 has closed and the PC gaming ecosystem is already moving to enforce that reality — including Steam pruning legacy architectures — leaving a significant portion of Steam’s player base with a...

Windows 10 will still boot after October 14, 2025 — but “still booting” is not the same as being supported, safe, or future‑proof, and staying put requires planning, disciplined hardening, and an honest acceptance of rising risk. Background / Overview Microsoft has set a firm calendar date...

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 has formally ended mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, but Microsoft says Microsoft Defender will continue to deliver security intelligence updates through October 2028—a limited safety net that keeps antivirus signatures and threat detection current while the...

Microsoft has officially ended free support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a hard calendar cut-off that stops routine OS-level security patches, quality fixes and standard technical assistance for most consumer and commercial Windows 10 editions — but it does not make PCs instantly stop...

Microsoft’s official tools for moving millions of PCs off Windows 10 and onto Windows 11 stumbled at the worst possible time: an updated Windows 11 Media Creation Tool released in late September can close immediately or fail to run on certain Windows 10 hosts, leaving users scrambling for...

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...

Windows 10’s retirement is no longer a future warning — it is a live risk that forces consumers and organisations to confront the real cost of standing still while threats evolve and vendor support moves on. Background / Overview Windows 10, launched in July 2015, carried Microsoft’s promise...

Windows 10’s final security patch may be scheduled for October 14, 2025, but its real achievement was less about dates and more about restoring trust: it reversed the most conspicuous design and usability failures of Windows 8 and rebuilt the desktop as a place people wanted to live again...

A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...

Windows 10 reaching its end of life on October 14, 2025, is not just a corporate milestone — it’s a cliff edge for PC gamers who depend on a decade of software, drivers, and platform support to keep their libraries playable, patched, and secure. Background Windows 10’s official support...

Capcom has quietly moved a new compatibility line into the post‑launch roadmap for its Monster Hunter trilogy on PC: starting October 14, 2025, the publisher will no longer guarantee that Monster Hunter Wilds, Monster Hunter World, and Monster Hunter Rise will run on Windows 10. The change —...

Three weeks is not a long time in the life of a PC, but when that window sits directly ahead of a fixed end-of-support deadline it becomes a hard stop: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security and quality updates on October 14, 2025, and every Windows 10 user now has three practical...

Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing routine security and feature updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has moved from a lifecycle footnote into a full‑blown operational and policy problem for millions of households, schools, small businesses, and public agencies — and a new state‑court...

Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...