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Microsoft Just Discontinued Windows 10 Support - Here's Why

From October 14, 2025, Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows 10 with new features, troubleshooting aids, or security updates. That's because Microsoft follows a ten-year lifecycle support policy ...
TechRepublic

Windows 10 Support Is Over. Here Are 6 Options for Users

Windows 10 support has ended, leaving millions exposed. Here are six options, from upgrading to Windows 11 to switching to Linux or ChromeOS Flex. Six months in, millions of PCs are now running an ...
EDN

Windows 10: Support hasn’t yet ended after all, but Microsoft’s still a fickle-at-best friend

Bowing to user backlash, Microsoft eventually relented and implemented a one-year Windows 10 support-extension scheme. But (limited duration) lifelines are meaningless if they’re DOA. The bottom line: ...
SlashGear

5 Free Tools To Keep Your Windows 10 PC Secure Without Further Microsoft Support

On October 14, 2025, Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10. Although they gave users ample time to switch to Windows 11, millions still rely on Windows 10 and cannot upgrade to the new OS ...
TweakTown

After Windows 10 support ended, Windows 11's market share actually decreased

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Support for most Windows 10 users ended on October 14, 2025, and those who want to keep receiving security updates (primarily businesses) must purchase an ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms Giving Windows 10 Users Worrying ‘Out Of Support’ Message

There’s a bug in Windows 10 which is telling some users that their support has come to an end, when it hasn’t. Here’s what’s going on. “Microsoft says those ...
Computer Weekly

Windows 10: Microsoft Extended Support Upgrade programme explained

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) is a paid subscription that provides security patches now that mainstream support of Windows 10 has ended. Free security updates and technical support are no ...
WGAL

Microsoft ends support for Windows 10, urges users to upgrade

UNLOCKED. SO HERE’S A QUESTION FOR YOU. IF YOU WENT OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR THE DAY, WOULD YOU CONSIDER PUTTING A SIGN ON YOUR FRONT DOOR READING DOORS UNLOCKED? NO ONE’S HOME. GO ON IN. OF COURSE YOU ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Microsoft Drops Windows 10 Support With Millions Still Using It

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Vlad Savov and Jane Lanhee Lee address the challenge for Microsoft, ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft warns that Windows 10 reaches end of support today

Microsoft has reminded customers today that Windows 10 has reached the end of support and will no longer receive patches for newly discovered security vulnerabilities. However, although support for ...
Shacknews

Windows 10 support officially ends today

Today marks the end of another Windows era for Microsoft as support for Windows 10 officially ends. This had been on the calendar for some time, but today officially marks the day when Microsoft stops ...