Inc

Microsoft Will Stop Supporting Windows 10, but Here’s How to Keep Getting Security Updates

Windows 11 has been on the market for almost four years now, but PC users have been slow to upgrade. As of January 2025, more than 60 percent of all desktop computers were still relying on Windows 10, ...
Hosted on MSN

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Require Microsoft Account Sign-In

Windows 10 extended security updates available for $30 or 1,000 Microsoft Points. ESU license requires signing into a Microsoft Account, not ideal for local account users. ESU support lasts until ...
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Your Windows 10 PC Won't Get Security Updates After Oct. 14 Unless You Do This

Support for Windows 10 is scheduled to end on Oct. 14. Although the older operating system is 10 years old, it's still used by up to 400 million computers and nearly 41% of PC owners. If you're among ...
CNET

You Can Still Get Windows 10 Security Updates for Free. Here's the Trick

The era of Windows 10 support ended on Oct. 14 of last year. After more than a decade, Microsoft is prioritizing updates for the latest OS, Windows 11, and has thus stopped providing security updates ...
PC World

Windows 10’s end of life looms. A security pro dissects your only options

This fall, Windows 10 will reach its end of life—at least, as defined by Microsoft. On October 14, the company ends feature updates to the operating system. Security and stability updates also become ...
CNET

Microsoft Issues New Security Warning for Windows 10. Here's What You Need to Do

Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services. He is passionate about language and technology, and has been an avid writer/reader of ...
ZDNet

Want to keep using Microsoft 365 in Windows 10 after October? You can - with caveats

Microsoft is due to cut off support for Windows 10 in October. That means no more security patches, bug fixes, or technical help for the OS (unless you pay for extended security updates or can make ...
Computerworld

10 ways to boost Windows security

With Microsoft set to stop security updates for Windows 10 in October — unless you pay extra — security is top of mind for many businesses and individual users right now. And whether you’re planning ...
ZDNet

Can't sign up for Windows 10 security updates? Here's the fix

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PC World

I’m sticking with Windows 10 even after it dies next week. Here’s how

It’s now been four years since Windows 11’s release and Microsoft is tired of waiting for users to switch over. As of September 2025, Windows 11 and Windows 10 are still neck and neck when it comes to ...
PC Magazine

Still on Windows 10? Do This Now to Protect Your PC

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...